{"id":644757,"date":"2024-08-16T02:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=644757"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:20:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:20:03","slug":"manchester-united-predicted-lineup-fulham-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/16\/manchester-united-predicted-lineup-fulham-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Predicted Lineup for Opening Day Clash vs Fulham"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new season beckons for Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United side as they host Marco Silva’s Fulham at Old Trafford on Friday, 16th August 2024. Kick-off is at 8 PM UK time. Here is the Manchester United Predicted Lineup for the first game of the 2024\/2025 Premier League campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manchester United Predicted Lineup as Red Devils Welcome Fulham in Opening Day Clash<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Will our summer signings be involved against Fulham on Friday? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n

Erik has spoken \u2935\ufe0f#MUFC<\/a> || #PL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How Manchester United Have Lined-up Recently<\/span><\/h3>\n

Manchester United rotated heavily on their pre-season tour, blooding youth players alongside more senior stars who returned from holiday in staggered fashion following the summer’s international tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Two New Faces and a Behind the Scenes Revamp: Manchester United Predicted Lineup 2024\/25<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

In the Community Shield defeat to Manchester City, the Red Devils named possibly the strongest side available to Ten Hag. Andr\u00e9 Onana started in goal, with a backline of Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Jonny Evans and Lisandro Martinez. Casemiro and Kobbie Mainoo anchored the midfield in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Amad Diallo, Mason Mount and Marcus Rashford supporting false 9 Bruno Fernandes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manchester <\/span>United<\/span> Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n

Manchester United had a mixed pre-season, with a defeat to Norwegian side Rosenberg and a win over Rangers coming before a pre-season tour to the USA that saw a <\/span>win<\/span> over Real Betis as well as defeats to Premier League rivals Arsenal and Liverpool, followed by Community Shield penalty shootout defeat to neighbours Manchester City.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>How Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui Improve Manchester United<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Coach Ten Hag looks set on continuing <\/span>with<\/span> last season’s 4-2-3-1 formation, with new signings Joshua Zirkzee, L\u00e9ny Yoro, Matthijs De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui expected to fit into the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manchester United Injuries to Consider<\/span><\/h3>\n

Victor Lindelof is doubtful <\/span>for<\/span> Friday’s fixture, with L\u00e9ny Yoro, Rasmus Hojlund, Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia out at least until September<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manchester United Predicted Lineup<\/span><\/h3>\n

GK: Andr\u00e9 Onana<\/span><\/p>\n

RB: Diogo Dalot<\/span><\/p>\n

RCB: Harry Maguire<\/span><\/p>\n

LCB: Lisandro Martinez<\/span><\/p>\n

LB: Noussair Mazraoui<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Casemiro<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Kobbie Mainoo<\/span><\/p>\n

RW: Amad Diallo<\/span><\/p>\n

CAM: Bruno Fernandes<\/span><\/p>\n

LW: Alejandro Garnacho<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Marcus Rashford<\/span><\/p>\n

Current Odds: Manchester United vs Fulham<\/span><\/h3>\n

Manchester United: 4\/7<\/span><\/p>\n

Draw: 7\/2<\/span><\/p>\n

Fulham: 9\/2<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new season beckons for Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United side as they host Marco Silva’s Fulham at Old Trafford on Friday, 16th August 2024. Kick-off is at 8 PM UK time. Here is the Manchester United Predicted Lineup for the first game of the 2024\/2025 Premier League campaign. Manchester United Predicted Lineup as Red […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5004,"featured_media":632595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3,1831],"tags":[9381],"class_list":["post-644757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","tag-manchester-united-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}