Second-ranked Manchester United travel to John Smith’s Stadium for the first time to take on Premier League newcomers Huddersfield Town and the lineups for Saturday’s clash have been revealed.
TEAM NEWS with @ViessmannUK: Wagner has made 3 changes to his #htafc starting XI for today’s game vs @ManUtd; Mooy, Löwe & Williams in (AT) pic.twitter.com/gjQnQg5GXz
— Huddersfield Town (@htafcdotcom) October 21, 2017
David Wagner’s men, who began the season on a bright note but have since faded, are playing in a 4-2-3-1 formation at the John Smith’s Stadium.
Laurent Depoitre continues to lead the line in the absence of Steve Mounie and the trio of Paul Ince, Elias Kachunga and Danny Williams lineup behind him.
Aaron Mooy and Jonathan Hogg anchor the midfield while Jonas Lossl retains his place in goal behind a four-man defence of Thomas Smith, Christopher Schindler, Zanka and Chris Lowe.
Here’s how #MUFC will line up for #HUDMUN… pic.twitter.com/Ej4u8YIJkl
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 21, 2017
United manager Jose Mourinho has made several interesting changes to his starting XI for the trip to Huddersfield, with Marcus Rashford and Henrikh Mkhitaryan the notable absentees.
Otherwise, it is a routine 4-2-3-1 formation for the Red Devils, who will be looking for a a win as they look to keep pace with leaders Manchester City.
Romelu Lukaku, who hasn’t scored in his past two games, has Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial and Juan Mata for company in attack while Nemanja Matic is partnered by Ander Herrera in central midfield.
Antonio Valencia is the preferred right-back while Ashely Young occupies the opposite flank with Phil Jones and Chris Smalling starting in the centre of defence ahead of goalkeeper David de Gea.
Huddersfield Town: Lossl, Lowe, Schindler, Zanka, Smith (c), Hogg, Williams, Ince, Mooy, Kachunga and Depoitre.
Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia (c), Jones, Young, Smalling, Herrera, Matic, Mata, Lingard, Martial and Lukaku.
Match starts at 1500 GMT/1930 IST.