• England have lost just twice at Old Trafford this millennium

• India have never won in Manchester in nine previous Tests

• Recommended bet: England to win

Nine days on from their dramatic third Test win at Lord's, England will look to seal a series win over India with a game to spare at Old Trafford this week.

The Manchester venue has been a fortress like no other for England for nearly three decades.

However, India have already broken new ground at Edgbaston earlier in the series and will be eager to set up a fifth Test decider at The Oval with victory.

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Team news

England spinner Shoaib Bashir has been ruled out for the remainder of the series with a hand injury so Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson has been called up for the final two matches of the series.

India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy will miss the rest of the tour with a knee injury while left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh sustained a thumb injury in training and is unavailable this week.

Uncapped Anshul Kamboj has been added to the tourists' squad ahead of the match at Old Trafford.

The stats

Australia (2019) and Pakistan (2001) are the only two touring sides to have won at Old Trafford in the last 25 years.

England have won 15 of the 20 Tests at the Manchester venue in that time.

India have never won a Test at Old Trafford (D4 L5) and were beaten by an innings there on their last visit in August 2014.

Joe Root (978) has scored the most Test match runs at Old Trafford. The England great averages 65.20 in Manchester but has scored only one century in 19 innings at the ground.

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Prediction

Twenty years on from the sparkling Ashes summer of 2005, England are involved in another enthralling five-match Test series.

In just three matches of their ongoing contest with India, England have pulled off another final-day chase, been thumped at Edgbaston, and held their nerve when things could have easily gone awry to win by a narrow margin at Lord's.

It is a series that has ebbed and flowed continuously and this week's fourth Test at Old Trafford promises to be just as thrilling.

England have a formidable record at the Manchester venue, winning 15 of the 20 Test matches held there since the start of the millennium.

They have been beaten only twice, by Pakistan in 2001 and Australia 18 years later, in that time.

India have never won at the ground, although that was also true of Edgbaston before they recorded a resounding victory there in the second Test.

A young touring side have put up far more resistance than expected and have arguably shaded the balance of play in the series.

But England's big players have stood up when required and, led by fearless skipper Ben Stokes, who hauled them to victory at Lord's, that could once again be the difference in Manchester.

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