Wayne Rooney has five goals against his former club since his £20m move to Old Trafford and a sixth could help arrest a worrying trend for the England striker. Since the birth of son Kai on 2 November the first-time father has failed to emerge on the winning side in any of the three matches he has been involved in. Perhaps Everton defender Tony Hibbert could raise the issue with his erstwhile team-mate this evening. "There's always banter with Wayne and I talk to him a lot throughout the games," said Hibbert. Mikey Stafford

Venue Old Trafford

Tickets Sold out

Last season Manchester United 1 Everton 0

Referee S Bennett

This season's matches 8 Y29, R1, 3.75 cards per game

sportingbet odds Man Utd 7-20 Everton 7-1 Draw 16-5

Manchester United

Subs from Foster, Kuszczak, Obertan, Fabio, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Tosic, Scholes, Rafael, Macheda, Gibson

Doubtful Carrick (thigh), J Evans (calf)

Injured Hargreaves (knee, 28 Nov), O'Shea (ankle, 28 Nov), Ferdinand (calf, Dec), Welbeck (knee, Dec)

Suspended Neville (last of three)

Form guide LWLWDW

Disciplinary record Y20 R2

Leading scorer Rooney 7

Everton

Subs from Nash, Turner, Yakubu, Neill, Coleman, Agard, Baxter, Wallace, Duffy, Jô, Akpan, Mustafi

Doubtful Howard (ankle), Jô (knee), Rodwell (groin), Saha (calf)

Injured Neville (knee, 29 Nov), Pienaar (knee, 29 Nov), Osman (ankle, 29 Nov), Anichebe, Arteta, Jagielka, Vaughan (all knee, Jan)

Suspended Bilyaletdinov (second of three)

Form guide WDLDDW

Disciplinary record Y15 R1

Leading scorer Saha 7

Match pointers

• Manchester United have scored 69 Premier League goals against Everton – more than against any other team

• Everton have won only one of their last 28 league meetings with United

• Ryan Giggs needs one more goal to reach 100 in his Premier League career

• Everton have not won at Old Trafford since triumphing 3-0 in August 1992 during the first season of the Premier League

• 35% of United's goals have come in the final 15 minutes of matches – the highest proportion in the division