Liverpool vs Manchester United, Premier League: What time is kick-off, what TV channel is it on and what is our prediction?
What is it?
Liverpool vs Manchester United - the Premier League meeting between the two most successful clubs in English football, that's 18-time league title winners and their friends from up the East Lancs Road, who have two more titles on their honours board that the Merseysiders.
When is it?
Sunday Dec 16, 2018.
What time is kick-off?
Referee Martin Atkinson will get the match at Anfield under way at 4pm, while assistants Stephen Child and Lee Betts will run the lines.
What TV channel is it on?
The match will be broadcast by Sky Sports – their 'main event' channel will show the match – with their pre-match programme starting at 4pm. Alternatively, you can bookmark this page and come back on Sunday afternoon for all the build-up, team news, live minute-by-minute commentary and unparalleled post-match analysis.
What is the team news?
Liverpool manager Klopp has defensive issues ahead of the visit of Manchester United. Right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold (foot) and Joel Matip (broken collarbone) this week joined Joe Gomez (fractured leg) on the injury list, leaving Klopp with just two fit centre-halves in Virgil van Dijk and Dejan Lovren.
Nathaniel Clyne has returned to fitness but midfielder James Milner is likely to start on the right side of defence.
Liverpool (possible, 4-4-2): Alisson; Milner, Robertson, Lovren, Van Dijk; Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Shaqiri, Keita; Salah, Firmino.
Out: Alexander-Arnold (foot), Matip (collarbone), Gomez (leg), Solanke (groin).
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is hopeful some of his injured players will be available for Sunday's game at Anfield.
Marcos Rojo joined the ranks of sidelined defenders during Wednesday's loss to Valencia and looks certain to miss out along with Victor Lindelof and Alexis Sanchez while Chris Smalling, Diogo Dalot, Anthony Martial, Matteo Darmian, Luke Shaw and Scott McTominay are all doubts.
David de Gea and Nemanja Matic, who were rested for the trip to Spain, will return while Mourinho must decide whether again to leave out midfielder Paul Pogba, who failed to impress in Valencia.
Manchester United (possible, 4-2-3-1): De Gea; Dalot, Young, Jones, Smalling; Matic, Pogba; Mata, Rashford, Lingard; Lukaku.
Out: Lindelof (groin), Sanchez (hamstring), Rojo (knock).
Tests: Smalling, Dalot, Martial, Darmian, Small, McTominay (all knocks).
What are the current standings?
What are they saying?
"It [the United match] is going to be difficult.
"Things can happen, everyone can have a bad season... last season, with the same players, they finished second. One season goes well, one season a little bit more difficult.
"It doesn't mean they have a bad team. They have good players, a good manager, and they know how to manage games and win games – or not to lose games."
Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
"We have to keep going and especially with what we have coming on Sunday, we need to be ready for that."
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho
What are the best odds?
Liverpool to win: 1/2
Draw: 16/5
Manchester United to win: 9/2
What's our prediction?
Home win for the league leaders, though one imagines Mourinho will make Liverpool work for their points: 3-1.
