Luke Shaw is close to a comeback for Manchester United but not in time for Boxing Day. Chris Smalling is fit but Jose Mourinho has not revealed whether Henrikh Mkhitaryan can return from his ankle injury.
Sunderland manager David Moyes says Jan Kirchhoff will miss the next three months with a knee injury, but Javier Manquillo, Steven Pienaar and Billy Jones could return.
Did you know?
Jermain Defoe has scored six times on Boxing Day in the Premier League, more than any current player. The record PL scorer on Boxing Day is Robbie Fowler with nine.
Since the start of November, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored seven goals from just eight shots on target.
Manchester United have won more Premier League matches on Boxing Day than any other team (18).
Since 2014-15, Manchester United have won 64% of the 44 Premier League matches Michael Carrick has started, compared to 39% of the 49 without him.
What the managers say
Jose Mourinho: "The squad is good. We don't have many injuries. Even the Luke Shaw injury is coming to an end. We are fine. People are happy."
See: Mourinho press conference in full
David Moyes: “We’re going to need them [Manquillo, Pienaar, Jones], though whether they will be available for the Manchester United game I’m not quite sure.”