Sir Alex Ferguson's admission that United were "slaughtered" at Goodison in February may console an Everton side without a win and yet to rediscover those heights. David Moyes is not fooled. "I'm sure he said that for the benefit of his own players," said Everton's manager. "We've only beaten them once or twice in recent years." They urgently need another win to stop this campaign listing. United expect to welcome back Rio Ferdinand but Javier Hernández and Antonio Valencia did not return from international duty until late on Thursday.
Venue Goodison Park, Saturday 12.45pm
Tickets £32-39
Last season Everton 3 Manchester Utd 1
Referee M Atkinson
This season's matches 3 Y10, R2, 4.00 cards per game
Odds Everton 7-2 Manchester Utd 10-11 Draw 5-2
Everton
Subs from Mucha, Turner, Yakubu, Heitinga, Neville, Anichebe, Osman, Gueye, Coleman, Baxter, Duffy
Doubtful Anichebe (knee), Neville (foot), Yakubu (calf)
Injured Saha (knee, 2 Oct), Rodwell (ankle, Dec)
Suspended None
Form guide LDL
Disciplinary record Y2 R0
Leading scorer Cahill 1
Manchester Utd
Subs from Kuszczak, Brown, J Evans, Rafael, Gibson, Obertan, Park, Neville, Hernández, Smalling, Anderson, De Laet, Berbatov, Fábio, Owen, C Evans
Doubtful Anderson (knee), Ferdinand (knee), Hernández (fatigue), Valencia (fatigue)
Injured Carrick (heel, 2 Oct), Hargreaves (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form guide WDW
Disciplinary record Y5 R0
Leading scorer Berbatov 2
Match pointers
• United have beaten Everton more times (27) than any team has beaten any other in Premier League history
• Everton are unbeaten in their last 13 home top-flight games, winning nine of the last 11
• In United's last 23 league games, Blackburn are the only side to have prevented them from scoring
• Everton have had more shots blocked this season (24) than any other side
• United have found a team-mate with 32% of their crosses from open play this season – the best ratio in the division