After eight games Ole Gunnar Solskjær is in crisis-management mode as his plunging Manchester Unitedside have left him feeling the pressure. If results go the wrong way United could be in the relegation zone by Sunday evening with the manager’s job prospects looking grim. The flip side is that victory over the league leaders could be the springboard to turn fortunes around. Jamie Jackson

Sunday 4.30pm Sky Sports Premier League

Venue Old Trafford

Last season Manchester United 0 Liverpool 0

Referee Martin Atkinson

This season G7 Y25 R0 3.57 cards/game

Odds H 9-2 A 5-7 D 4-1

MANCHESTER UNITED

Subs from Grant, Fred, Chong, Garner, Tuanzebe, Young, Williams, Gomes, Greenwood, Martial, Lingard, Jones

Doubtful Wan-Bissaka (illness), Martial (knee), Lingard (hamstring), Jones (unknown), Greenwood (back)

Injured Pogba (ankle, 27 Oct), De Gea (groin, Nov), Shaw (thigh, Nov), Bailly (knee, Dec), Fosu-Mensah (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Discipline Y19 R0

Form LDWLDL

Leading scorers James, Rashford 3

LIVERPOOL

Subs from Adrián, Lonergan, Kelleher, Milner, Keïta, Origi, Lovren, Gomez, Lallana, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Brewster, Jones

Doubtful Matip (knee), Shaqiri (calf)

Injured Clyne (knee, Jan)

Suspended None

Discipline Y7 R0

Form WWWWWW

Leading scorer Mané 5