Manchester United v Juventus - Preview and possible lineups

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Manchester United: French midfielder Paul Pogba is likely to start against his former side amid speculation of him chasing a move out of Manchester, though Alexis Sanchez, Diego Dalot, Marcos Rojo and Jesse Lingard are both sidelined with injury. Elsewhere, Scott McTominay and Marouane Fellaini are both doubts for the fixture. 

Juventus: Cristiano Ronaldo will make his long-awaited return to Old Trafford and is likely to line up alongside the in-form Paulo Dybala up front. Allegri's side could be without midfielder Emre Can, however, who could need surgery after suffering a thyroid problem. 

Jose Mourinho: "United's form was shown in the past two matches. The way we can play, and the way we want to play was shown in the last two matches, so we will try to [play that way again]. There were contradictory feelings after the Chelsea match. I told the players we have to keep that happiness, pride and confidence of the way we played. But on the other side, use the anger to motivate ourselves to play a big match. I was proud of the boys and we are positive because we played really well [on Saturday]. It is a good feeling to have before a big match."

Massimiliano Allegri: "It will be two teams going against each other that have a lot of young key players. Tomorrow’s match will be an important test for them at this stage and in a game of this magnitude. They are a very physical team, and we will have to play a lot of fluidity, technique and precision. We have to put more pressure on crosses, we have to mark better in the box. These are situations where we have to improve. We will play with four in defence tomorrow night, whilst in the midfield we will have to be numerically equal to them."

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DID YOU KNOW?

This is the first time the two sides have met in 15 years, when United ran out 3-0 winners in Turin. 

United have won their last five home games against Italian opposition, though Juve have not been defeated in four consecutive visits to England. 

BESOCCER SCORE PREDICTION: 0-1 Juventus

POSSIBLE LINEUPS

Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Lindeloft, Shaw, Mata, Matic, Pogba, Rashford, Lukaku, Martial. 

Juventus: Szczesny, Cancelo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Sandro, Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi, Dybala, Mandzukic, Ronaldo.