Lisandro MartÃnez and Raphael Varane are not in Manchester United’s line-up to face Bournemouth at Old Trafford tonight in the Premier League.
Harry Maguire comes on the flank and will join Victor Lindelof at the heart of United’s defence, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw flanking them.
The fact that Varane and MartÃnez are on the bench suggests that there are no serious injury problems.
Further up the pitch, Antony and Alejandro Garnacho also miss out, with Marcus Rashford restored to the flank and Bruno Fernandes moved to the right wing to accommodate Donny van de Beek in the number 10 role.
Casemiro and Christian Eriksen continue in midfield.
Anthony Martial continues up front and David de Gea in goal.
Diogo Dalot is back in training and was left on the bench along with Tom Heaton, MartÃnez, Malacia, Varane, Anthony Elanga, Scott McTominay, Fred and Garnacho.
McTominay returns after illness but there is no place in the squad for Antony, Zidane Iqbal and Facundo Pellistri.
Here then is the confirmed XI:
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The last five date back to the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era and will make some fans uncomfortable.
However, they are playing under a new manager and have Casemiro protecting them, so all may not be lost…
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