Second-placed Manchester United host Burnley at Old Trafford on Tuesday and the lineups for the Premier League clash have been revealed.
Here it is – #MUFC‘s starting line-up for #MUNBUR… pic.twitter.com/LK972ALlzP
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 26, 2017
Zlatan Ibrahimovic makes his first Premier League start of the season, partnering Romelu Lukaku up front while wingers Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford retain their places in the starting XI as well.
Paul Pogba starts with Nemanja Matic, while Luke Shaw features on the left-hand side of a four-man defence consisting of Ashley Young, Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones. Goalkeeper David de Gea completes the Red Devils’ XI.
TEAM NEWS: Here’s your Burnley team to face @ManUtd today. pic.twitter.com/NQPg3BgWf4
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) December 26, 2017
Burnley, who have been this season’s surprise package, trot out in their customary 4-5-1 formation, with Nick Pope starting between the sticks behind a four-man defence of Phil Bardsley, Ben Mee, Kevin Long and Charlie Taylor.
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Scott Arfield, Jack Cork, Steven Defour, Johan Gudmundsson and Jeff Hendrick line up in midfield behind striker Ashley Barnes.
Sean Dyche’s men, who are currently in seventh place, have been giving as good as they get against the best of the Premier League and are expected to make life difficult for their fancied opponents.
United, under pressure to register a win after a demoralising 2-2 draw against Leicester City on the weekend, have the opportunity to momentarily trim the gap between themselves and leaders Manchester City to 10 points if they beat the Clarets on Boxing Day.
Manchester United: De Gea, Young, Jones, Rojo, Shaw, Matic, Pogba (c), Mata, Ibrahimovic, Rashford and Lukaku.
Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Long, Mee, Taylor, Arfield, Cork, Hendrick, Defour, Gudmundsson and Barnes.
Match starts at 1500 GMT/20.30 IST.