Manchester United vs Burnley: Team news, kick-off time, likely line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash
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 Burnley at 3.00pm on Boxing Day at Old Trafford.
Jose Mourinho will look to get Manchester United back to winning ways against Burnley
Manchester United vs Burnley (3:00pm)
Team news
Manchester United
Manchester United will still be without a string of first-team players when they return to action at home to Burnley on Boxing Day.
United boss Jose Mourinho has ruled midfielders Michael Carrick and Maroaune Fellaini out of the festive period, while Antonio Valencia has been struggling with a hamstring injury of late.
Centre-back Eric Bailly is sidelined after ankle surgery, while versatile full-back Matteo Darmian missed the draw at Leicester with an unspecified injury. Chris Smalling received a knock late in proceedings at the King Power Stadium.
Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Pereira, Tuanzebe, Darmian, Jones, Smalling, Lindelof, Young, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, McTominay, Pogba, Herrera, Matic, Lingard, Martial, Rashford, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Ibrahimovic.
Burnley
Burnley could be without top scorer Chris Wood for their Boxing Day trip to Manchester United.
The striker limped off during the first half of Saturday's 3-0 loss to Tottenham, with Ashley Barnes on standby should he not make it.
Defender James Tarkowski serves the second of a three-match ban while Charlie Taylor will continue at left-back if Stephen Ward (knee) remains sidelined.
Provisional squad: Pope, Lindegaard, Long, Mee, Taylor, Ward, Bardsley, Defour, Ulvestad, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, Arfield, Gudmundsson, Vokes, Barnes, Wood, Wells.
Match stats (provided by Opta)
Manchester United haven’t lost a home league game against Burnley since September 1962 (2-5), winning eight and drawing five since.
However, Burnley left Old Trafford with a goalless draw last season, despite facing a total of 38 shots, the highest in a single match in 2016-17.
The 19 Premier League games involving Burnley have seen just 31 goals scored this season; fewer than any other team in the competition.
Manchester United have won 19 of their 23 Premier League Boxing Day games, giving them the best win ratio on this day in the competition (83%).
Paul Pogba hasn't ended on the losing side in a Premier League game that he’s played in since 23rd October 2016 (vs Chelsea) - a 31-game unbeaten run before this fixture (W20 D11 L0).
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