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MATHEUS CUNHA DOUBTFUL FOR EVERTON: MAN UNITED STAR SUFFERS TRAINING GROUND KNOCK

Man United could be without Matheus Cunha for the Everton clash due to a head injury. His potential absence complicates Ruben Amorim's team selection as the Red Devils aim for a top-four push.

Matheus Cunha Doubtful For Everton: Man United Star Suffers Training Ground Knock
Matheus Cunha Sustains Knock In Training

Manchester United may face the challenge of competing without a crucial player on Monday during their Premier League match against Everton at Old Trafford.

Recent reports indicate that Matheus Cunha, a forward for Manchester United, suffered a minor head injury and might not participate in the upcoming match against Everton.

The Red Devils aim to avoid a loss for the sixth consecutive match as they host the Toffees in their 12th fixture of the Premier League season.

Ruben Amorim deserves recognition for the enhanced outcomes and performances of his team. However, it is important to note that the recent three victories out of the last five games can be attributed to the summer acquisitions of Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha.

Although Cunha has netted just a single goal this season, his high energy has been crucial to the club's achievements as they strive for a Champions League spot.

According to journalist Ben Jacobs, Amorim might need to face Everton without Cunha, who sustained a head knock in training on Saturday. This injury kept him from attending a Christmas event in Altrincham.

As for who will take the forward position in Cunha's absence, Manchester United is also contending with the injury of striker Benjamin Sesko, who will be sidelined for several weeks, complicating team selection for Amorim.

Mbeumo is likely to take on one of the three attacking positions, while Mason Mount could be considered as a false nine, which would again send Joshua Zirkzee to the bench.

Amad Diallo played in an attacking role in the last match against Tottenham Hotspur on November 8, but since he favours a right-wing position, starting the 23-year-old may require Mbeumo to play as a striker.

All three forwards exhibit versatility, which could lead to a fluid attacking style that might challenge Everton’s defensive setup, although they may struggle with physicality in the box.

Currently, Manchester United sits in 10th place with 18 points, but a victory on Monday could elevate them to fourth position by the end of matchweek 12, merely one point from third-placed Manchester City and two points behind second-placed Chelsea.

The schedule for the Red Devils appears more favourable compared to their rivals for Champions League qualification, especially since they are not engaged in European competitions and have been eliminated from the EFL Cup.

Amorim will likely be optimistic about the performance of teams like Liverpool, as any points dropped by them enhance United’s prospects of finishing in the top four when the season concludes in May.

The potential impact of losing key players like Mbeumo to the Africa Cup of Nations is another consideration, but the team’s growing resilience offers a positive outlook.

EX-CAPTAIN NEVILLE CLAIMS SUBSTITUTIONS MADE MANCHESTER UNITED "WORSE" AGAINST WOLVES

Gary Neville slams Ruben Amorim’s "weird" substitutions and tactical shifts after Manchester United's 1-1 draw with bottom-side Wolves.

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Was the halftime substitution a tactical error or an injury?

Gary Neville said that the performance of Manchester United in their match against winless Wolves was ‘the baddest of the bad.’

United would have moved fourth in the league with a win at Old Trafford last night, although Wolves, who had two points in 18 games before kickoff, ended their record of 11 straight losses with a 1-1 draw.

Amorim’s team had been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by a League Two team, Grimsby, in August, but Neville was convinced that United had hit rock bottom in a game that could have been even more one-sided were it not for two important saves by Senne Lammens.

“That was the baddest of the bad," the former United captain declared on the Gary Neville podcast.

“They weren’t just booed off at the final whistle. The fans waited in the stadium to continue to boo them. They’ve gone backwards.”

United had won at Newcastle 1-0 on Boxing Day, despite being plagued by an injury list that already lacked skipper Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire, and Matthijs de Ligt, as well as three players on African Cup of Nations duty.

But they remained flat right from the first whistle, and the header by Ladislav Krejci just before the half bottled Joshua Zirkzee's deflected shot.

Amorim’s formation choice of 3-4-3 was brought into focus once more as the Portuguese opted to go back to his preferred tactic of four at the back against Newcastle.

“This isn’t right. I’ve watched enough of United over the last five or six weeks to know what looks right and what isn’t right,” Neville had declared 20 minutes into his commentary on Sky Sports.

“Because, when I see that we go back (to three at the back) after five minutes tonight, I’m thinking, no, Ruben, why have you done that?

"The manager has to look at that and think, I got that wrong. I complicated it."

However, Amorim decided to substitute Zirkzee at halftime and brought on an 18-year-old Jack Fletcher, who made his third appearance at the senior level.

Regarding substitutions made by Amorim, Neville further added, “They made Manchester United worse. Every single substitution was ridiculous.”

‘If Zirkzee was injured, and it was a tactical substitution, that was a very poor one.’ But Zirkzee isn't Eric Cantona, not by a long shot, and he had to get out there for physicality, for presence, for experience.”

SEE LISANDRO MARTINEZ’S FURIOUS REACTION AFTER MAN UTD’S SHOCK WOLVES DRAW

Lisandro Martinez demands more after Man Utd’s 1-1 draw with bottom-placed Wolves. United ended 2025 sixth in the Premier League.

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Martinez slams United’s tactical mistakes

Stand-in captain Lisandro Martinez was mad that Manchester United dropped points against Wolves, who are at the bottom of the league.

United came into the last game of 2025 after a good win against Newcastle on Boxing Day and were expected to easily beat Wolves.

Joshua Zirkzee scored first for United, but they didn't take their chances. Ladislav Krejci's header tied the game for Wolves, 1-1.

It was only their third point in 19 games, and it stopped their 11-game losing streak. United fans booed at the end of the game.

When Martinez was asked if it felt like a disappointing point, he said, 100 percent.

We are very disappointed. We can't keep drawing or losing points at home. We have to win.

We want to be at the top, competing with the best.

We can't drop points in games like this. We just have to accept it and be hungry for the next game.

Martinez was captain again because Bruno Fernandes is still recovering from an injury.

When United coach Ruben Amorim was asked about injured players for the game against Leeds on Sunday, he didn't give much away. Leeds are really wanting to beat United for the first time since 2010.

Martinez said to MUTV, You can either make excuses, or you can be strong and say, 'We're dropping points, so we need to go for the next one and show what we can do.'

We need to work together and do the easy things to get the three points.

United is in sixth place in the league at the end of 2025, only two points behind Liverpool for the last Champions League spot. Liverpool has a game in hand.

They could be in a better position if they had been better in both boxes. Leeds has been playing well lately, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin doing great up front.

Martinez added, It's about us. I don't like to think about other teams.

I'm thinking about what we can do to get better as a team every day, and we have to learn from this game.

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