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One of the Premier League’s most prestigious rivalries will take place on Sunday when Liverpool host Manchester United. Photo: Twitter @Liverpool

LIVE: Liverpool v Manchester United – Sunday, 5 March 2023

One of the Premier League’s most prestigious rivalries will take place on Sunday when Liverpool host Manchester United.

Jurgen Klopp Liverpool

One of the Premier League’s most prestigious rivalries will take place on Sunday when Liverpool host Manchester United. Photo: Twitter @Liverpool

While there may be an abnormally large 10-point gap between the two, one of the Premier League’s most prestigious rivalries will take place on Sunday when Liverpool host Manchester United.

Kick-off is at 18:00 (SA time) on Sunday, 5 March 2023.

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Liverpool’s recent uptick in form has revived their hopes of a top-four finish, with clinical performances the catalyst for a four-game unbeaten streak in the league (W3, D1), most recently beating Wolves 2-0 at Anfield in midweek.

Manager Jürgen Klopp seems to have corrected at least one of his side’s problems this season, after keeping a clean sheet in all four of those undefeated Premier League outings.

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That compliments Liverpool’s recent defensive performances when Manchester United make the relatively short trip down the M62 to pay Anfield a visit, restricting their rivals to only a single goal and going unbeaten in the last seven home head-to-heads (W4, D3).

Manchester United have scored in their last 15 EPL matches

But Manchester United have rarely seemed more capable of righting that wrong than now considering they’ve scored in 28 consecutive matches, including each of their last 15 in the Premier League which serves as the longest current scoring run in the league.

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With that type of offensive output it’s little surprise that no Premier League side has earned more points than the Red Devils’ 23 (W7, D2, L1) since the World Cup, and they’ve not only taken a stranglehold on third-place, but also secured the Carabao Cup crown last weekend.

Already in possession of the most Premier League doubles over Liverpool, a win here for Erik ten Hag’s troops would see Manchester United extend that record to nine after their 2-1 victory in August.

Their defensive discipline could be the ultimate decider of that though, and that’s not something Manchester United have showcased too often given 20 of their 28 Premier League goals conceded this campaign have come on the road.

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Players to watch

Mohamed Salah’s 10 goals vs Manchester United is the most by any Liverpool player, largely thanks to scoring a mammoth nine goals across his last five head-to-head outings.

Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford has been in the form of his life lately, scoring 10 goals in his last 10 league matches, and another here would see him join club elites Ruud van Nistelrooy, Eric Cantona and Cristiano Ronaldo as the only Manchester United players to score in six successive Premier League matches.

Hot stat

There’s been goals scored in both halves in nine of the last 11 head-to-head matches.