Man Utd vs Reading
FA Cup 2018-19
Venue: Old Trafford
Kick-off: 12:30pm GMT today
Man Utd are looking to get their FA Cup campaign off with a bang against Championship strugglers Reading at Old Trafford today.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has guided the club to four wins from four matches since stepping in as interim boss.
Barring a Champions League miracle, the FA Cup is the Norwegian's best chance of securing silverware this season - and maybe bolstering his chance of landing the job on a permanent basis.
Team news
Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez will both start on Saturday but Paul Pogba is a doubt as a result of the ugly challenge he received from Jonjo Shelvey on Wednesday.
Eric Bailly is suspended with Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo unavailable through injury.
United supporters will be hopeful of seeing 17-year-old Mason Greenwood in the matchday squad along with Angel Gomes, who came off the bench in the Boxing Day victory over Huddersfield.
Score prediction: Manchester United 4-0 Reading
Solskjaer really couldn't have asked for a more straight forward FA Cup third round tie.
Reading are without a win since the beginning of November and are quickly sinking into a desperate battle to survive relegation.
United should stroll into the next round on Saturday afternoon.
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Match odds
- Man Utd win: 1/14
- to go through including extra-time and penalties: 1/20 - Reading win: 40/1
- to go through including extra-time and penalties: 8/1 - Draw: 12/1
First goalscorer odds
- Romelu Lukaku: 13/5
- Mason Greenwood: 7/2
- Alexis Sanchez: 10/3
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TV channel and live stream online coverage
The match will be televised live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting from 12.30pm.
BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
There have been 21 meetings between these two sides over the years with United claiming 13 wins.
Reading have a solitary win to their name.
These two met in the same stage of this competition in 2017 - with United easing to a 4-0 win over Jaap Stam's Royals that afternoon.
