Old Trafford
Manchester United: Newcastle United:
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Position in table: 3rd Position in table: 9th
Team News:
For Manchester United, players like Luke Shaw (ankle), Ander Herrera (muscle injury) and Marouane Fellaini (illness) are still not fit for the return, while Marcos Rojo (thigh) is a doubt.
Chris Smalling is making a recovery from his groin injury. Louis van Gaal may start with Angel Di Maria after the winger made his return against Villa. Daley Blind (knee) is a long term absentee.
For Newcastle, Cheick Tiote will miss the match through suspension, while goalkeepers Tim Krul (ankle) and Rob Elliot (thigh) are still sidelined.
The visitors hope to have Steven Taylor available for the trip to Old Trafford after his horrible facial injury in the derby with Sunderland but Mehdi Abeid (toe), Siem de Jong (thigh), Rolando Aarons (hamstring), Gabriel Obertan (thigh) and Ryan Taylor (knee) remain on the sidelines.
This match will come too soon for Jonas Gutierrez who featured for U21 this week after recovering from cancer.