Manchester United vs Newcastle United: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Marcos Rojo set for return
  • But defender Phil Jones will miss out for Manchester United through injury 
  • Jamaal Lascelles and winger Christian Atsu are ruled out for Newcastle United
  • Rob Elliot available for the Toon following family bereavement 
  • READ: More Premier League team news, odds and stats 

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Manchester United's home clash with Newcastle United.

 

Manchester United vs Newcastle United (Old Trafford)

Team news

Manchester United


Manchester United welcome back Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Marcos Rojo for the visit of Newcastle.

Ibrahimovic and Rojo make the squad for the first time since suffering cruciate knee ligament injuries in April and Pogba is back after two months on the sidelines with hamstring trouble.

Paul Pogba is among a trio of players returning for Manchester United's clash with Newcastle

Paul Pogba is among a trio of players returning for Manchester United's clash with Newcastle

Phil Jones looks certain to miss out after being injured in England's friendly against Germany.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Pereira, Valencia, Darmian, Tuanzebe, Bailly, Lindelof, Rojo, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Young, Pogba, Matic, Herrera, McTominay, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Ibrahimovic, Rashford, Martial.

Newcastle

Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez will be without two key men for Saturday's Premier League trip to Manchester United.

Central defender Jamaal Lascelles (ankle) and winger Christian Atsu (thigh) are both sidelined, with the latter likely to be out of action for at least two weeks.

Newcastle's Jamal Lacelles will miss the clash at Manchester United with an ankle injury

Newcastle's Jamal Lacelles will miss the clash at Manchester United with an ankle injury

Goalkeeper Rob Elliot, who sat out the Republic of Ireland's play-off against Denmark because of a family bereavement, is available, while full-back Paul Dummett (hamstring) is back in training and midfielder Mikel Merino is due to return from a back problem in the next 48 hours.

Provisional squad: Elliot, Darlow, Yedlin, Manquillo, Mbemba, Gamez, Haidara, Clark, Lejeune, Hayden, Shelvey, Saivet, Ritchie, Murphy, Aarons, Diame, Perez, Joselu, Gayle, Mitrovic.

 

MANCHESTER UTD vs NEWCASTLE

Kick-off: Saturday, 5.30pm - BT Sport 1

Odds (subject to change):

Manchester United 3/10

Draw 24/5

Newcastle 53/4

Managers:

Jose Mourinho (Manchester United)

Rafa Benitez (Newcastle)

Head-to-head league record:

Manchester United wins 75

Draws 39

Newcastle wins 40

Recent league form (latest result first):

Manchester United: LWLDW

Newcastle: LLWDD

Referee: Craig Pawson

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Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Manchester United have won 22 and lost just one of their last 32 league games against Newcastle United at Old Trafford (W22 D9 L1) – 0-1 in December 2013 courtesy of a Yohan Cabaye goal.

Newcastle United have lost 25 times against Manchester United in the Premier League; only versus Arsenal have they lost as many games in the competition.

Indeed, the Magpies have lost 84 matches in all competitions against the Red Devils, more than versus any other side in their history.

Jose Mourinho’s side have lost two of their last three games in the Premier League, as many as in the previous 37 combined.

However, at Old Trafford, Man Utd are unbeaten in 22 Premier League games (W12 D10 L0), winning the last six in a row without conceding. They last won seven consecutive home league games without shipping a single goal back in March 2010.

Newcastle have just one Premier League win at Manchester United that came in December 2003 when Yohan Cabaye scored the only goal of the game

Newcastle have just one Premier League win at Manchester United that came in December 2003 when Yohan Cabaye scored the only goal of the game

Man Utd have scored a league-high total (12) and share (52 per cent) of their Premier League goals in the final 15 minutes this season.

Rafa Benitez has lost five times against Jose Mourinho in the Premier League - only versus Alex Ferguson (8) has he suffered more defeats in the competition (also five vs Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp).

Benitez has won four of his 13 previous Premier League matches against Man Utd as manager (P13 W4 D1 L8) - only Arsene Wenger (12), Jose Mourinho (5) and Gerard Houllier (5) have won more against the Red Devils in the Premier League.

Benitez could become the first manager in Premier League history to win at Old Trafford with three different away clubs, having won there with Chelsea and Liverpool previously – only Martin O’Neill (with Leicester and Aston Villa) has also won there with two different clubs.

Romelu Lukaku has been directly involved in nine goals in eight Premier League appearances against Newcastle United (five goals, four assists).

After scoring 11 goals in his first 10 games for Man Utd, Lukaku has since gone seven without a goal, firing in just five shots on target in this period.