Manchester United vs Bournemouth LIVE: Early team news plus kick off time and how to watch

Manchester United will look to build on their solid victory over Wolves last week when they face Bournemouth at Old Trafford this evening.

United are eighth in the table following the victory at Molineux and they have the chance to climb up to fifth with a victory over Bournemouth.

In terms of the team news, Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt have both been ruled out of the clash due to injury. It's still unclear whether Ruben Amorim will be able to call upon Bryan Mbeumo, Amad and Noussair Mazraoui ahead of their participation at the Africa Cup of Nations, but Benjamin Sesko could return to the squad.

Bournemouth are winless in their last six games and tonight is a huge opportunity for United to climb up the Premier League table. Tonight's game kicks off at 8pm.

We’ll have all the build-up, updates and reaction from today’s game so stick with us in the blog below.

United moved up to sixth in the Premier League table after beating Wolves last week. They will climb to fifth if they claim another three points against Bournemouth tonight. The Premier League is incredibly tight this season, which means United can put daylight between themselves and their European chasing rivals if they are able to build a run of results. The internal target at the start of the campaign was to secure European football. There have been bumps along the way, and we didn’t learn anything from the Wolves win, but United are on track to secure that aim if you look at the league table. Another victory is required this evening.

Amorim’s comments regarding academy players have not gone down well. Amorim suggested Amass was "struggling" on loan in the Championship and pointed to Obi not starting every game for the Under-21s. The United boss is thought