Manchester United and Liverpool kick off their pre-season campaigns with a pre-season friendly in Bangkok, Thailand.
With the new season under a month away, teams are preparing the best they can, with United looking to bounce back from their worst ever Premier League campaign. Liverpool, meanwhile, won both domestic cups and finished second to Manchester City.
Here’s what you need to know about Tuesday’s clash.
The big news for United is the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is looking to leave the club this summer. However, manager Erik ten Hag has insisted the Portugal international is not for sale.
Elsewhere, Phil Jones and Brandon Williams have both been left in England to continue their recoveries from respective knocks.
Manchester United pre-season squad
David de Gea, Victor Lindelof, Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Tyrell Malacia, Amad Diallo, Fred, Raphael Varane, Diogo Dalot, Tom Heaton, Luke Shaw, Jadon Sancho, Alex Telles, Facundo Pellistri, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Nathan Bishop, Donny van de Beek, Anthony Elanga, James Garner, Axel Tuanzebe, Scott McTominay, Matej Kovar, Ethan Laird, Tahith Chong, Hannibal Mejbri, Alejandro Garnacho, Charlie Savage, Zidane Iqbal.
Liverpool confirmed their 37-player touring squad on Sunday, with new signing Darwin Nunez travelling alongside fully fledged stars like Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
There is, however, no room for Calvin Ramsay as he is recovering from an injury, while Caoimhin Kelleher is not included in the squad.
Liverpool pre-season squad
Adrian, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Stefan Bajcetic, Fabio Carvalho, Luke Chambers, Bobby Clark, Leighton Clarkson, Harvey Davies, Luis Diaz, Harvey Elliott, Fabinho, Roberto Firmino, Melkamu Frauendorf, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Thomas Hill, Curtis Jones, Diogo Jota, Naby Keita, Ibrahima Konate, Isaac Mabaya, Joel Matip, James Milner, Tyler Morton, Fabian Mrozek, James Norris, Darwin Nunez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Nat Phillips, Andy Robertson, Mohamed Salah, Thiago, Kostas Tsimikas, Sepp van den Berg, Virgil van Dijk, Rhys Williams.
It’s pretty tough to predict the outcome of a pre-season friendly, given it’s all about getting up to speed ahead of the new campaign.
However, with United at the very start of their regime under Ten Hag and Liverpool are miles ahead under Jurgen Klopp, so the safe prediction is a Liverpool win. That will depend, however, on the strengths of the starting XIs.
Score prediction: Manchester United 2-4 Liverpool
