Match PreviewRoberto Martinez expects to face a Manchester United side high on confidence when Everton visit Old Trafford in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday.Louis van Gaal's men claimed a 1-0 derby day triumph over Manchester City ahead of the international break, closing to within a point of their fourth-placed neighbours as Marcus Rashford scored the winner at the Etihad Stadium.Everton are 12th following an inconsistent season, but make the short trip to Manchester unbeaten in their previous eight league away matches.Man Utd homing in on millennium milestone >>"We all know that Manchester United control the ball really well,' Martinez told Everton TV. 'Their positional play is as good as anyone."They are very organised and they are in really good form. You don't get better doses of confidence than beating your rivals in the derby as they did."To keep a clean sheet against Manchester City at the Etihad I think shows you the type of performance they had - well balanced."We'll have to be at our best in imposing ourselves in our time on the ball and making sure we use that really, really well in front of goal."Van Gaal eyes third straight win over Everton >>Everton defender John Stones is available after suffering a knock on international duty with England, while Kevin Mirallas and Bryan Oviedo are back from suspension and a chest infection respectively.United will be without Bastian Schweinsteiger after the Germany captain suffered knee ligament damage while away with his country.Wayne Rooney is stepping up his recovery from a similar problem but the match against his former club comes too soon."It's a big blow," said Van Gaal of Schweinsteiger's setback. "He is starting his rehabilitation."He has more or less the same injury as Wayne. We have to see how it heals."FPL Scout Extra: Extra date offers chance to cash in chips >>Speaking to MUTV, the Dutchman added: "Rooney is doing great. He trained today [Friday] at a lower level with the ball and will probably play an under-21 match before he comes back."Luke Shaw (broken leg) is back on the training pitch on Monday with the physio. Ander Herrera and Ashley Young (both groin) are coming back.'United ran out 3-0 winners at Goodison Park earlier this season, with Herrera and Rooney on target after Morgan Schneiderlin opened the scoring.Manchester United (from): De Gea, Romero, Borthwick-Jackson, Darmian, McNair, Rojo, Smalling, Fosu-Mensah, Valencia, Varela, Blind, Carrick, Fellaini, Lingard, Mata, Pereira, Schneiderlin, Depay, Martial, Rashford.Everton (from): Howard, Joel, Stanek, Baines, Coleman, Funes Mori, Galloway, Hibbert, Holgate, Jagielka, Oviedo, Stones, Barkley, Barry, Besic, Cleverley, Gibson, Lennon, McCarthy, Mirallas, Osman, Deulofeu, Kone, Lukaku, Niasse, Rodriguez.Match AppointmentsReferee: Andre Marriner Assistants: S Ledger, D Bryan Fourth Official: M JonesMatch Facts - After winning just four of the first 40 Barclays Premier League meetings with Manchester United (W4 D7 L29), Everton have won four of the last seven (W4 L3). - The Red Devils have conceded just seven goals in their last 14 league outings at Old Trafford. - Everton have lost just one of their last 14 top-flight away matches (W6 D7 L1). - Romelu Lukaku is one of only four players to score a hat-trick against Man Utd in the BPL (Dirk Kuyt, David Bentley and Samuel Eto'o are the other three). He has scored six goals in his last seven appearances for Everton in all competitions.Current FormMan Utd Man UtdW 0 - 1 v MCI (A)L 1 - 0 v WBA (A)W 1 - 0 v WAT (H)W 3 - 2 v ARS (H)L 2 - 1 v SUN (A)D 1 - 1 v CHE (A)Everton EvertonL 0 - 2 v ARS (H)L 2 - 3 v WHU (H)W 1 - 3 v AVL (A)L 0 - 1 v WBA (H)W 0 - 3 v STK (A)W 3 - 0 v NEW (H)Last Corresponding MeetingSun 05 Oct 2014, Old TraffordMan Utd 2 - 1 Everton ngel Di Mara (27) Falcao (62) Steven Naismith (55)Head-to-HeadMan Utd Drawn Everton5 1http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/matches/2015-2016/epl.summary.html/man-utd-vs-everton
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