Ole's first real test ?
Champions League Group H
RB Leipzig 3:2 Manchester United
Reb Bull Arena
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- Tue, 8 December 2020 @ 8:00pm GMT
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Doubt we will play a back five without Shaw. Don't think we've played three centre backs under Ole too many times.
Hopefully a draw? We’re not Burnley mate. I hope we have the game won by half time.
If we play a back 5, why do we need McTominay in midfield? He only offers work rate & tackling, shouldn’t we be looking to get Donny in there? He can actually play football. I’d rather Matic in there than McTominay. At least he can pass a bit.Nervous, very nervous. Flashbacks of Wolfsburg away
Naglesmann the ambitious prick will have a hard on for us and will find a way to stifle us!Apparently, both Cavani & Martial are doubtful for this.
Really...where you got this inside info from?
Martial was holding his groin. Cavani, not sureOle is definitely going to go 352 for this one I think and against City. Sitting back and countering suits our players well. It's just a matter of if we take our chances or not.
Won't please many on here but I don't think Donny will start either of these next 2 games personally. Think he will go with Matic Pogba Bruno tomorrow and Mcfred + Bruno vs City.
I think Ole mentioned in the Post match presser that Cavani had a muscle injury, hence why he was taken off and Martial clearly had a groin strain. So either of them will do well to be available for this match.Didn't Cavani go off with a slight issue ?Cavani and Martial were both subbed off due to injuriesMartial is groin, will be surprised he recovers for this match so quick. Hopefully cavani makes it but we have no idea what his muscle injury is.Benfica, Basel and Wolfsburg still very raw.Not that fussed about Martial, his form is way off. Cavani would be useful, even if only as a bench option. But a forward three of Rashford, Fernandes, and Mata or Greenwood could work quite well I think.-----------------------------------------De Gea/Hendo--------------------------------------
-----------------Tuanzebe------------Lindelof----------------Maguire----------------
AWB------------------McTominay/Pogba-------------Matic---------------Telles
-----------Mata/Greenwood-----Fernandes----------------Rashford---------------
I think I would go with De Gea (if fit), McTominay and Mata. Wasn't impressed with Pogba at the weekend despite the goal. Nor McTominay really, but his form otherwise has been ok. Wouldn't mind so much if Pogba plays further forward. That team ought to be able to keep and use the ball well which will be important.I think the play like us when we are playing well but with better pressing. Quick one two's. Once touch. Usually through the middle and not so much width. And there defense can be got at. We need to dominate the midfield and to be press resistant. For me that means Maticand VDB definitely need to start. Then Im not sure between Pogba or McTominay. Neither fills me with confidence against the press.
Id go with the diamond again and tell Pogba, VDB and even Matic to hit Rashford and Greenwood early as there team pushes up so much.
---------------------De Gea
WB------Lindelof-----Maguire-----Telles
------------------------Matic---------------------
-----------VDB------------------Pogba---------
---------------------Bruno-----------
--Greenwood----------Rashford
Have flashbacks of Schalke thenNervous, very nervous. Flashbacks of Wolfsburg away
Naglesmann the ambitious prick will have a hard on for us and will find a way to stifle us! Neuer had a great game but still conceded 5 
Didn’t Phil Jones score?Have flashbacks of Schalke then Neuer had a great game but still conceded 5
This is a match Pogba shouldn't be starting given how they will likely press us
Ddg
Awb Tuanzebe Maguire Lindelof Telles
Mctominay VdB
Bruno
Rashford Cavani
Shit yeah forgot how that late goal changed things.Not confident.Cavani and Martial out!
Rashford and Greenwood top of Diamond surely then. There'll likely be needed again this weekend.Why have we stopped having those press conference threads?
@Sultan didn't you manage them ever so well?
Diamond or we keep the 4231 with Mata on the right.Not ideal to not have either of Martial or Cavani at least on the bench. Think we see the 3-5-2 here:
De Gea
Lindelof Maguire Tuanzebe
Wan Bissaka McTominay VdB Telles
Bruno
Rashford Greenwood
Not sure on Pogba's fitness, but maybe him in for VdB. Could be a 4231 with Mata in but I'm doubting that. Aside from this group and Mata/Pogba... James/Lingard our game changers on the bench? Huge game none the less. Knockout CL football starts now.Any idea who's definitely out for this game? Looking like we could be missing Fred, Shaw, Cavani and Martial at the moment. Maybe de Gea too? Not ideal for a game like this, hopefully the Fred incident against PSG isn't the thing to cost us the most.
Ole might be tempted to go to a back three, but lack of minutes for Tuanzebe & Bailly is a risk. Does he trust them enough to start anyway? I am thinking that due to no Shaw and if both Cavani & Martial miss out in particular, we might see the diamond again. It did work against them last time, so, while they'll be a bit wiser to it, can they stop it is the real question?
de Gea
Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Telles
Matic
McTominay Pogba
Bruno
Greenwood Rashford
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Henderson; Williams, Fosu-Mensah, Bailly, Tuanzebe, Mengi;
van de Beek, Mata, Lingard, James, Pellistri, Ighalo
Hopefully at least one of Martial/Cavani is fit, but from the way Martial limped off I'd be surprised if he could even start against City.Last edited:Hope we see Mata on the right and Greenwood up front in that case. Same way we played second half v West Ham.
Only conceded two in Germany and then four in the return leg - and he definitely didn't have a great game at Old Trafford, check Gibson's goal.Have flashbacks of Schalke then Neuer had a great game but still conceded 5
But yeah, that semi-final in Gelsenkirchen was glorious, possibly the most dominant United performance in the Champions League. One way traffic throughout.
Shaw and DDG are traveling, Cavani and Martial aren't.Since we have no Cavani and Martial but Shaw seems to be back, I reckon we'll play 3-5-2. I wonder who'll start in midfield apart from Bruno. Matic and McTominay seems a bit too defensive. My guess:
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------ Lindelöf - Maguire - Shaw ------
AWB - McTominay - Pogba - Telles
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---------- Greenwood - Rashford -------
Damn, lack of options upfront, so we'll be relying on Mason and Marcus to do the damage along with Bruno & Pogba. We have options on the bench but I'd have preferred one of our other forwards.
Shaw back is interesting, could start but I'd thinking maybe he'd be brought on to become part of a back three if needed later on.
Feel like both James & Lingard could have big roles to play tomorrow night with both Eddy & Tony out.
Not gonna lie I am worried that Odion is our only backup striking option in the squad but just gotta make the best of it.If we stick with the back four, I think the front six will be McT, Matic, Bruno, Pogba, Rashford and Greenwood.TRAVELLING SQUAD
Goalkeepers: David De Gea, Dean Henderson, Lee Grant.
Defenders: Eric Bailly, Tim Fosu-Mensah, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Alex Telles, Axel Tuanzebe, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Brandon Williams.
Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes, Daniel James, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba, Donny van de Beek.
Forwards: Odion Ighalo, Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford.Manchester United are taking a 23-man squad to Germany for Tuesday's Champions League game against RB Leipzig.
Qualification is up for grabs from Group H, with the Reds requiring at least a point in order to secure a place in the knock-out stage, and confidence must be high after the superb comeback at West Ham United on Saturday.
Fred is suspended and strikers Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial are out with minor knocks sustained at the London Stadium.On the plus side, David De Gea and Luke Shaw both make the trip, with the latter returning after being sidelined since the win over Everton on 7 November.
There is still plenty of firepower at manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's disposal with Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford, who both scored at the weekend, and Odion Ighalo all available to lead the line.
Axel Tuanzebe is back in the Champions League squad after missing last week's home defeat to Paris Saint-Germain due to being banned for accumulating three yellow cards in the competition.
As a reminder, Eric Bailly and Jesse Lingard are also pushing for selection as Ole must ponder which formation to use against the much-vaunted Bundesliga side, who drew 3-3 away to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Just need to go for it, if we try to play for the draw could set us back as we have been leaking goals throughout the season. Big Game this and would be a Confidence Booster for our players if we get the result and qualify for the Knock Out stages........VS..................
Date - Tuesday, December 08 2020
Kickoff Time - 2000 Hrs GMT
Venue - Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Champions League form guide
Manchester United: WWLWL
RB Leipzig: WLWLW
Previous Meetings
Manchester United 5–0 RB Leipzig
All-Time Record
Manchester United wins: 1
RB Leipzig wins:
Draws: 0
Pre-Match Pressers
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Julian Nagelsmann
Team News
Manchester United
Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Fred, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Sergio Romero ruled out. Eric Bailly and Edinson Cavani doutbtful.
RB Leipzig
Lukas Klostermann, Konrad Laimer, Benjamin Henrichs, Dayot Upamecano and Hee-Chan Hwang ruled out.
Know the opposition
RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (lit. Lawn Ball Sports Leipzig), commonly known as RB Leipzig, is a German professional football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. It was in Leipzig that the German Football Association (DFB) was founded on 28 January 1900, with the country's governing body crowning VfB Leipzig its first league champions three years later. The club would go on to lift two more titles before eventually being dissolved at the end of the Second World War. From the club's ashes rose SC Rotation Leipzig, FC Lokomotive Leipzig and FC Lok Stendel, who vied for local bragging rights in the DDR Oberliga; the highest division in East Germany from the 1950s, right up until Germany's reunification and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH, which purchased the playing rights of fifth-tier side SSV Markranstädt with the intent of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years.
In its inaugural season in 2009–10, RB Leipzig dominated the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V) and was promoted as champions to the Regionalliga Nord (IV). RB Leipzig won the 2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost season without a single defeat and was promoted to the 3. Liga (III), then finished the 2013–14 3. Liga season as runners-up and was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga (II) as the first team since the introduction of the 3. Liga to win promotion after only one season. On 8 May 2016, RB Leipzig ensured promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2016–17 season with a 2–0 win over Karlsruher SC. One year later, RB Leipzig captured a place in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League by finishing as runners-up in the Bundesliga. On 18 August 2020, the club made history by participating in their first Champions League semi-finals, losing against Paris Saint-Germain of France.
The club nickname is Die Roten Bullen (English: The Red Bulls) due to the energy drink company Red Bull being the sole investor of the club. RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena.
Referee
Antonio Mateu Lahoz.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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25%
Paul Pogba
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14%
Mason Greenwood
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6%
Scott McTominay
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3%
Donny van de Beek
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1%
David de Gea
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1%
Marcus Rashford
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1%
Victor Lindelof
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1%
Timothy Fosu-Mensah
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1%
Nemanja Matic
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1%
Luke Shaw
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
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Compiled from 272 ratings.
Score Predictions
127,48,71
- Man Utd win
- RB Leipzig win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 23% RB Leipzig 1:2 Man Utd
- 15% RB Leipzig 1:1 Man Utd
- 13% RB Leipzig 2:2 Man Utd
- 11% RB Leipzig 2:1 Man Utd
- 10% RB Leipzig 1:3 Man Utd
- 4% RB Leipzig 2:3 Man Utd
- 4% RB Leipzig 0:2 Man Utd
- 3% RB Leipzig 0:3 Man Utd
- 3% RB Leipzig 0:1 Man Utd
- 3% RB Leipzig 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% RB Leipzig 2:4 Man Utd
- 1% RB Leipzig 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% RB Leipzig 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% RB Leipzig 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% RB Leipzig 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% RB Leipzig 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% RB Leipzig 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% RB Leipzig 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% RB Leipzig 3:3 Man Utd
- 0% RB Leipzig 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% RB Leipzig 4:2 Man Utd
- 0% RB Leipzig 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% RB Leipzig 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% RB Leipzig 5:5 Man Utd
Match Stats
- RB Leipzig
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 45% 55%
- Shots
- 9 19
- Shots on Target
- 4 8
- Corners
- 4 10
- Fouls
- 18 7
Referee
Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Axel Tuanzebe
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replaced by Brandon Williams
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replaced by Donny van de Beek
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replaced by Timothy Fosu-Mensah
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replaced by Paul Pogba
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