Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United will look to bounce back from a scarcely deserved opening defeat at home to Arsenal with a trip to West London to face Marco Silva’s Fulham this Sunday, kick off is at 4.30PM. Here is the Manchester United predicted lineup for the Premier League clash.
Charged for Fulham!
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The Red Devils lined up in their usual 3-4-2-1 formation in the season’s opener, with Altay Bayindir in goal. A three man defence of Lény Yoro, Matthijs De Ligt and Luke Shaw were flanked by wing-backs Diogo Dalot and Patrick Dorgu. Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes served as midfield anchors, with Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbuemo in the number 10 positions behind false 9 Mason Mount, who interchanged effectively with the Brazilian and the Cameroonian in-game.
Despite the loss, there were plenty of signs for encouragement for Manchester United against Arsenal, especially in offensive areas of the field. Cunha and Mbuemo, expensive summer acquisitions from Wolves and Brentford respectively, did an excellent job of bringing the team up the field in order to sustain attacks and threat that seemed beyond the team last season. Mount, back in the fold after another injury-hit campaign last time out, excelled as a roaming false 9, setting the press, running himself into the ground off the ball and combining neatly in and around the box.
Defensively, the back three were solid, although goalkeeper Bayindir’s uncertainty from an Arsenal corner resulted in the only goal of the game going against the hosts. As of the now, it is in midfield where Amorim really requires reinforcements, with an ageing Casemiro and an ineffective Manuel Ugarte the specialists in the position.
Noussair Mazraoui (Thigh) and Lisandro Martinez (Knee) will be absent through injury.
GK: André Onana
RCB: Lény Yoro
CB: Matthijs de Ligt
LCB: Luke Shaw
WB – Diogo Dalot
CM: Casemiro
CM: Bruno Fernandes
WB – Patrick Dorgu
CAM: Bryan Mbuemo
LAM: Matheus Cunha
ST: Benjamin Sesko
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