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Thursday 30 January 2025 18:45
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has named his team to take on Romanian champions FCSB in tonight’s UEFA Europa League clash (20:00 GMT kick-off).
The Reds know that a win in our final game of the league phase this evening will be enough to automatically qualify for the last 16, although a draw or a loss could see us fall out of the 36-team table’s top eight and go into the knockout round play-offs.
While speaking to MUTV on Wednesday, Amorim reiterated that securing a top-eight finish is a crucial target to hit on our trip to Bucharest, and the boss has made five changes to his side as we look to fulfil that objective.
The first of those alterations from Sunday’s Premier League win at Fulham comes in goal, where Altay Bayindir – who played our last European outing against Rangers seven days ago – replaces Andre Onana between the sticks.
In defence, Noussair Mazraoui could swap wing-back for centre-back this evening and join fellow weekend starters Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez in the defensive line, while Tyrell Malacia returns to the XI to flank the left side with Diogo Dalot expected to be on the right.
Midfielders Toby Collyer, Christian Eriksen and Kobbie Mainoo are also restored and should join captain Bruno Fernandes in the middle of the park. It remains to be seen, however, which pair will play deeper and which two will line up further forward, if we are to set up in Amorim’s favoured 3-4-2-1 system.
Up front, Rasmus Hojlund continues, aiming to add to his joint-competition-leading tally of five goals in this season’s Europa League.
THE LINE-UPS
United: Bayindir; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Martinez; Dalot, Mainoo, Collyer, Malacia; Fernandes (c), Eriksen; Hojlund.
Substitutes: Heaton, Onana, Lindelof, Maguire, Yoro, Casemiro, Ugarte, Amad, Garnacho, Zirkzee.
FCSB: Tarnovanu; Popescu, Ngezana, Dawa; Cretu, Edjouma, Sut (c), Radunovic; F. Tanase, Birligea, Miculescu.
Substitutes: Udrea, Stefanescu, Dan. Popa, Chiriches, Toma, Baluta, Paneta, Musi, Alhassan.
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