Ruben Amorim could win in the Czech Republic tonight for his Manchester United side to face Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League.
Amorim got off to a flying start at Old Trafford, but back-to-back defeats to Arsenal and Nottingham Forest have slowed his progress.
A 2-0 defeat at the Emirates, especially early in his tenure, can easily be excused, but the manner in which United lost 3-2 to Forest on Saturday would have alarmed Amorim.
United and Plzen go into tonight’s game with nine points from five games and sitting outside the automatic qualification places.
Viktoria Plzen team news
Manager Miroslav Koubek makes two changes to the team that won 2-1 at Karvina at the weekend.
Cadu replaces Milan Havel and Daniel Vasulin replaces Erik Jirka. Matej Vydra, who played for Watford, West Brom, Derby and Burnley among many others, also starts for the hosts.
Viktoria Plzen: Jedlička, Cadu, Dweh, Marković, Jemelka, Souaré, Cerv, Kalvach, Vydra, Šulc, Vašulín
Manchester United team news
Amorim makes five changes to the team that lost to Forest.
Noussair Mazraoui, Tyrell Malacia, Casemiro, Joshua Zirkzee and Marcus Rashford entered instead of Leny Yoro, Alejandro Garnacho, Manuel Ugarte, Robbie Mainoo and Rasmus Hojlund.
The moves will also mean a role change for Amad Diallo, who has been operating at right-back but is likely to move forward more in support of Zirkzee.
Rashford is making his 75th appearance in Europe’s top competition for Manchester United, the 10th player to reach that total for the club.
Manchester United: Onana, Dalot, Mazraoui, De Ligt, Martinez, Malacia, Casemiro, Fernandes (c), Amad, Rashford, Zirkzee
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2024-12-12 17:00:39
