Team news, key stats and prediction ahead of Manchester United vs Norwich in the Premier League.
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Team news
Harry Maguire could make a quicker-than-expected return from a hip injury for Manchester United's Premier League clash with Norwich on Saturday.
Jesse Lingard misses out through illness but Anthony Martial, who was a late substitute in the Carabao Cup loss to Manchester City in midweek, could return to the starting line-up.
Paul Pogba (ankle) and Scott McTominay (knee) are not expected to be in contention until next month. Defenders Eric Bailly and Timothy Fosu-Mensah were due to step up their returns from long-term knee injuries with appearances for the U23s on Friday.
Norwich's injury list shows no sign of abating and Daniel Farke will be without top goalscorer Teemu Pukki for the trip to Old Trafford. The Canaries also have long-term injury problems with Timm Klose, Ben Godfrey and Josip Drmic all ruled out.
Jamal Lewis had been struggling earlier in the week with tonsillitis and Grant Hanley with illness, although the pair are expected to be available for the United clash.
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- Manchester United have won eight of their last 10 home league games against Norwich (D1 L1), though they did lose the last time they faced each other at Old Trafford (1-2 in December 2015).
- Norwich are looking to win consecutive away league games against Manchester United for the first time since August 1989.
- United's last two home league games against promoted sides have seen them lose 0-2 against Cardiff and draw 2-2 with Aston Villa - they've not failed to win three consecutive such games since February 1990.
- Norwich are the only team yet to recover a single point from a losing position in the Premier League this season, losing all 13 games they've gone behind in. The Canaries have also dropped 14 points from winning positions, with only West Ham dropping more (15).
- United have lost three of their last five Premier League games against teams starting the day in the relegation zone (W1 D1 L3), including a 0-2 defeat to then-bottom Watford in December.
- As caretaker manager of Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjær averaged 2.46 points per game in the Premier League (P13 W10 D2 L1) - as permanent boss, he is averaging just 1.34 points per game (P29 W10 D9 L10).
- Norwich are winless in eight Premier League games (D4 L4) - manager Daniel Farke last endured a longer winless league run when he was in charge of SV Lippstadt in Germany's fourth tier in May 2014 (nine games without a win).
Charlie Nicholas' prediction
I have a feeling this may be the game I get at the weekend. Normally this would be the banker of the weekend. I feel Manchester United will win, but after seeing how poor they were against Arsenal, Wolves, and then the embarrassingly shocking performance against Manchester City, it will be a close-run clash.
Anthony Martial is back, Jesse Lingard got a game under his belt, and Marcus Rashford scored again. Just with the presence in attack, United will win, but this is not going to be as easy as what you might think.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer especially, although I credit him for the way he handles situations regarding media and what not, if he does not get the results he is out anyway, so he accepts the position he is in. They will get over the line but at the back United are poor also, which means Teemu Pukki or Todd Cantwell could score.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-1 (8/1 with Sky Bet)
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