An old rivalry resumes when Newcastle United travel to Manchester United on Saturday.
The odds are stacked against Newcastle United when they travel to Manchester United on Saturday.
The Red Devils have won their eight home matches in all competitions this season by an aggregate of 23-1.
And the Magpies have only won on one of their last 36 visits to Old Trafford, although that was as recently as 2013.
Yohan Cabaye celebrates scoring the winner against Manchester United at Old Trafford in 2013
What Newcastle can cling on to is that Rafael Benitez has got the better of Jose Mourinho more times in English football than any other manager.
The Spaniard holds four victories over ‘The Special One’, all from his time at Liverpool when the Reds struck up a fierce rivalry with Mourinho’s Chelsea.
No other manager has beaten an English opposition managed by the Portuguese more than twice. Arsene Wenger has never done it, and Sir Alex Ferguson only did it once before retiring.
With Newcastle on the back of successive league defeats and struggling to score goals, it would take a tactical masterclass from Benitez to make it a famous five this weekend.
But if anybody can pull it off, it is the Newcastle manager.
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