Manchester United and Watford will clash on Saturday the 26th of February at 3:00 pm in the 27th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Manchester at the Old Trafford. The chosen referee is Kevin Friend.
Manchester United occupies the 4th position in the league with 46 points. It comes from a 2-4 win against Leeds United in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 13 times, draw 7 times, and lost 6 times.
Watford occupies the 18th place in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 3 times, and lost 15 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 65.38%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (17 times), 4-2-2-2 (5 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Ralf Rangnick is expected to play against Watford with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, L. Shaw, H. Maguire, V. Nilsson Lindelöf, A. Wan-Bissaka, S. McTominay, P. Pogba, J. Sancho, B. Borges Fernandes, M. Rashford and C. Ronaldo.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Manchester United would be 28.00.
Ralf Rangnick will probably not be able to employ T. Heaton and E. Bailly because of injury.
E. Cavani will definitely miss the match.
Ralf Rangnick will not be able to have the presence of M. Greenwood who is suspended.
Watford
Watford has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 47.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (11 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (3 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Roy Hodgson is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: B. Foster, H. Kamara, C. Cathcart, F. Femenía Far, I. Sarr, T. Cleverley, M. Sissoko, E. Dennis and J. King.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Watford would be 30.67.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Kucka.
Roy Hodgson will probably not be able to employ J. Junqueira de Jesus because of injury.
D. Rose, O. Etebo, D. Gosling and I. Louza will definitely miss the match.
