Probable Lineups
3-4-3
3-4-3
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in Champions League Grp. A.
Missing Players
CSKA Moscow
Man Utd
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
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Mário Fernandes | Out | 7.03 |
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Out | 6.05 | |
Paul Pogba | Out | 6.92 | |
Marouane Fellaini | Out | 7.48 | |
Michael Carrick | Out | N/A | |
Marcos Rojo | Out | 6.55 | |
Antonio Valencia | Out | 7.38 | |
Phil Jones | Out | N/A | |
Nemanja Matic | Doubtful | 7.25 |
Team News
CSKA Moscow
Man Utd
- Mario Fernandes only last 30 minutes at the weekend before being forced off against Dinamo Moscow and he isn't expected to recover to feature here.
- Aleksandr Golovin will return to the team after missing their 0-0 draw in the Moscow derby through suspension.
- Marouane Fellaini has not recovered from an ankle injury picked up at the weekend, while Jose Mourinho has also confirmed Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia and Michael Carrick will not play on Wednesday.
- Nemanja Matic also picked up an injury against Southampton on Saturday but has recovered in time to feature here. He will partner Ander Herrera in midfield.
- With Valencia rested, Ashley Young and Mateo Darmian are in contention at right-back. Anthony Martial is expected to continue to rotate with Marcus Rashford in attack, while Jesse Lingard will be pushing for a chance to impress here.
- Marcos Rojo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba are all injured.
... to those who believe that there are impossible things, folly like believe in luck. Good job my team, MU♥
This formation works for Utd but replacing Herrera with Pogba in it, wouldn't. It will be interesting to see what Mourinho does with a fully fit squad- play Pogba in place of Martial or change the formation? Herrera is Utd's best passer and naturally both Matic and Pogba would start. 4-3-3 with Mkhitaryan on the right up front could work but he prefers to play as a roaming 10. Loads of options is better than none, however, and there has been a dramatic improvement in Utd's performance this season, almost double the rating versus last season imo.
Do you guys think Martial will play against Crystal Palace in Premier League this Saturday?
@Papaya the only reason he may not start is he's slightly injured as mentioned above in the preview, a fit martial should start every PL game for us
@Papaya He should start. He's 3 times the player Rashford is.
celtic beat anderlecht 3-0 and psg beat bayern 3-0 and so continues the 3-0 trend in the champions league as I said earlier. more 3-0 will happen next time in champions league to be continued.....
@RemyLebeu well firstly, this match is 1-4 not 3-0. second, you could say that about any score. psg beat celtic 0-5 and basel beat benfica 5-0 and so continues the 5-0 trend.
@uefalona dude firstly I wasn't talking about this match only, you clearly didn't read my earlier comment before commenting and saw there's 11 matches including week 1 and week 2 of champions league that have had a 3-0 or 3-1 scoreline which is a lot. and 2 scorelines of 5-0 is not a trend compared to 11 scorelines of 3-0 or 3-1 get your facts right bro before commenting.
Last season putting man u drawing was a sure thing this season putting man u winning 4-0 or 4-1 is a sure thing.
United will minimum reach quaterfinals
Finally starting Martial over Rashford, took Mou long enough to realise that one...
@Kendev , Martial should start ahead of Rashford in the league games but let's give Jose some credit for making martial working hard for his place . I think rashford will get less time now and he will improve his game, Jose is taking the team into right direction
@Kendev the way I see it mou kept martial in the bench because he know by doing that he was going to work harder and show what he is got I mean we can all agree that martial at his best is way better than rashford at his best
@Kendev I agree, Rashford has no link with Lukaku. He's too selfish and young, trying too hard to prove himself.
@Kendev well the legend doesn't speak for the manager, the performance does. finally Martial could take his level high enough to convince mourinho
As for correct score I am going with man u to win u guessed it 3-0 or 3-1.
Has anyone still not clocked on the 3-0 trend in the champions league let me remind you in week 1 man beat basel 3-0, barcelona beat juventus 3-0, bayern munich beat anderlecht 3-0,tottenham beat dortmund 3-1,real madrid beat apoel 3-0 and besiktas beat porto 3-1 and week 2 yesterday porto beat monaco 3-0, napoli beat feyenoord 3-1,sevilla beat maribor 3-0,real madrid beat dortmund 3-1,tottenham beat apoel 3-0. So I expect in today matches a lot of 3-0 too let's see if I am right at the end of the matches.
Dis game is a direct draw cos the Russians would render treat to the english men
United should ease this one by a minimum margin (old-special-one-style), therefore I'm going for a 0-1 or 1-2
CSKA 1 - 3 United
X-2 MUnited wins 0-1 / 0-2
i'd take a draw as moscow are a very compact team
btts
1-3 UNITED! Lukaku MOTM.
@RedBlackWhite 3-1 is not possible since utd will hold more of the ball and look to create spaces. so they'll find it hard breaking down thus team. last season in europa utd scored just 3 away goals all coming in the second half and since that's how they've been playing this season it's worth backing ht 0-0 bcus I trust de gea
@jefferee good remark, still this time everything is different: new competition, new players, new adversaries, new objectives :)
man united win 2 - 0
Manchester United is win 2.0 and 2 goal in lukaku
2-0 to CSKA Moscow
Moscow 1-2 United