The 2018/19 Premier League season gets underway with Manchester United vs Leicester City on Friday night and the lineups for the late fixture at Old Trafford have been revealed.
👋 Say hello to our first @PremierLeague team of the season! #MUFC #MUNLEI pic.twitter.com/omGg9Hwzxf
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 10, 2018
The hosts seem to be trotting out in a 4-3-3 formation, with David de Gea starting between the sticks.
Luke Shaw, Eric Bailly, Victor Lindelof and Matteo Darmian complete the four-man defence while it’s a Premier League debut for summer signing Fred in midfield.
Andreas Pereira is alongside the Brazilian while Paul Pogba has been given the captain’s armband, despite rumours of a move to Catalan giants Barcelona.
Juan Mata, Alexis Sanchez and Marcus Rashford complete the attack triumvirate.
Here we go then… #lcfc‘s first starting XI of the season 👊#MunLei pic.twitter.com/pORX8RS965
— Leicester City (@LCFC) August 10, 2018
The visitors seem to be in a 4-2-3-1, with Kasper Schmeichel featuring in goal behind a four-man backline of Ben Chilwell, Harry Maguire, Wes Morgan and Daniel Amartey.
Adrien Silva anchors the midfield with Onyinye Ndidi, with Demarai Gray, new signing James Maddison and Ricardo Pereira starting behind centre forward Kelechi Iheanacho.
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United, despite a difficult pre-season, are the overwhelming favourites to clinch three points on their home turf.
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For Leicester, despite being impressive under Claude Puel last season, have sold Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez to Manchester City and hence, are lacking that edge in attack.
Manchester United:Â De Gea, Shaw, Bailly, Lindelof, Darmian, Pogba (c), Fred, Pereira, Rashford, Mata and Sanchez.
Leicester City:Â Schmeichel, Chilwell, Morgan (c), Maguire, Amartey, Silva, Ndidi, Gray, Maddison, Pereira and Iheanacho.
The match kicks off at 2000 GMT.