This weekend’s EPL fixtures have been altered in a major way by the powers that be, but one of the matches still going ahead as scheduled is the Newcastle versus Manchester United game on Monday. With both teams sitting on weeks of rest due to Covid postponements, the energy levels are bound to be very high. Manchester United only played half of their normal December workload, giving new manager Ralf Rangnick valuable preparation and revamping time that is usually impossible at this point in the season. The question in every prognosticator’s mind this week is who benefits most from this wildly rearranged appointment book?