MATCH PREVIEW: Man Utd vs Liverpool: Can Solskjaer survive this?

Manchester United head into their fierce clash with rivals Liverpool in a dire state in 2019/20.
The Red Devils have failed to win any of their last five matches in all competitions, including a home cup tie with Rochdale and Europa League clash with AZ Alkmaar.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men were beaten 1-0 by Newcastle in their most recent outing, and have scored just seven goals in 10 games since their opening day 4-0 demolition of Chelsea.
Liverpool enter the game in rampant form with their 100 per cent winning record in tact in the Premier League this season.
The Reds have opened up an eight-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the table already and will be determined to extend that with a big display at Old Trafford.
United haven’t been turned over in 2019/20 yet, they’ve just whimpered to defeats.
It’s a damning indictment of United’s position that the most positive aspect of their season is that they’ve only lost by two goals or more once in 2019/20.
A lack of goals is crippling them, and Liverpool’s tight rearguard will be in no mood to show mercy.
Liverpool limited the multi-pronged Leicester to minimal chances in their last outing, and will hope to comfortably shut down toothless United in this one.
Man Utd come into this game desperate to get a result against their arch-rivals but their form was woeful prior to the international break.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not helped by a whole host of injuries at the moment but he will hope to recoup some of his players for this game.
Pogba, Lindelof and Wan-Bissaka appear the most likely to be fit and there is an outside chance that Martial will be fit to be on the bench.
Liverpool’s relentless form has seen them win their last 17 league games as they have Man City’s record of 18 in a row in their sights.
Jurgen Klopp has been reluctant to rotate too much so far this season and that may be the case as they make the short trip to Old Trafford.
Alisson has been edging closer to fitness in recent weeks and it would be no surprise if the Brazilian returned to the starting line-up.
United will be desperate to become the first team to take points off Liverpool this season but their only chance of stopping them will be to keep things tight at the back. They will likely adopt a cautious approach even at home and that should lead to a low-scoring affair between the two teams.
Perhaps only by asking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to pick a worse time to face Liverpool would the Manchester United boss be faced with a tougher task than the one he has this weekend.
Man Utd go into Sunday’s match with one win from their past five premier League games and having lost 1-0 to Newcastle just before the international break.
If the bookmakers are to be believed, Solskjaer is the second favourite behind Marco Silva to become the next Premier League manager to lose his job.
At Anfield, meanwhile, things could hardly be better for Jurgen Klopp.
Liverpool have won all eight of their league games, and sit eight points clear of second-place Manchester City.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
These sides have met on 54 occasions during the Premier League era, with just 12 of those matches ending in a draw.
Man Utd have 28 victories to their name – 16 of which have been at home – with Liverpool winning 14 (five of which were at Old Trafford
POSSIBLE LINE-UP
Man Utd (4-2-3-1):
De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Young; Matic, McTominay; Andreas Pereira, Pogba, James; Rashford
Unavailable: Bailly (Injured), Fosu-Mensah (Injured)
Doubtful: Pogba (Injured), Wan-Bissaka (Injured), Shaw (Injured), Jones (Injured), Martial (Injured), Lingard (Injured), Greenwood (Injured), Lindelof (Injured)
Liverpool (4-3-3):
Adrian; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum; Salah, Firmino, Mane
Unavailable: Clyne (Injured), Shaqiri (Injured)
Doubtful: Alisson (Injured), Matip (Injured)