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Manchester United vs Luton Town

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Old Trafford

Date: 11th November 2023

Kick-off time –  15:00 GMT

Manchester United will return to Premier League action this Saturday when they welcome Luton Town to Old Trafford.

The Red Devils have not had the best of starts to the 2023/24 season, with another loss in the Champions League coming in midweek. Erik ten Hag’s side travelled to Denmark in their most recent outing hoping to get a win that would give them a chance to qualify for the next round of the Champions League.

But after a bright start that saw them score two goals inside the opening half-hour through Rasmus Hojlund, they lost the plot when Marcus Rashford got a first-half red card, eventually losing the game 4-3.

That loss was their ninth in their opening 17 games of the season, leaving them sitting rock bottom in their UCL group. Although they are in the top half of the league, they haven’t had great performances and were only able to get maximum points from Fulham in the closing minutes in their last game.

They will aim to take maximum points here at Old Trafford where they have lost back-to-back league games by a 3-0 margin.

Luton Town may be the perfect opponent to put that right against, as United are unbeaten in 13 meetings with newly-promoted Premier League (PL) opposition (W12, D1) – winning each of the last ten – two of which came earlier in 2023/24.

But the visitors will come into this tie confident of getting a result after their performance against Liverpool that saw them nearly snatch three points but not for a late Luis Diaz goal. Boss Rob Edwards was filled with “pride” at his side’s display that lifted them out of the relegation zone as the Hatters avoided defeat for the second time in three outings.

A first trip to Old Trafford since September 1991 beckons, and the visitors will be hoping for a better outing as their side have lost 18 consecutive away H2Hs, with their only such victory coming way back in September 1897 when United were called Newton Heath.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

December 2, 2023
Arsenal 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford 16:00 Luton Town
Burnley 16:00 Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest 18:30 Everton
Newcastle United 21:00 Manchester United
December 3, 2023
AFC Bournemouth 15:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Liverpool 15:00 Fulham
West Ham United 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester City 17:30 Tottenham Hotspur
December 5, 2023
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20:30 Burnley
Luton Town 21:15 Arsenal
December 6, 2023
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 Brentford
Crystal Palace 20:30 AFC Bournemouth
Fulham 20:30 Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United 20:30 Liverpool
Manchester United 21:15 Chelsea
Aston Villa 21:15 Manchester City
December 7, 2023
Everton 20:30 Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur 21:15 West Ham United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 13 9 3 1 27 10 +17 30
2 Manchester City 13 9 2 2 33 13 +20 29
3 Liverpool 13 8 4 1 28 11 +17 28
4 Aston Villa 13 9 1 3 31 18 +13 28
5 Tottenham Hotspur 13 8 2 3 25 17 +8 26
6 Manchester United 13 8 0 5 16 16 +0 24
7 Newcastle United 13 7 2 4 31 14 +17 23
8 Brighton & Hov… 13 6 4 3 28 23 +5 22
9 West Ham United 13 6 2 5 23 23 +0 20
10 Chelsea 13 4 4 5 22 20 +2 16
11 Brentford 13 4 4 5 19 18 +1 16
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 4 3 6 18 23 -5 15
13 Crystal Palace 13 4 3 6 13 18 -5 15
14 Fulham 13 4 3 6 13 22 -9 15
15 Nottingham Forest 13 3 4 6 16 21 -5 13
16 AFC Bournemouth 13 3 3 7 14 28 -14 12
17 Luton Town 13 2 3 8 12 23 -11 9
18 Sheffield United 13 1 2 10 11 34 -23 5
19 Everton 13 4 2 7 14 20 -6 4
20 Burnley 13 1 1 11 10 32 -22 4

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