Manchester United will travel to the West Midlands to take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineaux Stadium on Saturday night after suffering a 2-0 defeat against Arsenal last weekend. The Red Devils will now have to turn their attention to the FA Cup so that they can see off the challenge of Nuno Espirito Santo’s men and book a place into the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
This competition provides a realistic chance for Ole Gunnar Solkjaer to deliver a trophy during his time as the interim manager of Man United. Thus, we can expect him to go with a strong lineup and deploy a 4-3-3 formation for this upcoming cup encounter.
4-3-3 Manchester United Predicted Lineup To Face Wolves
Defence
David De Gea will feature in goal for the visiting side despite conceding two goals against Arsenal last weekend. The Spaniard will be protected by the centre-back pair of Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof as they look to keep things tidy defensively while up against a dangerous Wolves team on Saturday night.
Ashley Young will operate as the right-back once again as he tries to make an impact in the opposition half by delivering some good balls for Romelu Lukaku inside the Wolves penalty area. Luke Shaw will resume his left-back responsibilities on the other side of Solkjaer’s backline this weekend.
Man United have performed well defensively under Solkjaer, but it won’t be easy for their defenders on Saturday as they will be up against an in-form Wolves duo of Diogo Jota and Raul Jimenez.
Midfield
The Reds of Manchester might start with the midfield three of Fred, Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba for this important FA Cup clash at the Molineaux Stadium. Pogba put in a flat performance against the Gunners last weekend so he would be motivated to showcase a much-improved shift in midfield this time around.
Both Scott McTominay and Andreas Pereira will start on the Man United bench and might come on during the encounter if required.
Attack
Solkjaer’s front three would consist of Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford providing width down the flanks while Romelu Lukaku leads the line for the visitors up front.
Both Rashford and Lukaku were amongst the goals for United last month, but they drew blanks against the Gunners last weekend. The Man United fans would hope that it is just a temporary problem and they can start finding the back of the net again soon.
