[Teams] Man Utd vs Young Boys: Old Trafford confirmed lineups | Football discussion

Manchester United will be looking to put their foot in the knockout stages of the Champions League when they face the Young Boys at Old Trafford tonight.

Jose Mourinho made five changes to his starting lineup. Antonio Valencia is recalled to the right-back position. Matteo Darmian is excluded. Ashley Young is not part of the team while Luke Shaw returns to the left after serving a national ban.

Phil Jones has the preference on Eric Bailly. The English international replaces Victor Lindelof, injured, alongside Chris Smalling at the back and Nemanja Matic retains his place in the middle of the field. However, Paul Pogba and Juan Mata are on the substitutes' bench while Marouane Fellaini and Fred are recalled.

Romelu Lukaku also gave way to Marcus Rashford who got support in front of Antony Martial and Jesse Lingard, but there is no place for Alexis Sanchez in the Mourinho match day team.

Here are the confirmed alignments:

Man Utd

From Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Jones, Shaw, Matic, Fred, Fellaini, Lingard, Rashford, Martial.

Subs: Romero, Bailly, Pereira, Mata, McTominay, Pogba, Lukaku

Young boys

von Ballmoos, Mbabu, Benito, Camara, von Bergen, Sow, Aebischer, Sulejmani, Lauper, Nsamé, Assalé.

Subs: Wolfli, Bertone, Ngamaleu, Fbadnacht, Schick, Garcia, Seydoux

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