Heading into tomorrow night’s UEFA Champions League group stage clash at home against Young Boys, Manchester United have to be feeling pretty confident of their chances of advancing to the knockout round. In the only previous meeting with Tuesday night’s opponent, match day 1 in this year’s UCL, they won handily in Bern, Switzerland 3-0.
Take care of business here, plus a Juventus win over Valencia and the group is settled. United and Juve move on, just as everyone expected when the groupings were released. Looking at who United manager Jose Mourinho could field in his first team, expect him to put a fairly strong side out on the pitch.
He’s already made it known that Eric Bailly will get a chance, and with Victor Lindelof out injured, it makes perfect sense. With Luke Shaw having been suspended for United’s tedious snooze fest, technically known as a goalless draw, this past Saturday with Crystal Palace, one can expect he’ll come back into the team.
The Bank MUFC Starting XI Prediction (4-3-3)
Forwards: Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku, Jesse Lingard
Midfielders: Nemanja Matic, Fred, Paul Pogba
Defenders: Luke Shaw, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Antonio Valencia
Goalkeeper: David de Gea
Manchester United vs Young Boys FYIs
Injury Report: go to this link
Mourinho Press Conference video and quotes: go to this link
Kick-off: 800 pm (BST), Tuesday Nov 27
Odds via Odds Checker: United 3/10 Draw 26/5 Young Boys 12/1
Prediction: United 3, Young Boys 1
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