Villarreal and Manchester United are going to play on Tuesday in the 5th week of the Champions League. The match will be staged in Villarreal at the Estadio de la Cerámica.
Villarreal sits in the 1st place in the league with 7 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Young Boys in its last match in the Champions League. So far,, it has won twice, drawn once, and lost once.
Manchester United sits in the 2nd place in the standings with 7 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Atalanta in its last match in the Champions League. To date, it has won twice, drawn once, and lost once.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Villarreal
Villarreal has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: G. Rulli, P. Estupiñán Tenorio, P. Francisco Torres, R. Albiol Tortajada, S. Aurier, E. Capoue, D. Parejo Muñoz, F. Coquelin, M. Trigueros Muñoz, F. Alcácer García and A. Groeneveld.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Villarreal would be 28.91.
G. Moreno Balaguero and Y. Jesús Pino Santos will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Ole Gunnar Solskjær is expected to play against Villarreal with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, L. Shaw, V. Nilsson Lindelöf, A. Wan-Bissaka, S. McTominay, M. Rashford, J. Sancho, B. Borges Fernandes and C. Ronaldo.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Manchester United would be 26.78.
R. Varane, P. Pogba, E. Cavani and M. Greenwood will definitely miss the match.
