Premier League: Where to watch Manchester United vs Newcastle United live on December 26

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Following Sunday's disappointment against Watford, Manchester United will be hoping to bounce back to winning way at home when Newcastle United comes to town.

What is the position of Manchester United and Newcastle United?

Manchester United is eighth with 25 points after 18 matches. Newcastle United ranks ninth with the same number of points after the same round of matches.

What is the form of Manchester United as compared to Newcastle United?

Manchester United in the last 10 matches: 5W 3D 2L
Newcastle United in the last 10 matches: 5W 2D 3L.

What is the head to head record of Manchester United vs Newcastle United?

Manchester United and Newcastle United have met 171 times in the past. The Red Devils reign superior in the head to head comparison as they have managed 86 wins in all. The Magpies have gotten the better of the Old Trafford outfit on 43 occasions while there have been 39 draws between the pair.

The most recent meeting between the two sides happened in October with Newcastle grabbing all the three points thanks to Matty Longstaff's 72nd minute strike.

Team news: Who is injured or suspended for Manchester United vs Newcastle United?

Manchester United headcoach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed in his pre-match presser prior to the game that Paul Pogba might be handed a starting role in the Boxing Day encounter. The French midfielder featured in last Sunday's defeat to Watford after returning from an ankle injury.

Skipper of the side Ashley Young could be in contention having returned from an injury. Still, Eric Bailly, Marcos Rojo and Timothy Fosu-Mensah still remain unavailable through injury.

Relatively, Newcastle will not have Matt Ritchie, Jamaal Lascelles, Allan Saint-Maximin, Jetro Willems and Ki Sung-yueng available for selection.

Predicted lineup for Manchester United vs Newcastle United

Manchester United possible starting lineup: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; McTominay, Fred; Rashford, Pogba, Greenwood; Martial.
Newcastle possible starting lineup: Dubravka; Lejeune, Fernandez, Schar; Dummett, Sean Longstaff, Shelvey, Hayden, Yedlin; Almiron; Joelinton.

Key stats

Manchester United has lost only one of its last 34 top-flight home meetings with Newcastle United (W24 D9).
Newcastle has won two of its last four meetings with Manchester United. That is as many as the Magpies have managed in the previous 28.
In the Premier League's history, Manchester United has won more games (20) and have a higher win percentage (80 per cent) than any other club in the Premier League on Boxing Day.
Manchester United has not lost a home league game on Boxing Day since 1978.

What are the managers saying ahead of Manchester United vs Newcastle?

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United: "We want to be a team that can go and dominate teams and break teams down.

"It's taken Liverpool a few years to get to that state and we need to just keep on building because that's what we want to get to.

"Yes, we're good at counter-attacking. Yes, we've got pace and fast players. We should always keep that because that's in our tradition."

Steve Bruce, Newcastle United

"They're going through a transitional period that's probably lasted longer than anyone would have thought," said Bruce ahead of tomorrow's Premier League encounter.

"There have been three or four people trying to follow Sir Alex (Ferguson) and what he achieved. But make no mistake, they've still got some very good young players and it's only a matter of time before they're pushing in the right away again."