The Reds defeated Crystal Palace 3-0 at the Theatre of Dreams on Tuesday night to begin our Carabao Cup defense in the best possible fashion.
Goals from Alejandro Garnacho, Casemiro and Anthony Martial sealed the triumph and Erik ten Hag’s side will be looking for another positive result this weekend.
United’s match against Crystal Palace is our second in just a few days, with the Eagles having lost at the Theatre of Dreams on Tuesday.
We also beat the Londoners in this fixture last season, with Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford scoring in a 2-1 victory.
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For United, Ten Hag confirmed after Tuesday’s cup match that Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen were not involved due to illness. Sergio Reguilon, who was substituted in the second half of the win at Burnley last weekend, was also not involved.
Mason Mount made his long-awaited return and, while he was replaced at half-time against Palace, Erik explained that this move was pre-planned before the fixture. Harry Maguire was also back after a short stint out.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Kobbie Mainoo, Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw are long-term absentees, while Ten Hag may provide an update on Lisandro Martinez and any other of his recently absent players in his pre-match press conference on Friday, which you can watch and follow from 13:30 BST.
For Palace, Michael Olise, James Tomkins, Jefferson Lerma and Matheus Franca look to be unavailable and Odsonne Edouard, whose fitness was being monitored prior to Tuesday’s cup clash, did not feature at Old Trafford. Dean Henderson and Jairo Riedewald picked up knocks during the course of the game, too.
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