Overview
- Kick-off is 8:00 p.m. GMT at Old Trafford, with live coverage on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.
- United begin the night in seventh, three points ahead of Newcastle, and a home win would pull them level with Liverpool and Chelsea above.
- Manager Ruben Amorim has ruled out captain Bruno Fernandes with a soft-tissue injury, with Kobbie Mainoo also sidelined and Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt unavailable.
- Casemiro returns from suspension for United, while Amad Diallo, Bryan Mbeumo and Noussair Mazraoui are away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
- Newcastle travel short in defence with Kieran Trippier, Dan Burn, Tino Livramento and Sven Botman out, after letting a 2-0 lead slip in a 2-2 draw with Chelsea, and they have won five of the past six meetings with United.