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Ralf Rangnick was asked about Tottenham’s biggest threats and how they could potentially hurt Manchester United this afternoon. There’s no prizes for guessing what he said:

Manchester United could win three consecutive league games against Tottenham for the first time since a run of four between April 2009 and October 2010.

Spurs have suffered 37 Premier League defeats to Manchester United - no side has beaten them more in the division but all four of Tottenham’s Premier League wins at Old Trafford have come in their last nine visits, including by 6-1 last season.

Ralf Rangnick makes five changes to the Manchester United team that lost 4-1 to Manchester City last weekend. Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Victor Lindelof make way for Diogo Dalot and Raphael Varane in defence with Nemanja Matic, Marcus Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo all returning. David De Gea is fit to start but Bruno Fernandes misses the game due to illness.

Antonio Conte makes just one change to his Tottenham line-up. Ryan Sessegnon is out with a hamstring injury and Sergio Reguilon comes in at left wingback to replace him.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Telles, Fred, Matic, Sancho, Pogba, Rashford, Ronaldo

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Romero, Dier, Davies, Doherty, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Reguilon, Kulusevski, Son, Kane

The players have arrived at Old Trafford with the official team news expected in just over five minutes time. Will Cristiano Ronaldo start for Man Utd?

Tottenham boss, Antonio Conte, says that his team is ready to go against Man Utd but hopes to instill a game-by-game mentality on his squad. Speaking after Spurs’ victory over Everton last time out, Conte said:

What would Manchester United’s season look like if Antonio Conte had replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? It is the obvious question to ask ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s visit to Old Trafford this weekend, one raised in the Sky Sports studio after last Sunday’s humiliation in the Manchester derby, but in a lot of ways it is a moot point.

The prospect of Conte becoming United’s next permanent manager was played down almost as quickly as it was brought up back in October. Support for Solskjaer within the club was seriously waning in the aftermath of the 5-0 home defeat by Liverpool but Conte had few advocates of his own.

United’s reservations were well documented at the time, the biggest being the Italian’s confrontational style of managing both up and down. There were – rightly or wrongly – fears of a repeat of Jose Mourinho’s tenure, which ended in a toxic working environment and left Old Trafford’s key decision-makers seeking the ‘cultural reset’ that ultimately led to Solskjaer.

Ralf Rangnick spoke about what he’s expecting from Tottenham this afternoon and has identified a few weaknesses in Antonio Conte’s team that he hopes his players can exploit. The Man Utd boss said:

This is a huge game for Manchester United and Tottenham. Both teams are competing for a place in the top four. Man Utd head into the match in fifth with a two-point lead over Spurs and trailing Arsenal (4th) by one. If the Red Devils win today they’ll move back into the top four ahead of Arsenal’s game against Leicester tomorrow.

Tottenham (7th) have two games in hand on Manchester United so defeat today isn’t as big a killer blow as it could have been. If they win though, they’ll move ahead of United and draw level on points with Arsenal. The last time Spurs came to Old Trafford they put six goals past David De Gea despite going behind in the second minute of the game. Could history repeat itself today?

Manchester United haven’t won in three games across all competitions since beating Leeds 4-2 away from home on 20th February. In that time they’ve drawn against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and Watford in the Premier League before Manchester City battered them 4-1 in the derby last time out. Jadon Sancho cancelled out Kevin De Bruyne’s opener but City’s playmaker sent them back in front six minutes later. They took a 2-1 lead into half-time and then swept United away with two goals from Riyad Mahrez in the second half.

On the other hand Tottenham will be full of confidence. Since a 1-0 loss to Burnley at Turf Moor, Spurs have won their last two Premier League games scoring nine goals in that time. They put four past Leeds at Elland Road before hammering Everton 5-0 at home last time out. Harry Kane is hitting form at the right time and Dejan Kulusevski has made a bright start to his Tottenham career.