Fresh from beating Chelsea, Manchester United head south to the Vitality Stadium to take on Bournemouth in the Premier League.
Marcus Rashford’s free-kick at Stamford Bridge reminded people of Cristiano Ronaldo in their 2-1 Carabao Cup victory.
Bournemouth come into the game on the back of three draws in their last four games, including back-to-back stalemates against Watford and Norwich.
Despite their last three points coming in September through a 3-1 win over Southampton, Eddie Howe’s side find themselves ninth in the league and level on points with Saturday’s opponents.
Manchester United followed on from their impressive display against league leaders Liverpool with a 3-1 win against Norwich, though the main talking point was their failure to convert two penalties.
After their worst start to a season for 33 years, United find themselves in seventh, seven points behind Chelsea in fourth and 15 behind table toppers Liverpool.
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Bournemouth vs Manchester United: How to listen
The Premier League clash will get under way at 12:30pm on Saturday, November 2 and talkSPORT will bring you all the pre-match build-up from The Vitality as well as a full live commentary of the game.
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Bournemouth vs Manchester United: Head-to-head
Since Bournemouth were promoted to the Premier League ahead of the 2015/16 season they have only managed three points against Manchester United on one occasion.
That win came in their first game against the reds in the Premier League when Bournemouth ran out 2-1 winners at The Vitality through goals from Junior Stanislas and Josh King.
Since then the best Bournemouth have managed was a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford in March 2017.
The four games between these two sides since have ended in United wins, with the Manchester side scoring nine and conceding two.
The most recent fixture was on December 30 2018 when goals from Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku and a Paul Pogba brace ensured the three points stayed in Manchester.
Match facts
- After winning their first ever Premier League game against Man United (2-1 in December 2015), Bournemouth are winless in their last seven against the Red Devils (D1 L6).
- Man United have only failed to score in one of their 16 meetings with Bournemouth in all competitions, a 0-2 defeat in an FA Cup third round match in 1984.
- Bournemouth have failed to score in their last three Premier League games (D2 L1) – they last went four without a goal in league competition back in March 2012.
- Man United’s 3-1 victory at Norwich last time out ended a run of eight away league games without a win (D3 L5). The Red Devils have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last 10 Premier League away games – only between August 2002-January 2003 have they conceded in more consecutive games on the road in the competition (11).
- Bournemouth have won just two of their last 11 home Premier League games (D5 L4), with three of their five at the Vitality Stadium this season ending level (W1 L1).
- Man United have already failed to score four Premier League penalties this season – the most a team has failed to convert in a single campaign in the competition is five (Tottenham in 1994/95 and Liverpool in 2011/12).
- Man United’s Marcus Rashford scored home and away against Bournemouth in the Premier League last season, including netting a 90th minute winner in this exact fixture.
- Bournemouth’s Ryan Fraser creates a goal scoring opportunity on average every 63 minutes in the Premier League this season, compared to one every 34 minutes on average last season.
- He’s provided one assist in 627 minutes of action so far this term, compared to averaging an assist every 227 minutes in 2018/19.
- Manchester United’s Anthony Martial has either scored (3) or assisted (1) a goal in each of his four Premier League starts this season. Indeed, the Frenchman has had a hand in 16 goals in his last 20 starts in the competition (13 goals, 3 assists), failing to register a goal involvement in his last 16 apps as a substitute.
- After a run of scoring with five consecutive shots in the Premier League, Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson has failed to score with any of his last eight attempts. However, of the 95 players to have had 10+ shots in the Premier League this season, Wilson has hit the highest percentage of them on target (69 per cent – 11/16).
Bournemouth vs Manchester United: Team News
The home side will be without David Brooks, Dan Gosling and Junior Stanislas.
When asked about the progression of the trio Howe said: “He’s [Brooks] closer. He is on the grass but not with us so he’s still some time away.
“Junior is further away. He’s not back on the grass yet. Dan Gosling is in a similar position to David Brooks.”
Manchester United will be without Pogba, the midfielder is recovering from an ankle injury and is expected to be out of action until December.
Solskjaer has suggested that Fred and Andreas Pereira could fill in for the Frenchman after the Norwegian praised their performances during his absence, saying: “Fred will probably take Paul’s position for a while now and he’s been brilliant for us, but Andreas has grown the last few games.
“His energy and running, chasing – he’s a different sort of no.10, he can play also in the central positions.
“So I’m delighted for Andreas – great professional, great attitude. He does his job to the best of his abilities.”
Luke Shaw, Nemanja Matic and Axel Tuanzebe also remain sidelined.
Teams
Bournemouth: To be confirmed
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Manchester United: To be confirmed
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