Manchester United v Newcastle United: match preview Manchester United (Possible, 4-4-1-1): De Gea; Jones, Evans, Vidic, Evra; Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Young; Rooney; Van Persie. Out: Anderson, Nani (all hamstring), W Keane (knee), Powell (illness). Tests: Kagawa (knee), Rafael (hamstring). Newcastle (Possible, 4-3-3): Krul; Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon; Anita, Perch, Marveaux; Cissé, Ba, Gutierrez. Out: Tiote (suspended), Ben Arfa, S Taylor (hamstring), Cabaye (groin), Gosling (ankle), R Taylor, Vuckic (both knee). Team News Sir Alex Ferguson is certain to make changes. United's failure to beat Swansea on Sunday saw their advantage in the Premier League title race trimmed to four points. Danny Welbeck, Javier Hernandez, Chris Smalling and Darren Fletcher will be amongst those hoping to be involved, whilst Rafael needs to shrug off the hamstring injury that kept him out of the Liberty Stadium encounter. Newcastle boss Alan Pardew will be without midfielder Cheick Tiote. The Ivory Coast international collected his fifth booking of the season during Saturday's 1-0 Premier League victory over QPR and is suspended. Otherwise, Pardew will have only his long-term absentees missing for the game at Old Trafford, with Hatem Ben Arfa, Steven Taylor (both hamstring), Yohan Cabaye (groin) and Ryan Taylor (knee) sidelined. Match Notes Old Trafford is a fortress again for Manchester United, with seven wins from eight league games, while they have scored in each of their last 57 games there. However, Newcastle can take heart both from their win over QPR on Saturday and the fact that, in their last six games against Sir Alex Ferguson's team at home and away, they have kept three clean sheets. Not this time, though. Betting: Home 1-4, Away 10-1, Draw 5-1. Stat of the game: United have won their last nine Boxing Day games and last lost one in 2002. John Ley's prediction: Manchester United 4 Newcastle United 0.