They were both 18 when they first endeared themselves to the Old Trafford faithful with goals on their debuts - which both happened to come in European competition.
They both opened their Premier League scoring accounts with goals against Arsenal, before following that up with winners against Manchester United's bitterest rivals.
And after their first 25 matches for the Old Trafford club, they both happen to have an identical scoring return of 12 goals.
These are the parallels between the early United careers of Wayne Rooney and Marcus Rashford and, on the evidence so far, the latter will be just as good as the former in his prime.