Manchester United will be looking to make merry when they travel to Wales to take on Swansea City. The Red Devils started the season in a thumping fashion as they thrashed West Ham United 4-0.
Jose Mourinho’s second season has always been a threat to other sides and United have already shown their capabilities in the very first match of this season. New signing Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic came to the party in the last match and will be looking to continue the momentum.
On the other hand, Swansea had quite a steady start to the season as they played a goalless draw with Mauricio Pellegrino’s Southampton. With Gylfi Sigurdsson’s departure, Paul Clement now has to find an alternative solution.
Tammy Abraham gave a performance to remember and the Chelsea loanee is expected to be unleashed to take on an experienced United defence who kept a clean sheet in the last match.
Clement will be taking inspiration from their previous encounter where they looked the better side and any repeat of that display should be enough for them to salvage a point.
Predicted Lineups And Injury News
Manchester United
Jose Mourinho couldn’t utilize his squad to the fullest last season due to the frequent injuries he had to cope with. But for the second consecutive match, the gaffer is likely to have a fully fit squad against the Swans except for Marcos Rojo, Ashley Young and Luke Shaw who have been recuperating from their injuries.
De Gea; Blind, Bailly, Jones, Valencia; Matic, Pogba; Mata, Mkhitaryan Rashford ; Lukaku.
Swansea City
Clement is facing a selection headache ahead of this much important match. Fernando Llorente is back in training but is lacking match fitness. In his absence, Abraham will lead the charge.
Ki Sung-Yeung and Nathan Dyer are also facing lengthy spells on the sidelines.
Fabianski; Naughton, Olsson, Fernandez, Mawson; Carroll, Britton, Fer; Routledge, Ayew, Abraham.
Key Players
Romelu Lukaku
United were pretty ruthless against the hapless Hammers and Mourinho would be expecting a same kind of performance. The addition of Lukaku has given the Red Devils the much-added cutting edge in the attacking third and the Belgian would be pretty eager to add to his goal tally.
Tammy Abraham
Young, pacey, energetic and determined. That’s how one would describe Tammy Abraham. The 19-year-old has already stormed the Championship last season with his breath taking goals and is expected to do the same in the English top-tier this season.
Odds
Swansea- 10/1
Draw- 4/1
Manchester United- 4/11
