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After Manchester United failed to beat Brighton & Hove Albion at home in the Premier League, few would give them a chance to go beyond a trip to Bayern Munich in their Champions League opener on Wednesday.

United started the season in poor form and were surrounded by controversy over off-field situations.

The tricky encounter with the Harry Kane-inspired Bundesliga club can be seen in two ways: a damage limitation exercise that included a free-kick in a match United shouldn’t have won and no need to win if two players qualify for the final band.

Coach Erik ten Hag sees that will largely dictate the starting line-up, with damage limitation prompting a much more conservative line-up and a ‘free-kick’ approach suggesting an aggressive line-up much bolder.

Overall, we think he will choose the latter option and field a strong attacking team.

Andre Onana will goal.

In defence, Aaron Wan-Bissaka missed the match against Brighton due to “illness”, despite rumors on social media that he is pulling his hamstring and will be out for two months. Either way, we assume he won’t. comes into play and Diogo Dalot will keep his place at right-back, with on-loan Sergio Reguilon, who was excellent on his debut on Saturday, at left-back.

Both centre-backs Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof performed poorly against the Seagulls and it is possible that Raphael Varane has recovered from injury in time to face Bayern.But if that weren’t the case, Ten Hag would certainly still be with Victor and Licha while the alternatives Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans are much maligned.

In midfield, Ten Hag opted for the diamond against Brighton but it didn’t work and we expect he will return to the double play. Sofyan Amrabat could be available for the first time, but given the situation it would be difficult to expect him to start. He hasn’t touched a ball in months.

Casemiro and Scott McTominay performed poorly on Saturday, but the Brazilian should keep his place alongside Christian Eriksen, with Bruno Fernandes in the 8/10 role. McTominay is expected to return to the bench.

In attack, the absence of Antony and Jadon Sancho – assuming the differences between the latter and Ten Hag are not resolved – means that Facundo Pellistri or Alejandro Garnacho could start, with Rasmus Hojlund in the middle and Marcus Rashford in the middle. send. Opposite side to watch over the chosen young man. This will most likely be the Rashford-Hojlund-Garnacho attacking trio, who on paper are one of the most exciting young strikers in world football.

Mason Mount is another player close to a return from injury so he could also slot in to a wide position if available.

Ultimately we think the line-up will be similar to Saturday’s, with McTominay making way for a winger. However, the bench could be a lot stronger, with Mount, Amrabat, Varane and Wan-Bissaka all with a shout of bolstering the ranks.

This, then, is our predicted XI for Wednesday’s game: