• Everton have lost 36 Premier League matches against Manchester United, a competition record for defeats against a single opponent.
• United's 16 Premier League victories at Goodison Park is also a competition record for away wins at one stadium.
• Everton's only win in the past nine league meetings was a 3-0 home triumph in April 2015 (D2, L6).

Matthew Upson
Former England defender on Football Focus

It'll be important for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to get the right players out.

I think they would be better off if they could move Paul Pogba out and free up some wages to bring in other players. It's not that he isn't a good player but I think the project United have is not the sort of project he sees himself in.

He's looking for the ready-made team where he can win trophies immediately, United aren't at that place at the moment.

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Meanwhile, no one seems to want to win the race to finish as the 'best of the rest' this season.

A victory for Everton would see the Toffees jump to seventh and a potential Europa League spot, after Watford were the only team around them to win on Saturday.

West Ham and Leicester played out an entertaining 2-2 draw, while Wolves were held at home by relegation-threatened Brighton.

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Manchester United have the chance to move into a Champions League spot and go level on points with third-placed Tottenham, at least for the short term.

A win against Everton would send Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side into fourth above Arsenal, who face Crystal Palace later.

Chelsea then host Burnley on Monday.

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, speaking to Sky Sports about Romelu Lukaku starting against his old club: "Rom likes to play football, likes to prove he's a goalscorer, that he's in the team - we've got three big games this week and it's a chance for everyone to say I want to play against City and Chelsea.

"We have to perform as a team, attitude has been really good and in some games we have been a bit off form, some we haven't got what we deserved."

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won 10 of his first 11 games and was appointed permanently in March, but has lost five of his past seven matches since.

Former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas says the ex-United striker was not the right choice to take the job on a permanent basis and he though the decision was "emotional".

Asked on BBC Radio 5 Live if Solskjaer was the right appointment, Jenas said: "No. I felt it was an emotional decision and in any business it should be a thought-out logical decision for the long term.

"One of the things they need to get away from is 'the Manchester United way' and 'that's not the way they used to do it'. What Sir Alex Ferguson did was very unique and United have found it very difficult to replicate with some of the best managers in the world."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Goodison Park

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Goodison Park is basking in glorious sunshine and soaring temperatures - and the heat is on new Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to secure a place in the top four and Premier League football next season.

And he must do it against an Everton side who are unbeaten in their last three home games, all against top six opposition in Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Everton did not concede a goal in drawing with Liverpool and winning against Chelsea and the Gunners.

Big test.

Sulaimon Adelekan: Today's fixtures are more like a super Sunday Fixtures with everything at stake. Manchester United and Everton will end in a draw, Arsenal and Liverpool to win.

Vishnu J Ladwa: With games against Man City and Chelsea imminent, I feel that Man Utd will have to settle for a 5th place finish.

Shasha Adomako: COYG!! Arsenal to win.

Mark Lawrenson
Ex-Liverpool defender

Cardiff will be competitive, especially at home, but at the moment Liverpool just seem to be able deal with whoever they are up against.

Prediction: 0-2

Cardiff City

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Cardiff City face Liverpool in a huge game later today, and defender Sean Morrison has been speaking to Football Focus: "We knew Tuesday [at Brighton] was a do or die game. For the boys to rally as they did I was hugely proud.

"Neil Warnock is just the man. He takes all the pressure off the boys and off you as a player. He is just a master of it.

"I've never seen the manager like he was after the Chelsea game. He was devastated and gutted about the effort we had put in to get a result. He had to calm himself down before he went and did the press interviews.

"Everything that has gone on this season has brought everyone closer together. We had the tragedy of Emiliano [Sala], we had a lot of injuries and it does bring 25-30 guys closer together, we are a family in there.

"Every game is going to be a pressure cooker and whichever team deals with it best will pick up results. We will keep fighting until the end."

Marco Silva makes two changes to his Everton side that were beaten at Craven Cottage last time out.

Michael Keane replaces Phil Jagielka at the heart of defence, while Morgan Schneiderlin comes in for the suspended Andre Gomes.

Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Zouma, Digne, Coleman, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Bernard, Sigurdsson, Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison

Subs: Stekelenburg, Jagielka, Walcott, Tosun, McCarthy, Davies, Lookman

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Manchester United, meanwhile, have made three changes to the XI that lost at the Nou Camp in midweek.

Diogo Dalot replaces Ashley Young, Nemanja Matic is named in midfield instead of Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku is preferred to Jesse Lingard in attack.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Lindelof, Jones, Smalling, Dalot, Matic, Fred, Pogba, Rashford, Martial, Lukaku

Subs: Romero, Sanchez, Mata, Lingard, Pereira, Young, McTominay

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Conor McNamara
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

In their last game, Everton couldn't break down the Premier League's worst-performing defence. It was only Fulham's third clean sheet all season.

Now Everton take on a Manchester United side that have conceded in each of their last 10 games; United's longest run without a clean sheet in seven years.

Things got Messi for United in Barcelona on Tuesday. Now there is work to be done to ensure Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gets back into the Champions League next season.

Solskjaer certainly has happy memories of playing against Everton: he did not score more goals against any other Premier League side.

Everton make two changes to the side beaten at Fulham last week, with Michael Keane replacing Phil Jagielka and Morgan Schneiderlin coming in for the suspended Andre Gomes.

Manchester United make three changes to the XI that started at the Nou Camp in midweek - Diogo Dalot, Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku all come in, with Ashley Young, Scott McTominay and Jesse Lingard dropping to the bench.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was unbeaten in all 10 Premier League appearances as a player versus Everton and scored seven goals - his joint-best return against any side.

With three big games in the Premier League today, we want to get your thoughts on how things are going to pan out this season.

Can Liverpool win at Cardiff to move back above Manchester City? Will the Bluebirds upset Jurgen Klopp's side to boost their own chances of survival? Can Manchester United or Arsenal move closer to cementing a top-four spot?

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Everton's form was much improved before a defeat by already-relegated Fulham last week brought an end to a run of three successive wins.

Can they bounce back at the first attempt? Boss Marco Silva reckons so.

"They have worked like they normally do and it has been no different because we had a performance that was not good enough last week," he said.

"We didn't achieve the result we wanted, but the way we have worked during the week has been the normal way that we have been working since the first day of the season.

"Of course we have to react differently to the way we did in the last game, because to be honest that was not good enough for us."

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Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, unsurprisingly, says he would much rather still be in the competition.

United's 3-0 humbling at the Nou Camp - bowing out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage after a 4-0 aggregate defeat - was a fifth loss in their last seven matches in all competitions.

"It will probably give them a boost playing those games, that's what you want as a player," he said of top-four rivals Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea who all remain in European competitions.

"We would have loved a semi-final to play in but that's not the case. We've got to focus on the games we've got."

Manchester United's Champions League hopes came to an end in midweek when they were outclassed by Lionel Messi and co in Barcelona.

Will it give Ole Gunnar Solksjaer's side a boost in their bid for a top-four spot with just the Premier League to concentrate on? Or will it dent the players' morale and momentum?