Premier League · Sun 8 Nov, 16:30 GMT
Old Trafford, Manchester
Villa are quick on the break and hard to beat. United come off a European night on Tuesday. Pick who starts, decide how you play out, and play it.
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Drag a player onto the pitch, or tap a player and then a shirt. I'll tell you what I think of every one.
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Our predicted Manchester United starting XI for Manchester United vs Aston Villa in a 4-3-3: the strongest eleven for each position from the current squad, with injured and unavailable players left out. Squad information as of 23 October 2026. Looking for the Manchester United lineup today? The confirmed Manchester United line up is announced about an hour before kick-off; until then, this is the prediction.
Disagree with the prediction? Use the lineup builder above to pick your own starting XI and formation, then play the match to see how it goes.
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Manchester United are predicted to line up in a 4-3-3: Senne Lammens; Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez, Diogo Dalot; Bruno Fernandes, Carlos Baleba, Youri Tielemans; Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo. Squad information as of 23 October 2026.
Sunday 8 November 2026, 16:30 GMT, at Old Trafford, Manchester (Premier League).
Patrick Dorgu (injured: thigh, back after the international break); Luke Shaw (unavailable: expected back after the international break); Manuel Ugarte (injured: knee ligament, back around spring 2027); Benjamin Sesko (injured: calf, back after the international break).
About an hour before kick-off. Until then this is the predicted Manchester United line-up, and you can pick your own starting XI on this page and play the match.
A pre-match game. Manchester United v Aston Villa has not been played yet, so there is no real result to match — you choose the Manchester United eleven, place every player wherever you like, set the approach, and the match runs on the spot.
This is not a prediction game. Nobody is keeping score and there is nothing to get right — the match has not been played yet, so there is no correct answer to find. Pick the eleven you would pick, or the eleven nobody would dare, and see what your team does with it.
This game comes down once the real match has finished. The full simulation — where you take the touchline in a match that really happened and change how it actually ended — lives on MatchRewrite permanently. Browse the clubs.
Before this one kicks off, play the matches that have already happened involving Manchester United and Aston Villa. Each one is the real line-ups and the real result, and you make the calls that decided it.
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