Manchester United vs Everton LIVE commentary: Red Devils on the verge of equaling club losing record against Toffees – Kick-off time, team news and talkSPORT coverage

Manchester United will look to avoid a 12th defeat of the season against Everton this weekend, live exclusively on talkSPORT.

The Red Devils were defeated 3-1 in the Manchester derby last Sunday, with city ​​of manchester which means consecutive defeats for their rivals.

After a period of good form in February, Erik ten Hag Now he is under pressure again in the hope of a Champions League place that escapes.

a victory against the candies It is essential with Sean Dyche's team on a regrettable streak of 10 games without a win.

Manchester United vs Everton: problems at Old Trafford

United have lost 11 of their 27 first division matches this season and one more defeat would equal an unwanted club record at Old Trafford.

In 2013/14 and 2021/22 alone the Red Devils lost 12 times in a single campaign in the competition.

United have also not lost three top-flight games in a row in a season since 2015, when Luis van Gaal I was on the bench.

So Ten Hag could appear in the history books for all the wrong reasons this weekend.

Part of his team's problems are its defensive problems, with only Sheffield United and West Ham face more shots in the Premier League.

They have faced at least 20 shots in four of their last five games, while their average shots against them of 16.4 per game is the highest on record.

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• Manchester United have won all three of their Premier League games against Everton since the start of last season, while they last won four league games in a row against the Toffees between November 2006 and December 2007.
• Everton have won just one of their last 30 Premier League games at Old Trafford (D8 L21), a 1-0 victory under Roberto Martínez against a Manchester United side coached by former Toffees manager David Moyes.

Manchester United vs Everton: team news

Ten Hag admitted that both Mark Rashford and Johnny Evans He played in the Manchester derby while injured last weekend.

United will be sweating over their fitness for this clash while Harry Maguire will be considering returning to action.

Rasmus Hojlund, bricklayer assembly, Aaron Wan Bissaka, Tyrell Malacia, Luke ShawLisandro Martínez and antonio martial everyone is left out.

As for Everton, Idrissa Gueye He could return after missing the last game due to a groin problem.

Anaut Danjuma and Dele Alli Both remain sidelined due to injuries.

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• Manchester United's 40 Premier League wins against Everton are the joint-most by one team against another in the history of the competition, and the Red Devils have also won 40 times against Aston Villa.
• Everton are winless in 10 Premier League games (D5 L5), the longest streak of any team currently in the division. Only from August and October 1994 (12) did the Toffees have a longer winless streak in the competition.

Manchester United vs Everton: What has been said?

Former Man United manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has revealed the club were close to signing Erling Haaland and Judas Bellingham.

“I had it (Haaland) in Moldfor two seasons or so,” he told Stay with football podcast. “The summer before I came here (to Manchester), I called the club and said: 'You've got to sign this guy. He's going to be absolutely first class.'

“That was June, July 2018 and they said no. They had enough reports (on the players) so, 'Okay, no problem.' Then I became interim coach and we (Molde) sold Haaland to RB Salzburg.

“I tell the club: 'Buy him immediately, before he plays,' because he didn't play for them for three or four months. 'Just sign him now because he has a release clause.' We knew it then and no one else would have paid that money: “20 million euros would have been a bargain.”

He continued: “Jude, he was in the building. You can't ask for much more from a midfielder, I was there obviously as a coach.

“Sir Alex (Ferguson) was there, Roy (Keane) should have been there, Bryan Robson and Eric Cantona They were all there that day he came to the club.

“We all talked to him and sold it as best he could. But he knew what he wanted, X amount of minutes in the first team.

“I was 17 at the time and the most mature 17-year-old I've ever met in my life; he had it all planned out.”

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• Manchester United have scored fewer goals than any other team currently in the top half of the Premier League table this season. Their 37 goals are the fewest after 27 games since 2015-16 (36), although this is the last time in a top-flight campaign, they have a negative goal difference (-2) since ending the 1989 campaign. 90 with -1.
• Bruno Fernandes has been involved in seven goals in eight Premier League games against Everton with Manchester United (4 goals, 3 assists), he was only involved in more against Leeds (8). However, having scored four goals in his first three against the Toffees, he has failed to find the net in any of his last five.

Manchester United vs Everton: talkSPORT coverage

This Premier League clash will take place on Saturday, March 9.

Kick-off at Old Trafford is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.

talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live commentary of the game hosted by Reshmin Chowdhury.

The comment will come from Sam Matterface and former Newcastle manager Alan Pardew.