Bournemouth v Manchester United - Preview and possible lineups

Bournemouth: The 'Cherries' have a near-full squad for the game with only Junior Stanislas and Adam Smith sidelined with knee injuries.

United: Daley Blind is back in training for the 'Red Devils' and is pushing for a return alongside Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones and Scott McTominay who were unused substitutes in the shock 1-0 defeat to West Brom. 

'Cherries' head coach Eddie Howe on the relegation battle: 

"You can see down the bottom of the league how tight it is, with everyone scrambling to get above the 40-point mark.

"One or two disappointing results and you can tumble down the league; from our perspective we've been consistent in our league position for a while, due to our form and being difficult to beat, we've been picking up points all the way through, and we don't want to lose that position." 

United manager Jose Mourinho on his squad selection: 

"If I play someone against Bournemouth and he is phenomenal, he plays the [FA Cup] semi-final [against Tottenham]".

"The word is not rotation. This is an opportunity for some people to play and to try to get a place in the team. Some of the guys who played [against West Brom], they don't have a place in that team."

Form:

Did you know?

United have only failed to score in one of their previous 13 meetings with Bournemouth in all competitions, losing 2-0 in an FA Cup tie in January 1984, when the Cherries were managed by Harry Redknapp.

In fact, both teams have found the net in four of the previous five Premier League meetings, with Man Utd's 1-0 win in December the only time a team has kept a clean sheet.

Score prediction: 1-2

Bournemouth possible XI: Begovic; Cook, Ake, Simpson, Francis; King, Gosling, Surman, Ibe; Wilson, Defoe. 

United possible XI: De Gea; Young, Jones, Rojo, Valencia; Matic, McTominay, Mata; Lingard, Rashford, Lukaku.