The Champions League nights are again at Previous Trafford after an 18 month hole, as Manchester United host Wolfsburg on matchday two of the elite European competitors. The Crimson Devils are on the again of three successive wins since their opening day loss by the hands of PSV Eindhoven, whereas Wolfsburg have blown cold and hot since their win within the competitors towards CSKA Moscow, successful solely as soon as of their final three video games.
United, who’re at present third in group B, might ill-afford to lose one other recreation at this stage, which can put Wolfsburg six factors clear. Nonetheless, Dieter Hecking’s facet are on a nasty run of type of their very own, and after being on the tip of 5 Robert Lewandowski targets final Tuesday, they managed solely a draw at residence towards basement membership Hannover on Saturday.
Louis van Gaal’s United, in the meantime, are atop the Premier League standings after successful comfortably at residence towards Sunderland on the weekend, and can method the match with renewed confidence which was considerably shattered after their 2-1 loss to PSV and the horror Luke Shaw damage.
Match: Manchester United vs Wolfsburg
Date: Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Previous Trafford, Manchester
Stay Stream: BT Sports activities, Ten Sports activities
Manchester United vs Wolfsburg: Crew Information and Doable Line-Ups
On the damage entrance, the Crimson Devils solely have three defenders within the remedy room. Alongside Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Paddy McNair are out injured and won’t be in rivalry for the sport. This might imply one other night time on the left for right-back Matteo Darmian, who put in a great shift towards Sunderland on the weekend. There are sturdy solutions that Juan Mata is perhaps rested for the sport.
Bastian Schweinsteiger might be in rivalry to face German opponents for the primary time since leaving Bayern Munich in the summertime, whereas Anthony Martial would be the key attacking weapon for the house facet after his excellent begin to life within the Premier League. Captain Wayne Rooney will look to proceed his European goalscoring type after lacking the PSV recreation following his hat-trick towards Membership Brugge within the playoffs.
Wolfsburg, too, have accidents to deal with as they are going to positively be with out the companies of Vierinha, Felipe and Robin Knoche. Key midfielder Luiz Gustavo might additionally miss the sport after sustaining an damage within the Bayern recreation final week. Goalkeeper Koen Casteels can also be a doubt though he isn’t anticipated to see any motion.
The sport will mark the return of ex-Chelsea ahead Andre Schurrle to England. The German has beforehand performed twice at Previous Trafford with Chelsea, drawing each the video games. Within the doable absence of Gustavo, Hecking may very well be tempted to pack the midfield, which might imply Schurrle may very well be resigned to the bench.
Manchester United Doable Line-Up:
De Gea, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Valencia, Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Mata, Rooney, Depay, Martial.
Wolfsburg Doable Line-Up:
Benaglio, Trasch, Naldo, Dante, Rodriguez, Guilavogui, Caligiuri, Kruse, Arnold, Draxler, Dost.
Key Stats: Manchester United vs Wolfsburg
- Manchester Utd have by no means misplaced their first two video games of a Champions League marketing campaign.
- Wolfsburg have misplaced all three of their journeys to England in European competitors, conceding eight targets within the course of, however they have scored in all of the three video games.
- Anthony Martial has but to attain within the Champions League (505 minutes).
- Wolfsburg striker Nicklas Bendtner has scored eight targets for Wolfsburg since becoming a member of the membership in summer time 2014 – all have come as an alternative.
Prediction: Manchester United 2-1 Wolfsburg
