Team news for Viktoria Plzen clash

Tyrell Malacia is set to start Manchester United’s Europa League tie away to Viktoria Plzen.

Head coach Ruben Amorim has confirmed the Dutch defender, who joined him at the pre-match press conference, will be in the XI for the 17:45 GMT kick-off.

Malacia made his comeback from a lengthy injury lay-off in our previous match in this competition, the 3-2 home victory over Bodo/Glimt.

A 24-man squad flew to Prague on Wednesday afternoon, ahead of the game, with only Luke Shaw and Jonny Evans of the senior members of the first-team squad unavailable.

Evans was spotted in training at Carrington and may be hoping to prove his fitness for the upcoming fixtures, starting with the derby against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Experienced defender Victor Lindelof and energetic young midfielder Toby Collyer are back and in contention for places.

“Just Jonny Evans is recovering,” Amorim told MUTV’s Zarah Connolly in Plzen. “I think the rest of the guys are ready to play. That is a good sign. All of our staff did a great job [in] recovering the players.

“We are, in this moment, managing the load. They are getting fitter and we get stronger with that. It was good to train with all the guys. We don’t have time but we have a lot of players to choose.

“That is an important thing for winning games.”

VIKTORIA PLZEN’S TEAM NEWS

Surprisingly, defender Svetozar Markovic could play, despite being hospitalised with an injury sustained in the weekend victory at Karvina.

Prince Kwabena Adu is available again but Cory Sene is ineligible.

The hosts’ list of absentees also includes Christophe Kabongo, Rafiu Durosinmi and Jan Sykora.

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