Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna believes his side have "an opportunity" to secure a historic result when they travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United on Wednesday night.

The Tractor Boys will make their first league visit to M16 since 2001 with the ambition of capitalising on United's wretched home form. The Reds have lost five of their last six Premier League outings at Old Trafford, including each of their last two.

United have the 14th best home record in the division this season and have won just two of their first seven home league games under Ruben Amorim, who faced Ipswich in his first game as United head coach back in November.

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McKenna, who left his position as a first-team coach at United to become Ipswich boss in December 2021, has admitted he has not paid too much attention to United's recent struggles, but he is aware of the chance his side has to record their first win over the Reds in the league for 31 years.

"I haven't followed it really, really closely, to be honest," said McKenna, addressing United's current situation. "We're so wrapped up in ourselves first and foremost, trying to work on improving every little detail on ourselves and then on the next opponent.

"We played them in the manager's first game, so that's our clearest reference. There were some things that were good in the game for us and they showed their quality in some moments as well.

"Of course, I know quite a few of the players on a more detailed level. Our players know pretty much all their players very, very well and we know that it's going to be a big challenge.

"But we also feel that there's an opportunity there to go and put in a really good performance."

United are currently 15th in the table, just three places above Ipswich, albeit being 13 points better off. McKenna insists United's current position will be a surprise to everyone.

"I think it's a surprise for anyone," added the Ipswich boss.. "I don't think anyone in football would say it's anything other than that. I'm sure they'd want to be having a better season than they are.

"I think it does show the competitiveness of the Premier League, that's the truth of it. I think the margins to win games, whether it's Man United in the last few months, we've seen it with Man City for spells of the season, we've seen it with Tottenham for spells of the season."