Probable Lineups
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Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in Premier League.
Missing Players
Middlesbrough
Man Utd
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Daniel Ayala | Doubtful | 6.76 | |
Calum Chambers | Doubtful | 7.05 | |
George Friend | Doubtful | 6.99 | |
Rudy Gestede | Doubtful | 6.57 | |
Bernardo Espinosa | Doubtful | 6.84 |
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Paul Pogba | Out | 7.72 | |
Ander Herrera | Out | 7.35 | |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Out | 7.41 | |
Marcos Rojo | Doubtful | 7.16 | |
Daley Blind | Doubtful | 7.23 | |
Wayne Rooney | Doubtful | 6.81 |
Team News
Middlesbrough
Man Utd
- Middlesbrough are managerless after sacking Aitor Karanka on Thursday and may also be without Calum Chambers, George Friend, Rudy Gestede, Bernardo and Daniel Ayala here.
- A lack of options in defence could see 19-year-old Dael Fry start alongside Ben Gibson at centre-back after the teenager came on the FA Cup defeat to Manchester City last weekend.
- Karanka's departure could pave the way for Stewart Downing to return to the starting XI.
- Paul Pogba picked up a hamstring injury in Manchester United's 1-0 win over FC Rostov on Thursday night and will miss this weekend's trip to Middlesbrough. With Ander Herrera also suspended following his red card at Chelsea on Monday, Jose Mourinho is short in central midfield and may have to turn to Michael Carrick and Marouane Fellaini in their absences.
- The United manager has turned to a back five in recent matches, so it remains to be seen whether he will stick with that here given both Pogba and Herrera are out. Mourinho's post-match comments after their win over Rostov would also suggest Marcos Rojo could do with a rest this weekend.
- Daley Blind also picked up a head injury in their 1-0 win over FC Rostov on Thursday night and is a doubt, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic serves the second of his own three-match ban.
- Marcus Rashford will start up front in Ibrahimovic's absence, while Anthony Martial could also return to the team after being left out on Thursday.
Better without Pogba and Ibra!
2nd highest number of key passes in a premier league game for Mata this season, behind the 8 he made against Burnley. Those 2 games constitute almost a third of all his chances created this season (32.5% specifically) and both times, he played in the #10 role. Including stoppages, he also only played 145 of the 192 minutes in those 2 games. Utd also only had 36% of the ball today and he only 3.7%.
I've seen too much errors like this from Valdes in his career.
@CirdomAkul- He has always been a terrible keeper. Let's face it, either of us could've played in goal for the great Barcelona teams and there wouldn't be too much of a drop in quality. Probably an increase. Ha
I love that Mou's celebration
Great win. Looked nervous for a period after Boro's goal until it was agent Valdés to the rescue with the Gerrard impersonation. Traore is a beast.
Not sure it was a mistake by Valdes. He lost his footing on the turf. It was just unfortunate.
mourinho's celebration after the valdes mistake
Deluded.
Deluded haters who wanted us to lose- yes there's fatigue , there's injury but spirit is still alive , Utd till the end . GGMU !
@footballover Children on here predicting what they hope will happen instead of what they think will happen. They are incapable of giving proper predictions on this site and incapable of respecting sensible predictions too.
Over the last 20 minutes United have done a passable impersonation of a League One side defending a 0-0 draw against a relegation-haunted top-flight team.
You people are deluded. You really thought Middlesborough would win this without a manager?
2-1
@neumi17 seems like Traore didn't support the team well enough ;)
The only one who can make a chance for ManU for this one is Rooney. Hope the he will prove that he is always a legend. I'm very afraid of a big draw here, or something under 2,5. let's see what happened ..
Boro win 2 - 0 karanka didn't believe in boros abilities and boro desparately need win
Mourinho is good friend of Karanka so he will show home team owners how it is when you dismiss someone like hiim. 0-1
Mkhi`s time
The best defense in the league won't concede against Nobody a team that hardly scores in the league. United to mark thier 600 premier league win. 0-1 to Manchester United
Really interesting match up. Manchester United's best two players are out (Ibrahimovic and Herrera). Pogba is also out, but he can be replaced quite easily in my view. They are going to miss Herrera's bite in midfield and Ibrahimovic's presence and goals. How Middlesborough will set up and play is anyone's guess without Karanka. With Karanka I'd expect them to be very difficult to break down and perhaps his philosophies will be ingrained in the players now. Middlesborough won't be easy to beat, but I'm not convinced they have the quality to score a goal against a top half team right now. I'm going to say 0-1 to Manchester United.
I'm not sure why Mourinho doesn't like to play Schweinsteiger. Without Pogba and Herrera, United could need a player who can distribute the ball very well.
@mkunited , same here . Basti could have played more matches . He may not have the pace left but is still very useful. For some reason, he doesn't seem to fit in Jose's team , not even in the non league matches most of the time
@footballover @mkunited Probably because he wasn't expensive and he doesn't go around kicking opponents all the time.
@What4 this is absurd , complain coming from a team that have always been doing this
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Listen to Mr Wright on this one.
i have a feeling this will be a draw. no Herrera, Pogba, Ibra plus Boro sacked their manager which most of the time lifts a team. as a united fan hope i'm wrong
Middlesbrough unbeaten
Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Manchester United
Two teams that play for draws finally meet again. A draw seems to be the likely outcome here if Zlatan fails to score. Middlesbrough 1-2 Man United,if Zlatan scores. Middlesbrough 1-1 Man United,If he fails to score
@0708915762 Isn't Zlatan banned?
@Overmars hes not updated , all he knows is Utd play for draw