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Having drawn twice already this season, Chelsea has fallen behind the leaders in the Premier League title race. But it is still four points clear of Manchester United heading into the clash between the pair at Old Trafford.
Enzo Maresca's men were beaten by Bayern Munich in the Champions League midweek and are playing catch-up domestically at this early stage, but the Spaniard is not under pressure. Seemingly, neither is Ruben Amorim, though his record since arriving from Sporting CP is very poor.
Manchester United has beaten Burnley this season, but was comfortably beaten in the Manchester derby last week. It has also lost to Arsenal and Grimsby Town, and drew with Fulham.
In the UK, the Manchester United vs Chelsea game will be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event. It will also be available to stream on Sky GO. In the US, it will be on Peacock and can be streamed via NBC.
Mason Mount and Matheus Cunha are both available again for Manchester United after they missed the defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Diogo Dalot and Lisandro Martinez remain out.
For Chelsea, Levi Colwill is absent. Liam Delap is still sidelined with a muscle injury while Benoit Badiashile and Romeo Lavia are set to miss out with no exact return date set yet.
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Manchester United owner Jim Ratcliffe visited Amorim at the training ground this week, but there is no suggestion that he is set to fire the Portuguese at this stage.
"A new contract, he was offering me! A new contract," Amorim joked.
"No, it is normal things, just to show the support and explaining that it is a long project, he said many times that this is my first season.
"For me it is not. Normal things and we spoke with Omar [Berrada] with Jason [Wilcox], just to see all the data around the team, so a normal meeting and we have several. But it is just normal and people should pay attention to that.
"This is football at the club with maybe more pressure in the world, but we want to win. You can say whatever.
"I think last year I was very critical of the way we play. I think we are playing well until the boxes, defending and attacking, we need to be more aggressive in the boxes. We need to be more clinical.
"The rest I think we are improving compared to last year, I think we are in a better place. But again, we need to win, we lost against Arsenal and City, and here, losing, especially in the beginning after last season, is a problem."
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