Manchester United welcome Sunderland to Old Trafford for the first time since Boxing Day 2016.
They have faced the Black Cats 145 times in their history, winning 65 matches.
They have lost on 42 occasions and the match has ended up all square 38 times.
Here are three things to look forward to ahead of a crucial match.
Wonderful record
The BBC report that “Manchester United have lost just two of their last 30 league games against Sunderland with this their first since a 3-0 win in April 2017.”
In that time they have won 22 games and drawn six.
In fact, Sunderland have not won at Old Trafford since 1968, when they came out on top 1-2.
The most recent match was a 3-1 victory for the Red Devils with Daley Blind, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan finding the back of the net.
Amad return
The Ivorian had to miss the match versus Brentford last week for personal reasons.
Thankfully, he will be back in the squad for the crucial game against Sunderland.
Amad has not been at his electric best so far this season but showed last season what a threat he can be.
He spent a highly successful loan spell at Sunderland in the 2022-2023 season where he scored an impressive 14 goals in 42 appearances.
The wing back still remains a highly popular figure amongst the Black Cats’ fans but United supporters will hope he does nothing but hurt his former loan side’s cause on Saturday afternoon.
50 up for Ruben Amorim
There has been so much noise surrounding Amorim’s future that his 50th match in charge has gone under the radar.
Unfortunately, the statistics do not make pleasant reading as he has only won 18 of those matches.
In comparison, Erik ten Hag won 35, Jose Mourinho 30 and Louis van Gaal 27.
Shockingly, he has lost more than he has won with 19 defeats coming under Amorim’s tenure.
He will hope that he can ease the pressure a little on his position and mark the milestone in the best way possible with three points.
Ruben Amorim will manage his 50th match as Man Utd boss tomorrow. Here are the fewest wins by #MUFC managers post-SAF in their first 50 games:
🔘 Solskjær — 24
🔘 Moyes — 27
🔘 Van Gaal — 27
🔘 Mourinho — 30
🔘 Ten Hag — 35Amorim has won just 18, drawing 12 and losing 19. 😳 pic.twitter.com/7e3w9reKRv
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) October 3, 2025
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
