Applause rings out at Old Trafford for Roger Hunt, the former Liverpool and England striker, who has died at the age of 83.

Cristiano Ronaldo is starting a Premier League match at Old Trafford from the bench for the first time since May 2007, when Manchester United lost 1-0 to West Ham on the final day of the season.

Boos as Everton emerge from the tunnel first. Rafa Benitez is still smiling. He's VERY HAPPY Cristiano Ronaldo is not starting.

Least surprising news of the day?

It's raining in Manchester. A proper autumnal day up north.

Everton

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This is Rafa Benitez's ninth league and cup game in charge of the Toffees, so is the Spaniard beginning to feel at home at Everton?

"I feel at home here because people here treat me very well. We are working hard, things are improving, and people are happy so I feel at home."

Azrael: And yet Fred keeps his Premier League place.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport at Old Trafford

Cristiano Ronaldo is very much the modern-day Manchester United hero.

George Best was held in similarly high esteem in the 1960s.

Best will be remembered in a screening of a play that has been made about him next Wednesday, at Hotel Football, which is not far away from where I am sat right now.

Ronaldo is clearly good. Very good. Some would argue Best was the best ever.

Andy: Ronaldo could easily play all the Premier League and Champions League games. Solskjaer is taking a risk resting his talisman when their form is sketchy.

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This is United's fourth successive home game.

Old Trafford has hosted almost 300,000 fans in the past 10 days.

Impressive.

Kevin Stark: You can’t burn your best players out, they need resting sometimes. You need to give the likes of Cavani game-time so they are happy and not rusty.

Jamie Spoor: He was always gonna rotate seeing as we played Wednesday night. Absolute shambles we've got to play at 12.30 on a Saturday.

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Manchester United might have left it very late to beat Villarreal on Wednesday, but the most important thing for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was that he won that game.

When United fell behind in the second half, I can just imagine some of his critics saying 'well, this is going to be three defeats in a row now' and all that kind of stuff. Instead, the focus was on Cristiano Ronaldo's winner.

That is five goals in five games for him for United now, in the Premier League and Champions League and, whatever United's problems are, he is not one of them.

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This will be a tough test for United, because we have seen how good Everton are under Rafa Benitez, and Solskjaer must cope without the injured Harry Maguire in his defence.

United struggled without Maguire at the end of last season, but the arrival of Raphael Varane means they are strong enough at the back now - plus Everton are still without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, so they will carry less of a threat.

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Everton boss Rafa Benitez could become the first manager to win a top-flight away match against Manchester United with three different clubs after victories at Old Trafford as Chelsea boss in 2013 and Liverpool in 2009.

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Noodles: I've never felt more sorry for a player than Donny van de Beek. I get that players sometimes won't get played but why stop him going away to Everton if he's not in the plans at all?

Another game, another day on the bench for Donny van de Beek.

Will he be throwing his chewing gum to the floor in frustration again?

"I manage international footballers, competitive people, who all want to play," says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

"I have been a sub more than anyone. I was not happy a few times. I understand frustration.

"Every player is keen to play. When they get on, show me. Not just Donny, everyone. Donny has never affected team-mates negatively. If that happens with anyone, that is a different scenario."

BBC Radio 5 Live

Build-up to a busy day of Premier League action is about to start on BBC Radio 5 Live. Mark Chapman is in the hot-seat before full commentary of the 15:00 BST kick-off between Chelsea and Southampton at Stamford Bridge. Sports Report at 17:00 includes updates from the 17:30 kick-off between Brighton and Arsenal - as does 606 with Robbie Savage and Chris Sutton which starts at 18:00.

There's a couple of fans holding inflatable Champions League trophies having their photo taken in front of the main Old Trafford entrance. It's been a while since United won that.

Sho: Perfect opportunity to play a different combination in midfield today with no Pogba starting yet we still see McFred. Ole is just too stubborn to change and this is what frustrates a lot of United fans.

Rezaa Sait: Maybe the team will play better without focusing on getting the ball to Ronaldo. The responsibility will fall on the front 4 instead of one player.

Football Focus

Alex Scott is joined by former Aston Villa and England striker Dion Dublin as well as ex-England midfielder Fara Williams to discuss the week’s action in Football Focus, which is starting in a few minutes on BBC One.

Chelsea’s Mason Mount answers tough questions from young fans. As Liverpool prepare to face Manchester City on Sunday, supporters of both sides have their say. Mark Clemmit visits Portsmouth, and Football Focus pay tribute to the late England and Liverpool striker Roger Hunt.

James Mountford
Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside Sport

Everton undoubtedly face their toughest outing of the season so far at Old Trafford and the progress Rafa Benitez has made will be put to the test.

Three points over Southampton, Brighton, Burnley and Norwich are all worthy, but in truth these are the games Everton supporters will want to win as a minimum.

It’s the results against the likes of Manchester United which will truly judge how a good a job the new manager is doing.

Everton had some impressive victories away from home last season (at Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal, Leicester and West Ham), yet Old Trafford has proved somewhat a thorn in recent history – the Blues have won just twice there in the Premier League era.