{"id":646465,"date":"2024-09-25T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=646465"},"modified":"2024-09-24T09:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:07:05","slug":"manchester-united-predicted-lineup-vs-fc-twente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/25\/manchester-united-predicted-lineup-vs-fc-twente\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Predicted Lineup vs FC Twente"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United begin their Europa League campaign with a home fixture against Dutch outfit FC Twente, following a good performance in Saturday&#8217;s 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. The Red Devils are unbeaten in three matches in all competitions and will hope to take that form into Wednesday&#8217;s encounter, which has an 8PM kick-off at Old Trafford. Here is the Manchester United predicted lineup for the clash.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Predicted Lineup As Red Devils Open European Campaign<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A European night at Old Trafford \ud83d\udd1c\ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> || <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#UEL<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yy9G6ZjME4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Yy9G6ZjME4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1838291514771857481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>How Manchester United\u00a0 Have Lined-up Recently<\/h3>\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Onana has been an almost permanent fixture in goal, with a settled defence of Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs De Ligt, Lisandro Martinez and Diogo Dalot in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Eriksen has partnered Kobbie Mainoo in midfield in United&#8217;s past two league fixtures, with Casemiro relegated to the bench and new signing Manuel Ugarte being slowly bedded into the side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/17\/manchester-united-antony-playing-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Has To Earn The Right\u2019: Erik ten Hag Sends Stern Message To Underperforming Forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In attacking midfield, Amad Diallo seems to have nailed down the right wing spot, with Bruno Fernandes and either Marcus Rashford or Alejandro Garnacho occupying the left side.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Zirkzee has been playing as the striker in the absence of Rasmus Hojlund.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>After a difficult start to the season with defeats away at Brighton and at home to Liverpool, Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side have steadied the ship recently, going unbeaten in three games in all competitions against Southampton, Barnsley and Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/19\/manchester-united-kobbie-mainoo-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Preparing The Process\u2019: Man Utd Aim To Push Contract Talks To Extend \u00a320K-P\/W \u2018Fabulous\u2019 Star\u2019s Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a notable fluidity to the side that was absent for large parts of last term, with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/02\/what-special-joshua-zirkzee-will-bring-to-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Zirkzee&#8217;s<\/a> clever link up play allowing the Red Devils to create numerous chances that they have largely failed to convert. Indeed, the team has the second highest xG in the Premier League as well as the unwanted record of the most big chances missed (17), showing that the next stage of the very clear improvement to the team is becoming more efficient in front of goal.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n<p>Victor Lindelof (Ankle) and Luke Shaw (Thigh) are expected back at the start of October, with Tyrell Malacia (Knee) and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/07\/25\/what-will-leny-yoro-bring\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">L\u00e9ny Yoro<\/a> (Ankle) expected back in Mid October and late November respectively.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>GK: Andr\u00e9 Onana<\/p>\n<p>RB: Noussair Mazraoui<\/p>\n<p>CB: Harry Maguire<\/p>\n<p>CB: Jonny Evans<\/p>\n<p>LB: Diogo Dalot<\/p>\n<p>CM: Manuel Ugarte<\/p>\n<p>CM: Christian Eriksen<\/p>\n<p>RW: Alejandro Garnacho<\/p>\n<p>CAM: Bruno Fernandes<\/p>\n<p>LW: Marcus Rashford<\/p>\n<p>ST: Joshua Zirkzee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United begin their Europa League campaign with a home fixture against Dutch outfit FC Twente, following a good performance in Saturday&#8217;s 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. The Red Devils are unbeaten in three matches in all competitions and will hope to take that form into Wednesday&#8217;s encounter, which has an 8PM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5004,"featured_media":635164,"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":[18,8431],"tags":[7022,9381],"class_list":["post-646465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-europa-league","tag-fc-twente","tag-manchester-united-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646465","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=646465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}