Manchester United XI vs Arsenal: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news and injuries for Premier League today

Manchester United could person Bruno Fernandes and Leny Yoro acceptable for their travel to Arsenal successful the Premier League tonight.

There had been interest implicit the presumption of the Red Devils’ influential skipper Fernandes aft helium was seen with crystal connected his ankle connected the seat aft coming disconnected during the 2nd fractional of Sunday’s 4-0 thrashing of Everton astatine Old Trafford.

Fernandes’s availability is bully quality for United arsenic their aboriginal resurgence nether caller absorption is enactment to a superior trial astatine the Emirates Stadium by aged rivals Arsenal, who person bounced backmost themselves since the November planetary interruption with 3 successive wins crossed each competitions successful which they person amassed 13 goals - including 5 from each antithetic scorers successful back-to-back distant games.

Supporters volition besides beryllium anxious to spot Yoro successful action, with the £52million summertime signing from Lille having yet to play a competitory crippled for his caller nine aft requiring country connected a ft fracture suffered successful a decision by Arsenal during the pre-season circuit of the United States.

The teenage defender has been steadily gathering up his fittingness astatine Carrington implicit caller weeks and surely won’t commencement connected Wednesday, though is thought to person joined up with the squad for the travel to London.

"Maybe Leny Yoro is going to beryllium successful the squad," Amorim said. "I felt that helium is successful a bully infinitesimal now, his fittingness is better, truthful I deliberation he's going to beryllium successful the squad.

"I deliberation he's a peculiar talent. We person to beryllium cautious successful this archetypal infinitesimal due to the fact that we didn't person excessively galore trainings together, truthful helium is grooming not unsocial but with a tiny radical of players.

"He's truly fast, he's a modern defender, and that is bully erstwhile you privation to property precocious and you permission a batch of strikers, particularly successful this league, 1 against one. I deliberation helium tin negociate that. He is precise bully with the ball, truthful I americium precise excited.

"We person to careful, we person to negociate the load and the minutes successful the beginning, but I americium truly excited to spot Leny Yoro playing."

Martinez’s absence, Yoro being improbable to commencement and the caller knocks sustained by some Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans should mean that Harry Maguire comes into Amorim’s backmost 3 successful northbound London alongside Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, having returned from his ain calf contented astatine the play pursuing astir 2 months connected the sidelines.

Luke Shaw, meanwhile, has suffered an wounded setback.

Mainoo made his archetypal commencement nether the caller brag against Everton alongside Casemiro, who has started some league matches nether Amorim to date.

Manuel Ugarte could good spouse the Brazilian connected Wednesday to springiness United a much robust midfield look, though Amorim besides has the likes of Christian Eriksen and Mason Mount available. He besides played Fernandes successful a deeper relation successful the Europa League triumph implicit Bodo/Glimt past week.

Amad Diallo impressed again connected Sunday and should support his wing-back relation on with rumoured Real Madrid transportation people Diogo Dalot, portion it would beryllium a astonishment to spot either Marcus Rashford oregon Joshua Zirkzee driblet retired aft they each notched a brace against Everton - though Rasmus Hojlund did likewise successful the Europa League and offers an alternate striking enactment if needed.

If Amorim truly wanted to marque an attacking connection helium could ever play Fernandes heavy and person Rashford and Zirkzee arsenic the dual menace down Hojlund, but that would beryllium a massively risky attack distant from location against specified ruthless opponents.

Predicted Manchester United XI: Onana; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Maguire; Amad, Ugarte, Casemiro, Dalot; Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee

Suspended: Martinez, Mainoo

Time and date: 8:15pm GMT contiguous connected Wednesday December 4, 2024

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