Manchester United begin defense of their League Cup title tomorrow night with a home tie against Championship side Burton Albion FC. The 67 year old club currently sit 19th in England’s second tier, so Mourinho will have a chance to rest a lot of his regulars, and still likely come away with a very commanding victory over the Brewers in this one.
Mourinho has already confirmed that David De Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly and Nemanja Matic will sit this one out.
Yet again the League Cup has been re-branded, as this year it will be called the Carabao Cup, having been deemed the EFL Cup last season, and the Capital One Cup the previous season. For the sake of clarity and consistency, let’s just call it the League Cup every from now on moving forward.
Without further ado, here is The Sports Bank’s Man United starting XI prediction (4-2-3-1) against Burton Albion FC
Marcus Rashford
Anthony Martial Henrikh Mkhitaryan Jesse Lingard
Ander Herrera Michael Carrick
Ashley Young Chris Smalling Victor Lindelof Matteo Darmian
Sergio Romero
Odds: (via Odds Checker) United- 1/9, Draw- 12/1, Burton Albion FC 33/1
Kickoff: 20:00 BST
Injury Report, match preview, team news: go to this link
Prediction: Manchester United 4, Burton Albion 0
As always, feel free to post your own Man United starting XI prediction in the comments section, and to opine on any other formations that you’ve seen online.
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