Sheffield United and Manchester United will clash on Saturday the 21st of October at 7:00 pm in the 9th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Sheffield at the Bramall Lane. The encounter will be officiated by Michael Oliver.
Sheffield United occupies the 20th place in the standings with 1 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Fulham in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has drawn once and lost 7 times.
Manchester United occupies the 10th place in the standings with 12 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 4 times and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sheffield United
Sheffield United has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 87.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (7 times) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Paul Heckingbottom is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: Wes Foderingham, Anel Ahmedhodžić, Jack Robinson, Auston Trusty, Luke Thomas, Gustavo Hamer, James McAtee, Vinícius Souza, Jayden Bogle, Cameron Archer and Oliver McBurnie.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Sheffield United would be 25.09.
Paul Heckingbottom will probably not be able to employ George Baldock, Ismaila Cheick Coulibaly, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Ben Osborn, Daniel Jebbison and William Osula because of injury.
Chris Basham, John Egan, Tom Davies and Max Lowe will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (8 times).
Erik ten Hag is expected to play against Sheffield United with the following players: André Onana, Victor Lindelöf, Diogo Dalot, Mason Mount, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Antony and Rasmus Højlund.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Manchester United would be 25.25.
There are doubts about the presence of Sergio Reguilón, Raphaël Varane and Sofyan Amrabat.
Erik ten Hag will probably not be able to employ Tyrell Malacia, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro and Kobbie Mainoo because of injury.
Lisandro Martínez and Amad Diallo will definitely miss the match.
Erik ten Hag will not be able to have the presence of Jadon Sancho who is suspended.