As we commence the 2017-18 Premier League season tonight, it’s time to celebrate another end to an offseason. Manchester United host West Ham United in a game that the media are naturally treating as the Chicharito Cup. Go to this link for the match preview, injury report, odds and more.
Ashley Young, Marcos Rojo and Luke Shaw, all have long term injuries, and are probably not available for selection. We say probably because when United manager Jose Mourinho gives his news conference tomorrow, the status updates might have changed for at least one of them.
It remains to be seen what formation United manager Jose Mourinho goes with- the usual 4-2-3-1? What about playing a 3-5-2? How many defenders, and will there be a wing back formation?
Enough guessing games, let’s just get to the Man United Starting XI prediction for the season opener vs West Ham. This is of course given Mourinho goes with a 4-3-3 formation instead.
Marcus Rashford Romelu Lukaku Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Ander Herrera Paul Pogba Nemanja Matic
Matteo Darmian Eric Bailly Victor Lindelof Antonio Valencia
David de Gea
Odds: 888 Sport is showing Man Utd to win: 2/7, West Ham to win: 10/1 and Draw: 23/5
Prediction: Man United 2, West Ham 1
As always, feel free to post your own Man United starting XI prediction in the comments section, and feel free to comment on any formations that you’ve seen online.
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