Manchester United vs Newcastle LIVE - early team news, how to watch and kick-off time

Manchester United will be hoping to halt a run of three successive defeats when they welcome Newcastle United to Old Trafford in the Premier League this evening, kick-off 8pm.

United, who have lost three of their last four clashes with the Magpies, suffered a third defeat in the space of just eight days on Boxing Day, losing 2-0 to Wolves at Molineux.

United, as a result, find themselves 14th in the table ahead of tonight's game, meaning they are now closer to the bottom three than the Champions League qualification places.

In a bid to avoid being sucked even closer towards the relegation battle, Ruben Amorim's troops will have to get the better of a Newcastle side that will arrive in M16 in sparkling form having won each of their last four matches across all competitions. They beat Aston Villa 3-0 on Boxing Day.

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Ahead of this evening's showdown at Old Trafford, our United writers have each had their say on how they would like to see Ruben Amorim set his team up.

Samuel Luckhurst:

The team yours truly has picked gives the impression I am seeking the sack. United are back in Argo mode: there are only bad ideas and this is the best bad idea one has.

Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez were the only okay performers against Wolves. Matthijs de Ligt has become important by virtue of not participating in three defeats and United need to try and match Newcastle's physicality.

Casemiro is not an ideal alternative to Manuel Ugarte but he is committed. Christian Eriksen is an actual No.10 in a squad lacking them.

Rasmus Hojlund nor Joshua Zirkzee are good enough to lead the line for United and it has got to the point where it is worth