Man Utd predicted lineup for crucial Aston Villa fixture as Marcus Rashford decision made

Marcus Rashford's half-time substitution against Porto led to adjacent much disapproval for Erik 10 Hag, who's preparing to negociate Manchester United for what could beryllium the last time

Manchester United question to look Aston Villa connected Sunday for what whitethorn good beryllium Erik 10 Hag's last bow.

With conscionable 3 wins successful their opening 10 games this season, and without a triumph successful their past four, the Red Devils are successful escaped fall. Ten Hag's men needed a 91st-minute equaliser from Harry Maguire connected Thursday to avoid different humiliating defeat, this clip successful the Europa League against Porto.

United were 2-0 up wrong the opening 20 minutes successful Portugal but recovered themselves 3-2 down aboriginal successful the 2nd half. They aboriginal went down to 10 men aft skipper Bruno Fernandes was sent disconnected for second clip successful the abstraction of 5 days.

Fernandes volition truthful beryllium suspended for the Red Devils' adjacent crippled successful Europe but not successful the Premier League. The United skipper's reddish paper during the humbling 3-0 loss astatine location to Tottenham past Sunday was overturned pursuing a palmy appeal.

Fernandes is truthful expected to commencement against Villa but Marcus Rashford's spot successful the XI is little certain. In a determination which near fans and pundits perplexed, Ten Hag hauled Rashford disconnected astatine half-time against Porto, contempt him scoring the Red Devils' opening extremity and assisting Rasmus Hojlund's strike.

Post-match, Ten Hag utilized 'rotation' arsenic his reasoning for substituting the 26-year-old disconnected and helium wanted to springiness minutes to Alejandro Garnacho, who produced a lively second-half display. The likelihood is that some Rashford and Garnacho volition commencement connected the flanks, with Amad dropping retired of the starting line-up.

Ten Hag could besides freshen up his midfield, with Kobbie Mainoo not afloat acceptable for Thursday's crippled and Manuel Ugarte named connected the bench. Centre-back is besides an country of intrigue, with £43million signing Matthijs De Ligt receiving disapproval for different dodgy show earlier the antheral who replaced him, Maguire, became the leader of the night.

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Ten Hag's aboriginal is by acold the biggest talking constituent up of the travel to Villa Park, with co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe owed to beryllium successful attendance. And connected Tuesday, the United hierarchy volition conscionable successful London for a long-planned gathering which whitethorn impact a statement astir Ten Hag's position.

INEOS president Ratcliffe is acceptable to beryllium joined by Joel Glazer - who remains United's enforcement co-chairman - INEOS caput of athletics Sir Dave Brailsford, United CEO Omar Berrada, sporting manager Dan Ashworth and method manager Jason Wilcox. Chief fiscal serviceman Roger Bell and main operating serviceman Collette Roche are besides expected to beryllium astatine the meeting.

The determination to sack Ten Hag wouldn't beryllium down to Ratcliffe, though, arsenic successful an interrogation with BBC Sport connected Friday, the petrochemicals mogul explained: "I similar Erik. He's a precise bully manager but astatine the extremity of the time it's not my call.

"It's the absorption squad that's moving Manchester United that person to determine however we champion tally the squad successful galore antithetic respects. But that squad that's moving Manchester United has lone been unneurotic since June oregon July.

"They weren't determination successful January, February, March oregon April – [CEO] Omar, Dan Ashworth - they lone arrived successful July. They've lone been determination - you tin number it successful weeks astir - they've not been determination a agelong time, truthful they request to instrumentality banal and marque immoderate sensible decisions."

Predicted Man Utd XI vs Aston Villa: (4-2-3-1) Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Ugarte; Mainoo; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund

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