Manchester United XI vs Aston Villa: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest

Sunday’s effect astatine Villa Park could beryllium decisive successful determining the aboriginal of the under-fire Dutch manager astatine Old Trafford, with the unit continuing to physique aft a dismal 3-0 location nonaccomplishment to Tottenham was followed by a chaotic last-gasp 3-3 draw against Porto successful the Europa League connected Thursday night.

United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe volition reportedly beryllium successful attendance for Sunday’s game, which is United’s past earlier the October planetary break.

With high-flying Villa undefeated truthful acold this play and connected a precocious aft beating Bayern Munich successful the Champions League, this is simply a squad enactment that Ten Hag perfectly has to get close - meaning helium surely indispensable alteration his leaky defence that continues to vessel goals each implicit the place.

Matthijs de Ligt was erstwhile again taxable to terrible criticism for his latest below-par outing successful Portugal, with Ten Hag urged to reconstruct the fit-again Harry Maguire to his defence alternatively aft helium salvaged that precocious constituent disconnected the seat and drew praise for his much captain-like code that followed existent skipper Bruno Fernandes being sent disconnected for the 2nd clip successful arsenic galore matches.

Fernandes volition beryllium disposable to look Villa aft his three-game prohibition for a situation connected Spurs’ James Maddison was promptly overturned connected appeal, and helium surely remains excessively important to permission retired contempt nary uncertainty infuriating his manager with specified a deficiency of discipline.

Other than Maguire, United’s different options for imaginable antiaircraft changes are constricted with Luke Shaw, Leny Yoro and Tyrell Malacia each inactive unavailable. Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans are improbable to beryllium turned to arsenic starting options, portion Ten Hag is precise abbreviated connected full-back screen with right-back Diogo Dalot already filling successful connected the left.

Kobbie Mainoo trained and travelled to Porto aft seemingly shaking disconnected a sound that forced him disconnected against Tottenham, but did not extremity up making the matchday squad.

The England midfielder volition instrumentality astatine Villa if fit, apt partnered by summertime signing Manuel Ugarte contempt his aboriginal struggles with Casemiro and Christian Eriksen not offering immoderate much power successful the mediate connected Thursday.

Mason Mount missed the Porto crippled with a caput wounded sustained precocious connected against Tottenham aft helium had earlier replaced Mainoo aft lone conscionable returning from a calf issue, but helium avoided a concussion truthful could beryllium disposable arsenic different enactment successful midfield.

The make-up of Ten Hag’s onslaught for specified an important fixture volition beryllium fascinating, with United having impressed successful the aboriginal going against Porto arsenic they went 2-0 up wrong conscionable 20 minutes earlier being level astatine half-time and past falling 3-2 down up of Maguire’s stoppage-time equaliser.

Marcus Rashford opened the scoring and looked connected good signifier earlier being amazingly replaced astatine the break, with Ten Hag insisting afterwards that helium took the determination to rotate Rashford and replacement Alejandro Garnacho with 1 oculus connected Villa.

You would expect some to commencement this weekend, though the versatile Joshua Zirkzee could beryllium shifted retired to 1 of the wide positions if Ten Hag would similar to support Hojlund done the mediate aft helium scored the 2nd successful Porto. Amad Diallo and Antony are among United’s different attacking options.

Predicted Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Ugarte, Mainoo; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund

Injured: Yoro, Shaw, Malacia

Time and date: 2pm BST connected Sunday October 6, 2024