Everything you need to know ahead of the Premier League clash at Goodison Park on Sunday
Manchester United’s exit from the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona on Tuesday leaves them with one single target to aim for this season – a top-four spot in the Premier League.
United are currently sixth heading into the game against Everton on Sunday, with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believing that 15 points may be needed to usurp two of Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea and secure fourth place over the final six games of the season.
The Red Devils were outplayed at times by Barca and while the Toffees will represent a different test, United will need to raise their performance levels if they’re to get all three points from Goodison Park.
With Alexis Sanchez having returned against Barcelona following knee trouble, United’s list of unavailable players is shortening.
Antonio Valencia is still injured, while Eric Bailly has also been missing due to a knock picked up on international duty recently.
Nemanja Matic is back after an illness, but, despite having returned to training, the Everton game is likely to come too soon for Ander Herrera.
“We’ll have 20 [players] training this morning [Friday], plus the keepers, which is not bad,” Solskjaer told MUTV.
“Nemanja and Alexis had a good session yesterday [Thursday] as well, so they will probably be involved. The squad is looking good and getting better and better, I have to say.
“Ander is back in training – he’s been working really hard. Eric will be back in training over the weekend, Antonio we’re not sure about yet.”
Elsewhere there should be no injury worries.
Luke Shaw sits out the second match of his two-game ban having reached 10 yellow cards in domestic competition this season but Ashley Young is back in contention for Premier League duty having missed the win over West Ham due to a one-match suspension.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can be in no mood to make extensive changes given United’s need for points.
Romelu Lukaku could return up top, though, after seeing Anthony Martial favoured at Camp Nou. Elsewhere, there could be a return for Nemanja Matic in midfield while Diogo Dalot should be in contention following the experimental use of Victor Lindelof at right-back in midweek.
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Marco Silva will likely have to make do without Yerry Mina once more due to the Colombian’s ongoing hamstring trouble which was initially suffered on international duty in March.
Kick-off is 13.30 BST (08:30 ET) on Sunday, and will be shown live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event. It will be shown on NBCSN in the United States, and on various channels around the world.