Away we go!

Here come the teams!

Duncan Ferguson stares intently down the tunnel as the sides line up in the Old Trafford tunnel. Stone Roses time, the away fans in fine voice. Big game for a big man.

Kevin Kilbane
Former Everton winger on BBC Football Focus

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I don’t know if I can see Carlo Ancelotti going and taking over Arsenal and really getting hold of the players. He does not strike me as that sort of manager. He has Premier League experience of course – he has won the double with Chelsea – he has that experience but Nuno Espírito Santo seems more of a fit. It’s like they are trying to build a future.

The Old Trafford pitch is getting a heavy soaking from the sprinklers as we near kick-off. Not long now until we get some play up and running.

Tom: United have improved of late, but let's be honest, some of the squad are just not good enough. Wouldn't go far wrong if they could sign Calvert-Lewin

Guy Mowbray
Match of the Day commentator

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As Pep Guardiola brings up 200 games in charge of Manchester City, their faltering attempt to win a third successive Premier League title has prompted some talk that this might be the beginning of the end.

While only he will have a real inkling about that, there IS the possibility that it might soon be the start of his assistant Mikel Arteta's career as the main man in charge - at Arsenal.

The former Gunners midfielder is up there alongside Carlo Ancelotti as the bookmakers' favourites to succeed Unai Emery, with interim boss Freddie Ljungberg's prospects rated much lower.

A first Arsenal win in eight league games against City could change the order, but that too is the outside bet.

Still one game to come a little later on of course...

Plenty of activity down in the tunnel area at Molineux as the players disappear up the tunnel after warm-up as a huge mascot dabs and flosses. Needs to update his moves doesn't he? Come on Wolfie.

Mortwiki: Massive result vs Spurs and City. Hopefully we win vs Everton today. We've tended to struggle against teams outside the top 6. Still in Ole I trust!

Our office is a goal kick away from Old Trafford and I'll say this quietly but there's no rain in sight at all.

In fact this is the best weather we've had up this way for a long old time. Good game to come?

Mic Medeska: If Man United replaces Fred with Pogba when he’s fit and Martial either improves just a little or they get an out and out striker, that’s a solid top 3/4 starting squad. They’re so close.

Antony Melvin: Man United have won 8 of the last 12 games in all competitions scoring 26 goals - so yes they are winning & scoring more regularly now. Previous 12? 3 wins, 12 goals.

I thought illness may play a part in those changes...

Simon Stone
BBC Sport at Old Trafford

Morgan Schneiderlin and Theo Walcott have been ruled out of today's game with calf injuries.

Djibril Sidibe was taken ill at the Everton training ground yesterday and Gylfi Sigurdsson left the team hotel through illness.

It has not made the situation easy for stand-in manager Duncan Ferguson, who is adamant he thinks Everton should be going after a more experienced replacement for Marco Silva than him.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho: "I'm not going against Nuno [Espirito Santo], we are going against Wolves. They are a very good team, a very difficult team. What they do in the past few years is remarkable and we know it will be a difficult match.

"We are going to improve, but I look forward to a couple of weeks we will have in January and February when we will be able to get better."

Manchester United are unchanged from the side that started the derby win over Man City just over a week ago.

United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, James. Lingard, Rashford, Martial.

Substitutes: Romero, Mata, Pereira, Young, Greenwood, Tuanzebe, Williams.

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Caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson has rung the changes for Everton, making four alterations to the team that beat Chelsea 3-1 last time out. Yerry Mina, Bernard, Seamus Coleman and Tom Davies return while Theo Walcott, Morgan Schneiderlin, Djibril Sidibe and Gylfi Sigurdsson drop out and do not even feature on the bench.

This graphic has Everton with a back four but surely it's Holgate in a back three? Although that would leave Tom Davies with an awful lot of work to do in midfield. We shall see!

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Mina, Keane, Holgate Davies, Iwobi, Bernard Calvert-Lewin Richarlison.

Substitutes: Stekelenburg, Baines, Tosun, Kean, Niasse, Martina, Gordon.

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport at Old Trafford

It is hardly a surprise Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has named the same Manchester United side as the one that started last week's Manchester derby win at City.

The last time Solskjaer named an unchanged side for a league game was on 2 November, when United lost at Bournemouth.

Put your names on your texts, please.