PREM: Stoke City v Man Utd preview

Stoke City v Man Utd preview

Manchester United travel to Stoke City on Saturday looking to stretch their unbeaten run in all competitions to 17 games.

United's 1-1 draw with Liverpool last weekend ended a run of six straight wins in the Premier League - a run of results which has catapulted Jose Mourinho's men back into the top-four mix.

Although Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been grabbing the headlines, scoring 13 goals in his last 13 games, the United defence have provided a solid platform for their attackers to shine as they have not conceded more than one goal in any of the last 16 games in all competitions.

Meanwhile, Stoke are unbeaten in their last three home league games against United (W2 D1) and have kept three clean sheets in their last four matches at the Bet365 Stadium.

Bojan Krkic will return to the Stoke squad for Saturday's clash.

The Spaniard, who has been linked with a move away from the club in January, has recovered from the rib problem that ruled him out of last weekend's win over Sunderland.

Jonathan Walters, Geoff Cameron, Jack Butland and Stephen Ireland remain on the sidelines while Ramadan Sobhi, Wilfried Bony and Mame Biram Diouf are away on Africa Cup of Nations duty.

Mourinho said United have "little problems" ahead of the game but no major injury concerns.

Eric Bailly is unavailable while on international duty with Ivory Coast, but Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo came through last week's clash with Liverpool fine after returning from injury.

Luke Shaw could also be set for a recall to the starting XI after returning to fitness.