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Manchester United vs Liverpool
Man Utd vs Liverpool
Manchester Utd vs Liverpool
Man u vs Liver
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Emirates FA Cup
Jan 24, 2021, at 5pm UK at Old Trafford
Manchester United vs. Liverpool
Preview: Manchester United vs. Liverpool – prediction, team news, lineups
Just seven days after playing out an anticlimactic goalless draw in the Premier League, bitter rivals Manchester United and Liverpool will renew hostilities in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday.
Match Preview
The pre-match hype for this latest chapter of English football’s greatest rivalry may be scaled back compared to their top-of-the-table Premier League clash last weekend, but Sunday’s showdown promises to be a significant occasion in its own right.
A place in the fifth round of the FA Cup is up for grabs, and both teams would relish being able to knock their biggest rivals out of the running for a major piece of silverware.
The game could prove to be even more important in the grand scheme of the season, though, with Man United currently on a firm and unerring upward trajectory whereas Liverpool are trending in the opposite direction.
Jurgen Klopp has acknowledged that his side are lacking confidence following a five-game winless run in the league, but quite how they have so quickly transformed from a team that had scored in every game and a team that remain the league’s leading scorers into a team seemingly bereft of belief or ideas in the final third no doubt has him scratching his head.
Heading into this game – and indeed looking ahead to a run which sees five of their next six top-flight games come against teams currently in the top seven – Klopp may take some encouragement from the fact that Liverpool’s best spell of football during this recent slump came in the opening half an hour of their last meeting with Manchester United.
The Reds failed to capitalise on that spell of dominance, though, and ultimately left Anfield thankful for Alisson Becker preventing them from losing to the current league leaders.
The FA Cup could provide a welcome distraction from those league woes, and Liverpool’s only goals and only win so far in 2021 came in the third round of the competition.
Even that was not entirely convincing, though; Klopp named a strong team despite Aston Villa being forced to field their youngsters due to a coronavirus outbreak, and it wasn’t until a flurry of three goals in five minutes on the hour mark that Liverpool were able to pull away from their inexperienced hosts.
The Reds also have a notoriously poor record in the FA Cup during Klopp’s tenure, only making it past the fourth round for the first time last season.
Man United, by contrast, have not failed to make it to at least the quarter-finals since 2013-14, and in a stark reflection of the differing fortunes of these two clubs in recent months, many will consider them to be favourites to progress again on Sunday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side edged to a 1-0 victory over Watford in the third round, making it seven wins and seven clean sheets from their last seven home FA Cup outings.
Manchester United FA Cup form: W
Manchester United form (all competitions): WLWWDW
Liverpool FA Cup form: W
Liverpool form (all competitions): DDLWDL
Team News
Liverpool are expected to be without captain Jordan Henderson once again on Sunday after he missed the Burnley game with a muscle strain.
Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were both dropped to the bench for the visit of Burnley and should returning to the starting lineup here, although Sadio Mane could be rested.
Diogo Jota and Naby Keita remain sidelined for this match, while Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez are long-term absentees in defence.
Man United have had an extra day of rest ahead of this game but are still expected to make changes, one of which will see Marcus Rashford return to the starting XI after he sat out against Fulham.
The likes of Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay and Victor Lindelof will also be pushing for recalls, while Solskjaer could hand chances to Dean Henderson and Alex Telles.
Manchester United possible starting lineup:
Henderson; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Telles; McTominay, Matic; Rashford, Fernandes, Pogba; Cavani
Liverpool possible starting lineup:
Alisson; Williams, Phillips, Fabinho, Tsimikas; Milner, Thiago, Jones; Salah, Firmino, Minamino
Predicted Score: Manchester United 1-0 Liverpool
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