Second-placed Manchester United visit Turf Moor to take on seventh-ranked Burnley in a Premier League clash on Saturday and managers of both the sides have revealed the lineups.
TEAM NEWS: Here’s your Clarets team to face @ManUtd at Turf Moor today. pic.twitter.com/g0pCISaxNK
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) January 20, 2018
Sean Dyche’s sending out the Clarets in their standard 4-5-1 formation, with Nick Pope retaining his place between the sticks.
Don’t miss: Why Arsenal fans should cheer, not jeer Alexis Sanchez’s transfer to Manchester United
Former Manchester United man Phil Bardsley starts at right-back, with Ben Mee, James Tarkowski and Charlie Tayor featuring in their back-four.
Jack Cork, Steven Defour start in the midfield pivot, with Johan Gudmundsson, Jeff Hendrick and Scott Arfield lining up behind striker Ashley Barnes.
The team news is in, #MUFC fans! Here’s your starting XI to take on Burnley in today’s @PremierLeague game. #BURMUN pic.twitter.com/tJEcZgQkER
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 20, 2018
Jose Mourinho has made one change from the side that beat Stoke City 3-0 last week, with Ashley Young coming in to replace Luke Shaw at left-back.
David de Gea starts in goal, with Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Antonio Valencia completing their four-man defence. Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba start in the centre of midfield, with Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Anthony Martial ahead of them.
Must read: Barcelona release statement on Antoine Griezmann
Striker Romelu Lukaku completes the Red Devils’ 4-2-3-1 formation, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan missing out as his move to arch-rivals Arsenal gathers pace.
Burnley are in a rut at the moment after flying as high as fourth earlier this season and will be desperate to get back to winning ways but up against them are a resurgent Red Devils side.
Mourinho’s men have begun 2018 on a positive note and while their hopes of a Premier League title are slim, the race for the top-four is heating up and they will look to register their third league win on the trot to remain clear of the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool.
Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Arfield, Cork, Hendrick, Defour, Gudmundsson and Barnes.
Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia (c), Smalling, Jones, Young, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Martial and Lukaku.
Match starts at 1500 GMT/20.30 IST