I'd start Greenwood. Let him maintain some momentum wherever possible this season.
Perhaps try the Matic - VDB midfield pairing with Lingard as the no 10.
Perhaps try the Matic - VDB midfield pairing with Lingard as the no 10.
League Cup 3rd Round
Manchester United 0:1 West Ham United
Old Trafford
- Kick-off
- Wed, 22 September 2021 @ 7:45pm BST
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Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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Well let's see, no Atkinson, no lucky ricochets, with bit of help from OT crowd, 3:1 or 4:1 win think it's possibility.
We have so many rested players, this could be vital performance... we just need to enter the match without uncalled nervousness.Aside from progressing in the cup, I'm just hoping Martial and Sancho put in good performances tonight and that they finally get their seasons off and running.
Same. Hope for big performances from both of them.
Would be great, yeah. Kind of want to see Sancho play without Bruno in the XI so he can take a more active role in the playmaking.In terms of picking a starting 11 how many of Bruno, Henderson, Greenwood, Wan Bissaka will likely start hmm..
Henderson will 100%. Hard to say with the others.Without Shaw, is Phil Jones gonna take the corners?
Jokes aside, hope we get to see a good version of VdB and to the unusual players. Also a good chance for Sancho to get some minutes behind him.
I don't think Ole read the caf and tbh I don't care about those Oleout either. I simply ignore them. They can moan as much as they want to Ole gonna stay for at least two years more even if we don't win a thing. As long as he makes top 4 and keep making the team stronger.
Neil Custis reckons Heaton will play tonight.
90% sure Bruno starts now given the makeup of the squad. Someone should have let Mata know SoccerAid was at the Etihad the other week.
My prediction. Could be Jones at CB, Heaton for Henderson, Fred for Matic or Elanga in for Mata (probably the most likely to happen) but on the whole I think we'll go pretty strong with Greenwood on the bench for backup.
My prediction. Could be Jones at CB, Heaton for Henderson, Fred for Matic or Elanga in for Mata (probably the most likely to happen) but on the whole I think we'll go pretty strong with Greenwood on the bench for backup.
We might go for this. I have a feeling Ole has been trying to develop an intricate passing and movement style of football for us to complement our pacey counterattacking football for a while now. Hence the purchase of VDB, and Sancho and keeping likes of Lingard. He might try this out in the league cup match. The combination play between VDB, Mata, Sancho and Lingard with Martial at the tip of the attack could in theory be great. But in practice it might take a lot of games to develop as these people would be playing with each other for the first time, and Mata's legs are gone while Sancho is just bedding in.Reckon it could be:
Henderson
Dalot - Lindelof - Bailly- Telles
McT - VdB
Sancho - Bruno - Lingard
Martial
Maybe AWB from the start and Telles with the 2nd half depending on how ready he is.
Bailly to get booked for a flying kick resulting in a pen.Play the reserves, screw this dumb competition and let City win it as usual.Anyone got the line-up? It should be out now
Why should it?
Except everybody will then hammer the manager for failing in another cup competition.
Stay off the weed mate
I have! This is just old age now.Im seeing this on twitter as the squad
Henderson, Heaton; Wan-Bissaka, Dalot, Lindelof, Jones, Bailly, Telles; McTominay, Matic, Van de Beek, Fernandes, Mata, Lingard, Elanga, Sancho; Martial, Greenwood.
From this i would like to see
Heaton; Wan-Bissaka, , Lindelof, Jones, Bailly, Telles; McTominay, Matic, Van de Beek, Fernandes, Mata, Lingard, Elanga, Sancho; Martial, Greenwood.
Martial
Elanga - Lingard - Mata
Van de Beek - McT
Telles - Bailly - Lindelof - Dalot
Henderson,
bench
Heaton; Wan-Bissaka, Jones; Matic, Fernandes, Sancho; Greenwood.
i'd rather save the players and have a proper go at the league / CL than a two legged semi defeat against City knackering the key players in the process.
Sack the FA Cup too.Didn't realise this was tonight but v. excited to see what is hopefully a v. good game
7:45 kick off. Line-up an hour before
Agreed.
For me only the PL and CL matter. Tbh I can't even bring myself to be excited for this game.
Your preaching to the converted bud, I agree.Henderson
Dalot
Lindelof
Jones
Telles
Matic
V.D.B
Sancho
Lingard
Martial
CavaniHour before kick-off
Edit: ah feck! I thought it was quarter to 6
legend.
No Cavani. Still injured.Death and taxes are said to be the two certainties in life. For Ole, it is Maguire and Bruno must always start.Team is pretty obvious I think - only question will be if Mata starts over Elanga.
well Maguire's not in the squad so yeah facepalm
Probably elanga or mata instead then.On my way to OT now, really excited as it's my first time back since before lockdown. Looking forward to seeing some players hopefully get 90 minutes and shine like Sancho, Van de Beek, Martial, Lingard, Dalot, Telles etcElanga was one of our bright sparks during pre season. Be nice to see him get a start tonight.
Ah nice, the Newcastle game (Ronaldo's return) was my first game back since before lockdown. Always a good buzz on the way to a game, hopefully it a good game and good result for ya!
I'm going to do a Geoff Shreeves and ask how it will be to not watch Ronaldo on your first night back?I don't see an official squad list. But I'd like/expect to see something like:
Henderson
Dalot Lindelof Maguire Telles
Matic DVB
Sancho Lingard Elanga
Martial
I really hope we see Elanga get a start, Ole spoke very highly of him after his pre-season performances and I feel like he will want to have another look at him.
Where did I criticize the club?- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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18%
Mason Greenwood
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12%
Dean Henderson
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10%
Nemanja Matic
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10%
Victor Lindelof
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4%
Jesse Lingard
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2%
Jadon Sancho
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2%
Diogo Dalot
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1%
Juan Mata
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1%
Bruno Fernandes
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1%
Eric Bailly
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 237 ratings.
Score Predictions
218,16,17
- Man Utd win
- West Ham win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 25% Man Utd 2:0 West Ham
- 24% Man Utd 2:1 West Ham
- 10% Man Utd 3:1 West Ham
- 9% Man Utd 3:0 West Ham
- 8% Man Utd 1:0 West Ham
- 6% Man Utd 3:2 West Ham
- 5% Man Utd 1:1 West Ham
- 4% Man Utd 1:2 West Ham
- 2% Man Utd 4:0 West Ham
- 2% Man Utd 4:1 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 0:1 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 2:3 West Ham
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 West Ham
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- West Ham
- Possession
- 61% 39%
- Shots
- 27 9
- Shots on Target
- 6 3
- Corners
- 7 5
- Fouls
- 4 6
Referee
Jonathan Moss
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Mason Greenwood
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