Man United desperate to end four-game winless streak against Bournemouth

Manchester United draw the curtain on gameweek 16 when Bournemouth visit Old Trafford on Monday night.

The Red Devils smashed winless Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 last time out and will be eyeing a fifth-place move with a win.

The Cherries’ recent struggles continued as they were held to a goalless stalemate with Chelsea in their last outing.

Match preview

Manchester United are winless in their last four Premier League games against Bournemouth (D2 L2), more winless games than they’d had in their first 12 against the Cherries (W9 D1 L2).

Bournemouth have won their last two Premier League away games against Manchester United, beating them 3-0 both times. No side has ever won three in a row away against the Red Devils in the top flight while scoring 3+ goals each time.

The Red Devils have lost just one of their last nine Premier League games (W5 D3), going down 1-0 at home to Everton. They’ve won more points in these nine games (18) than they had in their previous 17 matches combined (16 – W4 D4 L9).

The Cherries are winless in their last six Premier League matches (D2 L4), last enduring a longer winless streak between December and February in the 2023/24 campaign (seven games).

Ruben Amorim’s side have kept just one clean sheet in their 15 Premier League games this season, with only bottom side Wolves keeping fewer (0).

Andoni Iraola’s men have failed to score in their last two Premier League games, last failing to score in three in a row in their last three games of 2022/23 under Gary O’Neil.

Bruno Fernandes has been involved in eight goals in his last eight Premier League games, scoring two and assisting six. Last time out against Wolves, he both scored and assisted in the same Premier League game for the 16th time, with only Wayne Rooney (35), Ryan Giggs (22) and David Beckham (17) doing so more for Manchester United.

Mason Mount has scored three goals in his last seven Premier League appearances, one more than he had in his first 36 games for Manchester United in the competition (2).

Team news

Manchester United

Benjamin Sesko could return back to the squad after his knee injury, but he has been suffering from food poisoning this week and will be assessed.

Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt are sidelined for this fixture.

Bournemouth

Marcos Senesi is a doubt after he came off against Chelsea with thigh concerns.

Veljko Milosavljevic, Ryan Christie and Ben-Gannon Doak are unavailable due to injuries.

Lewis Cook will serve his third and final game of his three-match suspension on Monday, while Tyler Adams returns from a yellow-card suspension.

Predicted line-ups

Manchester United: Senne Lammens, Noussair Mazraoui, Ayden Heaven, Luke Shaw, Amad Diallo, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot, Bryan Mbeumo, Mason Mount, Matheus Cunha.

Bournemouth: Djordje Petrovic, Adam Smith, James Hill, Bafodé Diakité, Adrien Truffert, Tyler Adams, Alex Scott, David Brooks, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo, Evanilson.