Hello and welcome to our live coverage from Old Trafford as Manchester United take on Everton. A home win takes United eight points clear of Manchester City, who visit Wolves at 4pm. There will be three games left after today with the Manchester derby looming large next Monday.

David Moyes will have been mightily encouraged by these early minutes at Old Trafford with Everton looking the more lively side. United have been rather subdued.

A decent start from Everton, who are passing the ball around with composure. Leon Osman then sees a shot blocked by Rio Ferdinand before heading the rebound wide.

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Just to underline the importance of this tie, if United take all three points today then they will be named champions of England for a 20th time with a victory at the home of Manchester City on April 30, whatever result City get against Wolves later today. United enjoying a title party at the Etihad Stadium? That will look a distinct possibility if Everton are brushed aside today.

Wayne Rooney is always the subject of focus in games against his former side but he has only scored twice in 11 league matches against Everton. Remember, the Toffees also have three former United players in their ranks in Tim Howard, Phil Neville and Darron Gibson. United are of course heavy favourites but Everton are a robust side and won't make things easy for the hosts.

Everton have won three of their past four in the league to creep up to seventh place, one point ahead of rivals Liverpool who beat them in the FA Cup semi-final last weekend. However, they have scored only two goals in their past seven visits to Old Trafford, drawing a blank on their previous three trips to Manchester.

United are on a run of 12 victories in 14 Premier League games that has propelled them five points clear of City at the top of the table with four games remaining. Given they visit Etihad Stadium on April 30 they cannot afford a slip-up today, but having beaten Everton 29 times in the Premier League, the joint most by any club against a single opponent, they will feel in confident shape.

Confirmation, there, that United make only one change from the side that defeated Aston Villa 4-0 last weekend as Young is taken out of the firing line. Everton make two changes from the side that lost the FA Cup semi-final to Liverpool with Phil Jagielka and Steven Pienaar coming in for Leighton Baines and Magaye Gueye.

TEAMS: Man Utd: De Gea, Rafael, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Rooney, Welbeck. Subs: Amos, Jones, Giggs, Smalling, Park, Hernandez, Young. /// Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Heitinga, Distin, Osman, Neville, Fellaini, Gibson, Pienaar, Jelavic. Subs: Mucha, Stracqualursi, McFadden, Cahill, Gueye, Barkley, Anichebe.

The early team news is that United have dropped Ashley Young for Nani. This may be significant as Young has been the subject of fierce criticism for two incidents of diving in recent weeks and Sir Alex Ferguson admitted this week he had had words with the player.