Hojlund, Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho to start – Man United Predicted starting XI vs PAOK: Team news And injury updates in Europa League

Hojlund, Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho to start – Man United Predicted starting XI vs PAOK: Team news And injury updates in Europa League

Manchester United entertain Greek side PAOK tomorrow night in Ruud van Nistelrooy’s penultimate game in charge of the side.

Manchester United needs to start moving up the table since they haven’t won anything in the competition.

Three days later, Van Nistelrooy will play at home against Leicester City in the Premier League, so he may want to take a break.

He will probably field what he considers to be a very strong team in an attempt to end the game soon and make early substitutions because there aren’t many senior players available, the defense needs to gel more badly, and the situation is urgent.

We do believe that he will offer Altay Bayindir another chance to play goal. He selected him for the Carabao Cup encounter without hesitation.

The defence should stay the same, with Diogo Dalot at right back, Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez the centre backs and Noussair Mazraoui at left back. Other options are Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans and there have been rumours young Harry Amass might be blooded at left back, but this would be a gamble.

Harry Maguire, Leny Yoro, Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia remain unavailable.

In midfield, it’s unclear yet whether Christian Eriksen is fit enough to return. If he is, he will probably start, but we have assumed he is not and stuck with Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte. The pair were superb against Leicester last week but poor against Chelsea. There are few other options, with Kobbie Mainoo, Toby Collyer and Dan Gore all injured.

Mason Mount has returned to training but is unlikely to be risked from the start.

Bruno Fernandes is therefore almost certain to start in the number 10 position.

On the wings, the gifted Ivorian Amad could be given a start with either Marcus Rashford or Alejandro Garnacho rested. The fact that Rashford was substituted early against the Blues could mean he will be fresher, meaning it could be the Argentinian who is rested today.

Antony is still injured.

Up front, Rasmus Hojlund will probably begin the game with Josh Zirkzee struggling to find his feet. However, there is an ongoing question mark over Hojlund’s fitness so it would not be a huge surprise if Van Nistelrooy plays him and pushes Fernandes up alongside him in the 4-4-2 he employed to great effect a week ago

Predicted United XI vs PAOK: Onana; Dalot, De Ligt, Martinez, Mazraoui; Ugarte, Casemiro, Fernandes; Rashford, Hojlund, Garnacho