Ruben Amorim will take charge of Manchester United for the first time on Sunday afternoon when his Red Devils side go up against Ipswich Town at Portman Road in the Premier League.
Former Sporting boss Amorim has been chosen to usher in a new era at Old Trafford following Erik ten Hag's ill-fated Manchester United tenure.
The highly-rated Portuguese manager takes over a United team that are sitting in 13th place in the Premier League table following 11 rounds of action.
However, there were some signs of encouragement under interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy, who signed off with a 3-0 win over Leicester before the international break, on an afternoon where both of my bets landed.
As for Ipswich, they picked up their first Premier League win of the season at the eleventh attempt with a shock 2-1 triumph away at Tottenham two weeks ago.
That maiden league victory of the campaign has hauled Kieran McKenna’s men out of the relegation zone and they will look to continue their climb up the standings by claiming the scalp of Man United.
How the bookies view it: Ruben to hit the ground running
Ipswich Town are as big as 19/5 on Betano to secure what would be a first Premier League home win of the season on Sunday afternoon, while a point apiece at Portman Road has been priced up at 31/10 with the same firm.
Man United are odds on 3/5 (Betano) favourites to make a winning start to life under new boss Amorim.
Head to head: Red Devils rule the roost
While this will be the first time that the duo have crossed paths in the Premier League for over two decades, United could draw confidence from the fact that they have claimed top honours from each of the previous three meetings.
The two clubs did come up against each other in an EFL Cup tie back in 2015, with the Red Devils romping to a 3-0 victory.
Players to watch: Sam to sin?
Sam Morsy has been a prolific fouler for Ipswich across the opening stretch of the Premier League season, making him an attractive option to commit two or more fouls here at 22/25 on UniBet. The combative midfielder has committed multiple fouls in six of his 10 top-flight outings for the Tractor Boys this term.
Bruno Fernandes has hit a purple patch of form of late, having either scored or assisted in each of his last four outings for Man United. The Red Devils captain is 19/20 (UniBet) for another goal involvement this weekend.
Predicted line-ups
Kalvin Phillips missed out against Tottenham last time out due to suspension but the Man City loanee is available for selection again on Sunday.
Lenny Yoro, Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia are all back in training and hoping to feature for Man United this weekend.
Ipswich Town: Muric; Johnson, O'Shea, Burgess, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Hutchinson, Chaplin, Clarke; Delap
Manchester United: Onana; De Ligt, Martinez, Evans; Mazraoui, Casemiro, Ugarte, Dalot; Amad, Fernandes; Rashford
Anything else catch the eye?
Look to Noussair Mazraoui to commit a minimum of one foul at 5/6 (Bet 365) on Sunday afternoon.
The Manchester United defender has fallen foul of the referee in seven of his 11 Premier League appearances since joining the club in the summer.
Mazraoui is likely to cross paths with Ipswich’s Leif Davis, who has drawn a combined total of 12 fouls across the hosts' opening 11 Premier League games of the season.
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