Where to watch Manchester United vs Sunderland: TV channel, live streaming details, kick-off time and team news

Manchester United face off against high-flying Sunderland this weekend as the pressure builds on Ruben Amorim.

However, UK-based fans will not be able to tune in, with the game not being broadcast on TV.

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Amorim is still yet to record back-to-back Premier League victories after a 3-1 defeat to Brentford last time out.

Meanwhile, Sunderland have had an excellent start to the campaign.

The Black Cats have 11 points, meaning if they get a draw at Old Trafford, they will level Southampton’s point tally from last year.

Regis Le Bris’ men are hard to beat, and they will see this as a great chance to claim a win at Old Trafford.

Man United vs Sunderland: Date and how to follow

This Premier League game will take place on Saturday, October 4.

Kick-off at Old Trafford is set for 3pm.

Due to the TV blackout, the match can’t be shown on UK TV.

Instead, talkSPORT will be right across the action on GameDay Live with Adrian Durham, who will have the goals as they go in from the Premier League and EFL, including Manchester United versus Sunderland.

talkSPORT.com will also have all the action in our dedicated live blog.

• Manchester United have lost just two of their last 30 league games against Sunderland (W22 D6), with this their first since a 3-0 win in April 2017.
• Across all competitions, Sunderland have managed to win just one of their last 31 away games against Manchester United (D9 L21), winning 1-0 in May 2014 thanks to Sebastian Larsson’s winner.
• Manchester United have won their last two home Premier League matches, as many as in their previous nine combined at Old Trafford (D2 L5). The Red Devils are looking for three consecutive home wins for the first time since winning eight in a row between April and August 2023.
• Sunderland have won just one out of 29 away Premier League matches against the Manchester clubs (D4 L24), a points-per-game of just 0.24 which is the worst of any side to play more than 15 away games against United and City.
• Man Utd are unbeaten in their last 24 Premier League games against newly promoted sides (W21 D3) since losing 4-1 to Watford in November 2021. The Hornets were also the last promoted side to stop United scoring, in a 0-0 draw in February 2022.

Man United vs Sunderland: Team news

The hosts should welcome two players back from the defeat last weekend.

Casemiro returns from suspension after his red card against Chelsea, and Amad Diallo should be back in the squad after a family bereavement.

Lisandro Martinez is still out with his ACL injury.

Sunderland will be without Habib Diarra, Dennis Cirkin and Romaine Mundle through injury.

Reinildo is suspended after his red card against Aston Villa.

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• Sunderland have 11 points in six Premier League matches this season (W3 D2 L1), the best start by a newly promoted side since West Ham United in 2012-13 (also 11). They need just one point to equal Southampton’s total from the entirety of last season in 38 games (12).
• This will be Ruben Amorim’s 50th game in charge of Man Utd in all competitions – none of the last five managers to hit 50 games have won their 50th (D3 L2 – Moyes, van Gaal, Mourinho, Solskjaer, ten Hag), with Alex Ferguson the last to win his 50th match back in November 1987 away at Bury.
• Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes has made the most line-breaking passes leading to a shot in the Premier League this season (9). He also has five goals and six assists in his last nine matches against newly promoted opponents.
• Each of Sunderland’s last three Premier League goals has been assisted by Granit Xhaka, with Xhaka also assisting the last time he faced Man Utd in January 2023 for Arsenal. The only Black Cats player to assist four goals in a row was Chris Waddle in March/April 1997.
• Against Brentford last weekend, Man Utd’s Benjamin Sesko became the third Slovenian to score in the Premier League, after Robert Koren and Jon Gorenc Stankovic. Sesko hasn’t scored in consecutive league appearances since December/January last season with RB Leipzig (5 in a row).

Man United vs Sunderland: What has been said?

Simon Jordan tore into Amorim and questioned how he is getting away with making the team worse.

He said: “United are a long way away from the finished article, no one can work out why Ruben Amorim seems to be given special dispensation that no other manager in football seems to be given.

“And that is: Come in and make it worse, and keep on making it worse and spend lots of our money whilst making it worse and then tell everyone why you’re making it worse and ultimately you’re not going to pivot from that and the crowd cheer you.

“That is a wonderful formula – every manager in the world will want to enlighten on that alchemy because that means just turn up and get paid for doing nothing.

“You look at it and think have the Man United fans been beaten down to such a worn-down nub that they’re going to accept a first-half performance of a good game every other week.

“Because really and truly, this is not an ocean liner, it might be a difficult football club to run, but notwithstanding that, it’s not an ocean line, it can turn.

“Ten months, 11 months into it, you have to look at the reality – you have to be sensible and pragmatic, we all have our beliefs in life and we all have our principles – but you’ve got to win football matches.

“If you can’t win football matches in a certain way, you win football matches in another way until you can play the way you want to play.”