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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:

May 1, 2025
Nottingham Forest 19:30 Brentford
May 2, 2025
Manchester City 20:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 3, 2025
Aston Villa 12:30 Fulham
Everton 15:00 Ipswich Town
Leicester City 15:00 Southampton
Arsenal 17:30 AFC Bournemouth
May 4, 2025
Brentford 14:00 Manchester United
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Newcastle United
West Ham United 14:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 16:30 Liverpool
May 5, 2025
Crystal Palace 20:00 Nottingham Forest
May 10, 2025
Fulham 15:00 Everton
Ipswich Town 15:00 Brentford
Southampton 15:00 Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth 17:30 Aston Villa

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 80 32 +48 82
2 Arsenal 34 18 13 3 63 29 +34 67
3 Newcastle United 34 19 5 10 65 44 +21 62
4 Manchester City 34 18 7 9 66 43 +23 61
5 Chelsea 34 17 9 8 59 40 +19 60
6 Nottingham Forest 33 18 6 9 53 39 +14 60
7 Aston Villa 34 16 9 9 54 49 +5 57
8 Fulham 34 14 9 11 50 46 +4 51
9 Brighton & Hov… 34 13 12 9 56 55 +1 51
10 AFC Bournemouth 34 13 11 10 53 41 +12 50
11 Brentford 33 13 7 13 56 50 +6 46
12 Crystal Palace 34 11 12 11 43 47 -4 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 12 5 17 51 61 -10 41
14 Manchester United 34 10 9 15 39 47 -8 39
15 Everton 34 8 14 12 34 41 -7 38
16 Tottenham Hotspur 34 11 4 19 62 56 +6 37
17 West Ham United 34 9 9 16 39 58 -19 36
18 Ipswich Town 34 4 9 21 33 74 -41 21
19 Leicester City 34 4 6 24 27 76 -49 18
20 Southampton 34 2 5 27 25 80 -55 11

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