⚽️ Team news (via Sky Sports)
Liverpool: Diogo Jota and Naby Keita remain sidelined for this match, while Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez are long-term absentees in defence. Henderson is also expected to miss the game after he picked up a groin injury before the Burnley game - Tsimikas and Matip will be fit to play a part.
Manchester United: Brandon Williams has been ruled out of the Liverpool clash but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has no other injury concerns ahead of Sunday.
⚽️ Stats to know (via BBC)
- Manchester United and Liverpool have met 17 times in the FA Cup - Liverpool have won only 4 of these games, with 9 losses and 4 ending in draws.
- The Reds also have a notoriously poor record in the FA Cup during Klopp's tenure, only making it past the fourth round for the first time last season.
- The Red Devils have won their past seven FA Cup home games without conceding a goal.
- Man United have not lost in the FA Cup fourth round since a 2-1 defeat at Liverpool in 2012.
- However, all 4 of United's domestic defeats this season have come at Old Trafford.
- Liverpool are without a win in their last 5 Premier League games and have not scored in their last 4 - their worst goalless run since 2000.
⚽️ Probable Liverpool line-up (via Tribuna.com)
4-3-3: Alisson; Trent, Matip, Fabinho, Robbo; Thiago, Gini, Shaqiri; Mane, Firmino, Salah
⚽️ Score predictions
WhoScored's Josh Wright: Man United 1-0 Liverpool
"Momentum should be with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side. Liverpool are enduring their first crisis of Jurgen Klopp's tenure. Added to Liverpool's current slump, Jurgen Klopp has never won at Old Trafford on five previous opportunities."
Sports Mole's Barney Corkhill: Man United 1-0 Liverpool
"Liverpool's attack is too good for their drought to last much longer, but the worrying thing for Klopp is that the chances - not just the finishing - have largely dried up too, to the point where it is difficult to back them to even score at the moment. It may be another tactical battle for long spells, but on current form we expect the hosts to progress through to the fifth round."
Taha Memon, Tribuna.com: Man United 1-2 Liverpool
"Call me an optimist but I just can't predict us to lose this game, despite the bad form recently. We've not scored a goal in the last 4 PL games but this is the FA Cup and who knows, the lads might be inspired after that horrible Burnley loss (we did have 20+ shots that game).
"I can see Man United scoring, but I can also see us emerging victorious as Klopp might field a strong team. Well, I predict Liverpool to score 2 goals and finally win a game."
⚽️ Form guide (all competitions)
Man United: WLWWDW
Liverpool: DDLWDL
⚽️ Quotes from the managers (via Sky Sports)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: "It's about taking a moment in a game and I feel we’re getting there. It's always been in the DNA of United that we attack quickly, we go fast and we have quick players who want to get up the pitch quickly."
Jurgen Klopp: "The FA Cup is a different competition [than the Premier League]. Again, we want to go through and for that, we have to play really well because United is obviously in a good moment and they get all the results they wanted so far. That’s why we have to be ready, 100 per cent."
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