As Louis van Gaal seeks his first league win with Manchester United, Sunderland aim to inflict further misery on the club. Not content with defeating David Moyes’s side in last season’s Capital One Cup semi-final, Gus Poyet’s players upset Ryan Giggs’s caretakership with a springtime league win at Old Trafford. Even so, Vito Mannone, the home goalkeeper, admits he will be “more happy” if his one time Arsenal team-mate Robin van Persie does not start in attack for the visitors. Louise Taylor

Kick-off 4pm

Venue Stadium of Light

Last season S’land 1 Man Utd 2

Live Sky Sports 1

Referee Martin Atkinson

This season G1, Y6, R0, 6.0 cards per game

Odds H 17-4 A 7-9 D 3-1

Sunderland

Subs from Pantilimon, Jones, Vergini, Bridcutt, Buckley, Gómez, Altidore, Mavrias, Graham, Mandron, Smith, Watmore, Agnew

Doubtful Jones (hamstring), Vergini (knock)

Injured Giaccherini (groin, 13 Sep)

Suspended None

Form D

Discipline Y1 R0

Leading scorers Cattermole, Larsson 1

Manchester United

Subs from Lindegaard, Amos, Kagawa, Powell, Varela, Zaha, Wilson, Vermiji, Thorpe, Da Silva, Hernández, James, Anderson, Welbeck

Doubtful Da Silva (match fitness), Welbeck (knee)

Injured Shaw (hamstring, 14 Sep), Carrick (ankle, 5 Oct), Evans (leg), Fellaini (ankle), Lingard (knee), Herrera (ankle, all unknown)

Suspended None

Form L

Discipline Y2 R0

Leading scorer Rooney 1

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