Late afternoon all, and welcome to Manchester United v Sheffield United!

It's extremely hot in Manchester, which will suit United. They'll have more of the ball, they're more technical, and have better subs.

Jags and the boys sounds like a terrible function band.

This is absolutely nuts. Obviously not all of these lads are midfielders at all, but anyone who doesn't have Roy Keane at the top needs a doctor. Between 94 and 03, he won the league seven times, and when he didn't, 95, 98 and 02,Cantona got suspended, he did his cruciate, and he spent enough time suspended for what he wrote in a book for his absence to be crucial.

Between them, Mousset and McGoldrick have 46 league appearances this season, and six goals. Big challenge for De Gea, this.

I wonder if these two can work against the very best teams, because they're both high risk, high reward players, which means a lot of giving away possession. Against a team like Manchester City, you might not get it back for a while, but in the pairing's favour, they're both excellent athletes, so should be capable of pressing and tracking.

Whatever else you're doing, stop it and watch this.

A win for blades would take them above United and into fifth place. A defeat and they'll be five points off a potential Champions League spot, and doing well to get a Europa League one.

As for Blades, Dean Henderson isn't allowed to play against his parent club, so Simon Moore comes in. In front of him, John Egan is suspended - that's bad luck, because the first of the bookings that got him sent off against Newcastle was no such thing - so Moyes' Jagielka replaces him. Otherwise, Fantasy League favourite John Lundstram is in for Sander Berge, and up front, Lys Mousset and David McGoldrick take over from Billy Sharp and Ollie McBurnie.

To take the first two first, United's best midfield is Fernandes and Pogba plus one, so that change was a no-brainer, while Greenwood is a better option than James against a team likely to sit back, way more of a goal-threat and a potential world-beater who might just be ready to start every week. Otherwise, Matic needs a game and is, perhaps, thought to be the best counterweight to two attacking midfielders. For what it's worth, I strongly disagree - the player who plays that role needs legs, so I'd generally be going for McTominay and giving Pogba some defensive responsiblity.

United make three changes from that Spurs game I mentioned. Two of them are expected - Pogba replaces one of Fred and McTominay, while Greenwood replaces James - and one not expected but not surprising - Matic replaces the other of Fred and McTominay.

Let's have some teams...

I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm not going to pretend that I'm not heartily amused by how bad the Premier League games have been since the restart, but it'd be nice if they improved too, and perhaps this will be a decent one. United looked strong towards the end of the Spurs game and desperately need a win here, while Blades are in rotten form and need to make something happen. Please.