Reserves vs Bolton Wanderers

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Surprised to see there was no thread about it, so here it goes

Goalkeeper Ben Foster makes a welcome return to action for United's Reserves on Thursday evening.

The England international has not featured at any level for two months since the Reds' Champions League defeat to Besiktas, but makes his comeback between the sticks at Moss Lane as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side take on Bolton Wanderers.

A point or more would take United ahead of Liverpool at the top of the Premier Reserve League (north), and a strong Reds side has been selected by Solskjaer and Warren Joyce.

Mame Biram Diouf, scorer of a hat-trick in his Reserves debut at Sunderland last week, is likely to start as a lone striker ahead of a midfield quintet comprising Cameron Stewart, Matthew James, Corry Evans, Sam Hewson and Gabriel Obertan.

Foster, meanwhile, is protected by a similarly strong defence, with David Gray and Fabio on the flanks and Ritchie de Laet joining Oliver Gill in the centre.

Having returned from his loan at Gillingham, Febian Brandy is back in the Reds' squad and will take a place on the bench, alongside Scott Wootton, Joe Dudgeon, Oliver Norwood and Ron-Robert Zieler.

United: Foster; Gray, De Laet, Gill, Fabio; Stewart, James, Evans, Hewson, Obertan; Diouf. Substitutes: Zieler, Wootton, Dudgeon, Norwood, Brandy.

Extremely strong line-up, good to see Foster back in action after his injury.

Here's our line-up according to the report above
Foster
Gray-Da Laet-Gill-Fabio
Stewart-James-Evans-Hewson-Obertan
Diouf

No Macheda, could this mean he will be involved against Arsenal in some capacity(Bench) or does that mean he is injured again
 
Looks like we won with a 1-0 but, no repeat for Diouf heroics ... not a one by The One tonight. Can we sell him now?
 
Looks like we won with a 1-0 but, no repeat for Diouf heroics ... not a one by The One tonight. Can we sell him now?

He did pretty well in general play, missed a couple of chances though, including one absolute sitter.
 
Well done Girish for the highlights