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Premier League: Lineups, team news for Burnley vs Manchester United

Can a resurgent Red Devils side register their third league win on the trot?

Premier League: Lineups, team news for Burnley vs Manchester United

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba (Photo: AFP)

Second-placed Manchester United visit Turf Moor to take on seventh-ranked Burnley in a Premier League clash on Saturday and managers of both the sides have revealed the lineups.

 

Sean Dyche’s sending out the Clarets in their standard 4-5-1 formation, with Nick Pope retaining his place between the sticks.

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Former Manchester United man Phil Bardsley starts at right-back, with Ben Mee, James Tarkowski and Charlie Tayor featuring in their back-four.

Jack Cork, Steven Defour start in the midfield pivot, with Johan Gudmundsson, Jeff Hendrick and Scott Arfield lining up behind striker Ashley Barnes.

 

Jose Mourinho has made one change from the side that beat Stoke City 3-0 last week, with Ashley Young coming in to replace Luke Shaw at left-back.

David de Gea starts in goal, with Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Antonio Valencia completing their four-man defence. Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba start in the centre of midfield, with Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Anthony Martial ahead of them.

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Striker Romelu Lukaku completes the Red Devils’ 4-2-3-1 formation, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan missing out as his move to arch-rivals Arsenal gathers pace.

Burnley are in a rut at the moment after flying as high as fourth earlier this season and will be desperate to get back to winning ways but up against them are a resurgent Red Devils side.

Mourinho’s men have begun 2018 on a positive note and while their hopes of a Premier League title are slim, the race for the top-four is heating up and they will look to register their third league win on the trot to remain clear of the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool.

Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Arfield, Cork, Hendrick, Defour, Gudmundsson and Barnes.

Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia (c), Smalling, Jones, Young, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Martial and Lukaku.

Match starts at 1500 GMT/20.30 IST

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