FA Premier League
Watford 2:4 Manchester United
Vicarage Road
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- Tue, 28 November 2017 @ 8:00pm GMT
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We'll beat Watford but lose to Arsenal on the weekend
11 points behind before the derbyCan't find this on DirecTv....I think we'll go 4-3-3 for this one, just switch the tree in for Herrea if he's fit, just looked like he was carrying a knock near the end so I've put Ander in.
I like the look of that side. Hope Micky does get a chance on the right.
City will loose to southhampton in that case.
Same. Not confident at all.Martial Lukaku
Young Pogba Ander Anton
Matic
Rojo Vic Mike
DDG
Pretty much , but i think darmian could be involved as wingback as young will be required on saturday.Watford had a lot of joy from their left (Newcastle's right with Yedlin who was completely clueless in terms of positioning). Gray is a terrible striker so we have that going for us. Doucouré is the one that worries me with his forward runs.We need to rotate some of our players but not too much. Probably rotate 3 or 4 players from our XI last weekend.
Valencia Smalling Rojo Darmian
Matic
Lingard Herrera Pogba Martial/Rashford
Lukaku
So Fellaini is out? We need to play 3 man midfield because I think Pogba is tired but we can't afford to rest him, hopefully an extra midfield will do good for him. Either Young or Valencia is being rested for Arsenal game. Lingard will start because Martial and Rashford played last weekend and we need to rest one of them for Arsenal game.4-0 Watford they'll destroy us, the title is overGod I hope we win this. It'll be a stressful couple of weeks losing this and knowing we have Arsenal, CSKA and City coming up.Gone with all change at the FB positions, think Valencia and Young struggle with 3 games in a week and he'll want them fresh for City.
Also gone for 3 in MF with Felliani coming in (not sure what to make of him not travelling rumours).
Rash, Juan and Lukaku the front 3.Don't want to be that guy, but I've noticed Fellaini tool a knock in his knee against Brighton, just hope it wasn't the previously ligament injured one.As good as Young is going forward from the LB position so many of Brighton's attacks were coming down that side. Silva will pick up on that and am worried we'll get done.
If you check attack sides graph then it's 38% from their right side and 39% from left side. Leaving all that, I think they looked dangerous from their right side as Knockaert is a decent player and a good dribbler.09:51CIARAN KELLY
Marouane Fellaini's absence 'confirmed'
The midfielder was not spotted among United’s travelling party which boarded a train from Stockport last night:
https://twitter.com/jimw1/status/935442454710497280
Jim White@jimw1
My theory about which of Jose's Giants will turn out for Utd tonight at Watford immediately blown out of the water: Fellaini hasn't travelled I'm told...
9:37 AM - Nov 28, 2017
He was ok vs spurs defensively though. Not ideal but fineI'll go for this, then...
De GeaCan we afford to rest players for this match?
Lindelof Smalling Rojo
Valencia Pogba Matic Young
Lukaku Rashford
Prediction: A scrappy, boring, filthy, disgusting 1-0 to us.Dont see Valencia,young starting at all. We need them against Arsenal, no way they can both play 3 games a week. Specially Valencia's whose knee is fecked.
Swap Valencia and Young out for Darmian and Blind (I think we'll rest Valencia/Young for Arsenal), and I'd imagine the side will look similar to that.Not a single one of our FB options are satisfactory.
I spent 3 whole minutes trying to figure out who the hell Vic is
But, presumably and hopefully, with the extra player we'd need to field a full eleven.
Wingbacks that provide zero attacking threat?? Wake me up at Full Time.
Watford are quite good. Honestly I'd be incredibly surprised if we started the match with 10 players.I (think) recall watching this game in the pub last year and it was a dire loss.
Watford are on good form, and they've already caused a couple of upsets at their ground.
A dire, dire performance with a 1-0 own goal snatch and grab will do me nicely.I like 3-5-2 for us at the moment. Young needs protection down the left. Is there any chance we could play Zlatan and Lukaku together up front?
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DDG.......smalling jones rojo.....Valencia young Matic fellaini Pogba ...... Lukaku Zlatan
Makes us more solid, good options on bench if we need but for the next three games, being solid is the priority.Hopefully Bailly and Rojo can start, or Bailly/Smalling.
THey'd be playing mid 3 , so i expect to match them in midfeild 3 early one. You have one player less in your lineup- Tough away game
- Every PL game is de facto “final” now. We cant afford to lose any point
- Strong XI with minimal rotation. Valencia Young will be fully rested against CSKA. I think Jose has set them up for playing 3 games in a row by fully resting them last week
- Midfield stability
- Keep it tight
- Try to control the midfield and build our attack from there. More possession, attack but less offensive than usual 4-2-3-1 game plan
3-5-2
Young
Bailly
Smalling
Rojo
Valencia
Matic
Herrera
Pogba
Martial
Lukaku
Expect a win 0-2Last edited:
Young needs more protection than having Rojo (and Smalling) behind him? Poor fellow…
Starting with a midfield 3 means McTominay would be forced to come in for Pogba later on.Watford seem a bit fragile defensively but good going forward. Jose will opt for a cautious tactics to limit the threat they pose in attack and wait for the inevitable chances for our forwards. If they score first though, it could become similar to Stoke or Huddersfield.
Watford are a tough side, Jose has mentioned recently about matic and pogba's having problems in the middle with newcastle and brighton , We will need 3v3 in the middle to control the midfeild.
Also You can use jones, LIndelof or smalling in the middle if thats the case or mctominay also or go to a back 4 in a 451 if you need control and are up in the game.
I dont expect anyone to come out if we are chasing a winner.I think that Jose will leave the initiative to the host team and set-up more defensively for their left side, where most of their attacking happens. We will wait for space to lunch counters and try to use set-pieces to our advantage which probably means that Fellaini will be in starting 11.Some of the posters here put Bailly in their formation, is he injury free, has Jose said anything?
Because they're a tough side and we're playing away from home, we must mirror their expected 3-5-2 with 3 the back, not necessarily 3 in central midfield, specially without Fellaini. Mourinho mentioned Brighton overrunning us there was motivated by starting both Martial and Rashford, who don't the tactical nous yet to close down midfield.7-1 for a score draw.
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Score Predictions
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- Man Utd win
- Watford win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 26% Watford 1:2 Man Utd
- 16% Watford 0:2 Man Utd
- 14% Watford 0:1 Man Utd
- 13% Watford 1:1 Man Utd
- 6% Watford 2:1 Man Utd
- 5% Watford 1:3 Man Utd
- 4% Watford 0:3 Man Utd
- 4% Watford 2:2 Man Utd
- 3% Watford 2:0 Man Utd
- 3% Watford 0:0 Man Utd
- 2% Watford 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 5:0 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% Watford 3:0 Man Utd
- 0% Watford 2:3 Man Utd
- 0% Watford 5:5 Man Utd
- 0% Watford 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% Watford 1:5 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Watford
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 59% 41%
- Shots
- 12 15
- Shots on Target
- 3 7
- Corners
- 5 5
- Fouls
- 12 10
Referee
Jonathan Moss
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