Manchester United will take on Burnley this weekend in the Premier League, here’s our predicted line-up for the game.
The past week has seen Manchester United reach the FA Cup finals and then put four past Sheffield United at Old Trafford.
Despite these two results, the pressure is still firmly on Erik ten Hag, and there’s little doubt that Jason Wilcox will be watching the game on Saturday as he evaluates the manager.
Injury troubles are still rife in Ten Hag’s squad, particularly in defence which means he’ll have to slot some square pegs into round holes.
However, after Wednesday’s 4-2 win, he will be fairly confident of picking up a result here.
How will he line up the squad for this one? We see him making two changes to the team from Wednesday. Here’s our prediction.
Predicted Manchester United XI vs Burnley
For Ten Hag, it’s performance over anything in the league now as he’ll be desperate to show Ineos he deserves to keep his spot.
So we expect it’ll be a strong team with little rotation.
Goalkeeper
The first position is one we wouldn’t expect to see rotation anyway, given it’s happened once all season. This is Andre Onana who’ll start in goal once again.
Full-backs
Moving into the defence, we expect to see Diogo Dalot on the left and Aaron Wan-Bissaka on the right. This pairing did well on Wednesday and Wan-Bissaka is far more comfortable on the right.
Centre-backs
Centre-back will see no changes either with Harry Maguire and Casemiro starting, given the current injury crisis which leaves no other choice.
Midfield
In midfield, it’s just a question of who to pair with Kobbie Mainoo. After 32-year-old Christian Eriksen’s poor display midweek, Scott McTominay is the man we think should start.
Then there’s little doubt that ahead of these two will be Bruno Fernandes after his three-goal contribution outing on Wednesday.
Wingers
On the right, Amad Diallo surely will finally be in line for his start after Antony blundered his chance last time out. Then on the left, has to be Alejandro Garnacho with Marcus Rashford’s situation not clear.
Striker
In the striker position, leading the line will be Rasmus Hojlund after he ended his goalless streak. He’ll now be looking to open a scoring streak like he did last time.
