Carlo Ancelotti must not grow overconfident of taking a result against Manchester United on Saturday after claiming Everton will have an “advantage” over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.

The Red Devils visit Goodison Park for this weekend’s early Premier League kick-off striving to avoid a third defeat in a week, having succumbed to losses at home to Arsenal and away to Istanbul Basaksehir.

Manchester United will have just two days rest between their Champions League Group Stage affair and lining up on Merseyside, much to Solskjaer’s frustration.

The Old Trafford coach believes United have been hard done by through this weekend’s tie being selected for the 12:30 kick-off with his side also competing on Wednesday night, but saw an attempt to postpone the match by 24-hours blocked.

“Twelve-thirty on a Saturday doesn’t help us but that’s what the Champions League gives to you,” Solskjaer told United’s official website. “It gives you a challenge because you want to be in this competition playing in midweek and we’ve just got to take it as it comes.

“We asked for a Sunday game but there was absolutely no help to get that.”

Ancelotti likewise can see the quick turnaround causing the Red Devils difficulties, noting ahead of the match that Everton should have a physical advantage on Saturday.

“It can be an advantage,” the Italian said, via quotes by the Liverpool Echo. “As I said before, the top teams have a really, really big schedule, so it is really difficult for them. So, we can take advantage of this on a physical aspect, above all.

“But I think we did better when we had games every three days. But from a physical point of view, we have an advantage for sure.”

Ancelotti risks making a major mistake here though and must avoid growing overconfident of taking a result at home to Manchester United due to their fixture congestion, though, as Everton will be striving to avoid a third-straight Premier League defeat themselves.

Solskjaer rotated his starting line-up heavily against Istanbul Basaksehir from the XI which lost at home to Arsenal, with United facing their Turkish opposition without starters David de Gea, Victor Lindelof, Paul Pogba, Fred, Scott McTominay and Mason Greenwood.

Marcus Rashford was also brought off in the 76th-minute at the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium, likely to rest the England international, while Pogba, Greenwood and McTominay were only relied on to play sparing roles in the second-half.

The physical advantage Ancelotti has alluded to will be far from as strong as the Italian may like, and should focus on how Everton can best thwart the Red Devils instead with Solskjaer warned he could be sacked should the flailing visiting side fall short at Goodison Park.

United will arrive on Merseyside down in the bottom-six of the Premier League table after just two wins in six games, potentially even just three points above the drop zone should Burnley beat Brighton on Friday night.

AND in other news, Carlo Ancelotti’s injury blow comes as a timely boost for an “important” Marco Silva signing’s Everton career.