After securing their passage in the last 32 of the UEFA Europa League with a comfortable 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk midweek, Manchester United will be looking to get their Premier League campaign back on track when they welcome Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Jose Mourinho’s men have only won two of their past 11 league matches and they are now nine points adrift of Manchester City in fourth place and 13 points shy of leaders, Chelsea. Another defeat or draw could see any slim title hopes vanish, as well as Champions League qualification for the second year running.

On the other hand, after seeing their winning run coming to an end against Chelsea, Mauricio Pochettino’s men roared back to form with two convincing wins. They thrashed Swansea City 5-0 in the Premier League before beating CSKA Moscow 3-1 in the Champions League. Fifth-placed Spurs are leading the Red Devils by 6 points and a will be keen to get a good result at the Old Trafford to consolidate their position.

Team news:

Manchester United:

Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia and Matteo Darmian were left out of the squad for the Europa League clash midweek, but are likely to return to the squad. Eric Bailly is in line to return to the starting eleven in the Premier League after impressing on his return from a knee injury. Wayne Rooney is also set to return from a one-match domestic ban. Luke Shaw and Chris Smalling remain unavailable due to injuries

Precited lineup:

David de Gea (GK), Phil Jones, Eric Bailly, Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian,Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Tottenham Hotspur:

The visitors are set to welcome defender Toby Alderweireld. The Belgium international will return to action after eight weeks. He came off the bench in Wednesday’s Champions League win over CSKA Moscow and is expected to return to the starting lineup on Sunday. Erik Lamela is unavailable due to family issues while Vincent Janssen remains out with an ankle problem.

Predicted lineup:

Hugo Lloris (GK), Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, Victor Wanayama, Mousa Dembele, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Son Heung-min, Harry Kane.

Key Stats:

The Red Devils have won just two of their last eight meetings with the North London outfit. (L3 D3).
The visitors have lost 19 matches at Old Trafford in the Premier League, the most at any ground in the Premier League.
The away team has failed to score in each of the last four Premier League games between these two sides.
Jose Mourinho’s men have covered just 1490.6km overall in the Premier League this season combined – lower than any other team in the competition.
Harry Kane has scored against 21 of the 24 different opponents that he has faced in the Premier League but is yet to open his account against the Red Devils in five matches.

Betting Odds: (Skybet)

Manchester United win:23/20

Draw: 23/10

Tottenham Hotspur: 12/5

Prediction:

Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur