Manchester United and Watford will face on Saturday the 26th of February at 3:00 pm in the 27th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Manchester at the Old Trafford. The chosen referee is Kevin Friend.
Manchester United occupies the 4th position in the standings with 46 points. It comes from a 2-4 win against Leeds United in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 13 times, draw 7 times, and lost 6 times.
Watford occupies the 19th place in the league with 18 points. It comes from a 1-4 loss against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 3 times, and lost 16 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, M. Rashford, P. Pogba, J. Sancho, B. Borges Fernandes and C. Ronaldo.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Manchester United would be 28.20.
S. McTominay and 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 45.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (11 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 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, T. Cleverley, M. Sissoko, I. Louza, I. Sarr and E. Dennis.
If the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Watford would be 29.89.
There are doubts about the presence of J. King.
Roy Hodgson will probably not be able to employ O. Etebo, J. Kucka and J. Junqueira de Jesus because of injury.
D. Rose and D. Gosling will definitely miss the match.