Saturday 4th October 2025Manchester United v Sunderland – Premier LeagueStadium of Mild Kick-Off: 15:00Tickets & Match Protection
Tickets: Tickets are bought out.
TV/Stream: Full dwell match protection is unavailable within the UK.
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Radio: Full dwell match commentary obtainable through BBC Radio Newcastle (not on-line)
The build-up…
Have we ever travelled to Outdated Trafford with as a lot confidence?! One thing about it simply doesn’t really feel proper, however as we’ll cowl, it’s not all about having confidence in Sunderland; it’s how far United have fallen not too long ago.
The primary information popping out of the supervisor’s press convention throughout the week was that the rumours of Nordi Mukiele being injured have been seemingly information to him, and he gave him a full invoice of well being. Sure, Dan Ballard has been nice when he’s been requested to do a job this season, and sure, we’ve others who might are available in, but when we’re all trustworthy, we need to see him in there for what’s arguably Sunderland’s first glamour sport of the season.
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Take a look at Martin’s ideas on our beginning XI at present. Nonetheless, discuss of consistency means that Le Bris might persist with the XI that took the sphere on the Metropolis Floor. Nonetheless, evaluation of the opposition in the course of the park would possibly tempt the supervisor into making a change.
Le Bris supplied some perception into his pondering because the season progresses throughout midweek when he spoke of the best way we defend and make ourselves tough to interrupt down at first, which provides us the platform to then specific ourselves later within the sport. However there was discuss of enhancing within the last third and most notably on the transition, which may be a touch that we’re starting to deal with catching sides on the break a little bit extra, as we’ve not received the foundations we have to construct on.
As we’ve mentioned, Palace, Forest and Villa are all excellent sides with histories and status, however that is Manchester United, and in some methods it appears like we’ve actually returned to the Premier League at present.
Nicely. What has occurred at Manchester United? Individuals above a sure age will know there was a interval of ~20 years the place United had the beating of most opposition sides within the tunnel earlier than the gamers even took to the pitch. It was a case of preserving the rating down fairly than in case you would take one thing.
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However we journey to the Theatre of Desires with United sitting 9 locations beneath Sunderland, however it needs to be mentioned that with a chance to be solely a degree behind us ought to they win at present.
Following a great exhibiting towards Arsenal on the opening day, they’ve seemingly scraped to outcomes on residence soil since then. A late winner towards Burnley, who have been unlucky to return away with nothing, was adopted up with an odd sport towards Chelsea, the place a pink card for the away aspect gave United an opportunity to take a two-goal lead.
Lots of discuss has centred round Amorim’s formation, however there have been incidents throughout their final sport at Brentford that have been all the way down to particular person errors fairly than formation, which factors to deeper-rooted issues than simply the system.
However a technique or one other, they are going to type themselves out, and there may not be a greater likelihood for us to say a 3rd league victory at Outdated Trafford since 1968.
The bookies have the Lads at 5/1 to win the sport, whereas United are favourites at 1/2, and the draw is 10/3.
Face to face… in Manchester…
(All competitions)
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Manchester United wins: 43
Manchester United objectives: 153
Final time we met… at Outdated TraffordMonday twenty sixth December 2016ChampionshipManchester United 0-1 Sunderland
[Blind 39’, Ibrahimovic 82’, Mkhitaryan 86’ – Borini 90’]
Sunderland: Pickford, Jones, Denayer, Kone, Djilobodji, van Aanholt, Ndong (Love), Larsson (Khazri), Borini, Anichebe, Defoe Substitutes not used: Mannone, O’Shea, Embleton, Honeyman, Asoro
Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Blind, Carrick, Jones, Rojo, Herrera (Felliani), Pogba, Ibrahimovic, Mata (Martial), Lingard (Mkhitaryan) Substitutes not used: Romero, Darmian, Smalling, Rashford
Attendance: 75,325
Davenport was plucked from the West Cheshire league by Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest and didn’t look again. 4 years on the Metropolis Floor resulted in a transfer to Manchester United in 1986 below Ron Atkinson after which Alex Ferguson, earlier than becoming a member of Middlesbrough after which the Lads in 1990.
Three years and 120 appearances later, Davenport made a transfer north of the border to affix Airdrie. Spells at St Johnstone, Stockport County, Southport and Macclesfield City adopted earlier than retiring in 2004.
I really feel a nervous afternoon is forward, however I really feel we are able to frustrate them sufficient that they don’t create that second they should get forward.