[Niall]

VS

Date - Wednesday, September 21 2016
Kickoff Time - 1945 Hrs BST
Venue - Sixfields Stadium, Northampton

EFL Cup form guide

Manchester United : N/A

Northampton : WW


Previous Meetings

Northampton 0 : 3 Manchester United

Northampton 2 : 8 Manchester United

Manchester United 6 : 2 Northampton

Northampton 1 : 1 Manchester United


All-Time Record

Manchester United wins - 3
Northampton wins - 0
Draws - 1


Pre-Match Pressers

José Mourinho

N/A

Rob Page



Team News

Manchester United

Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luke Shaw and Henrikh Mkhitaryan ruled out.

Northampton

No major absentees.


Know the opposition

Northampton Town Football Club (nicknamed The Cobblers - a reference to the town's historical shoe-making industry) are a professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire; and were founded in 1897, after meetings between the town’s schoolteachers and local solicitor A.J. Darnell, and joined the Football League in 1921 in the Third Division of English football. After decades of seesaw performances in the lower divisions (including the 'memorable' defeat to Manchester United where George Best scored 6 goals) and being the record holder for the shortest time taken to be promoted from the bottom tier to the top tier and relegated back down to the bottom again, in the space of nine years - Northampton Town entered a new, more successful era when they moved to their current stadium from County Ground. Their recent form is particularly good - before the weekend, they were undefeated in 31 games. Northampton's most prominent rivals are Peterborough United; and they have been playing their home games at Sixfields Stadium since 1994.


Referee

Stuart Attwell.​

 

[paulscholes18]

Romero
Darmian TFM Blind Rojo
Herrera Schneiderlin
Young Mata Memphis
Rashford

2-0 win

 

[ThanksBoss26]

I wouldn't give any of them the night off after that.

We need to find our best team fast and play it consistently.

 

[van Persie]

Hopefully we can string a few passes together against a League One side

 

[kps88]

At least the losing run will come to an end. Right?

 

[Samid]

Got MK Dons written all over it. 4-0.

 

[An Irish Red]

Rooney might not look out of place here; Northampton are about his level.

 

[Irrational.]

I honestly couldn't give any less of a shit about this game.

 

[Ludens the Red]

5-0

 

[VorZakone]

They'll take revenge for Southampton.

 

[Raw]

Can we just play some good fecking football please.

 

[100]

Think this will be a difficult game but we'll come out of it with our heads held high in a turbulent time for the club.








2-1 Northampton.

 

[LuisNaniencia]

Hate to say this but this is a low priority game. Not sure more games in our schedule will help things.

 

[bosnian_red]

Mkhitaryan still out I assume?

Romero
Fosu Mensah - Smalling - Blind - Darmian
Herrera - Carrick
Young - Mata - Lingard
Rashford

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[TMDaines]

I wouldn't give any of them the night off after that.

We need to find our best team fast and play it consistently.

Absolutely agree.

 

[Sam M]

Yeah, I can see another complete disaster in the making. Against a shit, alehouse rugby team from a no mark town, with their footballing jujitsu, small, cramped stadium, officials perfectly content to allow their thuggery unchecked, us in disarray.

Shit.

 

[K2K]

They'll take revenge for Southampton.

That made me laugh at least.

 

[Feed Me]

5-0.

 

[K2K]

This has the hallmarks of a terrible night.

Should probably avoid watching it but I can't.

 

[Raw]

We'll win 5-0 with Rooney scoring 4 and he'll never get dropped again.

 

[WyoManU]

You can't really be filled with confidence, can you?>

 

[charlenefan]

Don't care, end the season now so we can throw and 200m at our problems and see how the next 6 games of next season go

Rinse and repeat

 

[marukomu]

3:45 am JST.
Maybe I can't get up for this. It is a very busy day.

 

[Jacky Quacky]

5-0

 

[Galactic]

I like to see TFM, Tuanzebe and at least 3 more youngsters to mix it up with Memphis and Morgan. We may lose but we need to blood in some youngsters. Thats the Manchester United way (in the League cup).

But please no Rojo.

 

[izec]

We will lose, no doubt. Our players are just fannies and will shrink

 

[pjaya]

0-0 draw and match to be replayed

 

[ThanksBoss26]

De Gea

Fosu-Mensah
Smalling
Blind
Shaw

Carrick
Herrera
Pogba

Mata
Ibrahimovic
Rashford

Bailly the only one I'd really give a rest to.

 

[Dazzmondo]

4 losses in a row? Very possible imo. I would expect our 2nd team to play (whoever that is).

Predicted Line-up:

_____________________________________________________________________

20. Romero

36. Darmian 3. Bailly 17. Blind 5. Rojo

21. Herrera 16. Carrick 28. Schneiderlin

8. Mata 19. Rashford 7. Memphis
____________________________________________________________________

Bench: 51. Johnstone, 12. Smalling, 24. Fosu-Mensah, 27. Fellaini, 14. Lingard, 18. Young, 9. Ibrahimovic
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Not even going to predict a score. If we win I'll be happy.

 

[Florida Man]

at the predictions so far

 

[Mister_Stubbs]

We need a confidence boost, the plan being win the game and score a handful of goals as well.

DDG, TFM, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Carrick, Pogba, Mata, Memphis, Rashford.

In reality it'll be a nervy game which we'll scrap 1-0.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

I like to see TFM, Tuanzebe and at least 3 more youngsters to mix it up with Memphis and Morgan. We may lose but we need to blood in some youngsters. Thats the Manchester United way (in the League cup).

But please no Rojo.

Our U-23 are not great at the moment. The last thing we need is another hiding.

 

[charlenefan]

Players need to play themselves into form and second rate competitions now come into significance due to our league form so play the strongest side possible whatever that is

 

[TheGame]

Bring back BFS please.

 

[JoaquinJoaquin]

Rooney will score and will 'be back'.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Feck playing fringe players. Mourinho needs to play a team he will play in the premier league. Six points behind City now. No time for experimenting. We're like 6 games in, for feck sake.

He needs to have the:

Right balance
Formation
Players

De Gea
Valencia Smalling Blind Shaw
Carrick
Fellaini Pogba
Lingard Rashford Martial

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[TheGK]

Yeah, I can see another complete disaster in the making. Against a shit, alehouse rugby team from a no mark town, with their footballing jujitsu, small, cramped stadium, officials perfectly content to allow their thuggery unchecked, us in disarray.

Shit.

What are you talking about? They've just gone on a 31 game unbeaten streak, getting promoted in the process, and play decent football. Save your outdated cliches.

 

[PaulRich]

Didn't Northampton turn the scousers over at Anfield a few years back. Food for thought. Take this lightly at our peril.

 

[Ban]

3-1 Northampton.

 

[WPMUFC]

I'd like to see Carrick/schneiderlin with pogba and herrera. Drop rooney and fellaini and just see how it plays.

this is a perfect game to change things up.

 

[littlepeasoup]

Really think we need to play the strongest team possible. This first-string needs more time together, and a thumping result would do wonders for some fragile confidences.

That being said, Northampton have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain.