Manchester United takes on lowly Norwich City today at Old Trafford in what should prove to be an easy victory for the home team. Saying that however Manchester United have struggled of late losing last time out 2-1 away to Bournemouth after a run of games that have included five nil, nil score-lines.
And while we do not feel that manager Louis van Gaal’s job is in jeopardy the recent firing of Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is proof that no one is safe if the results start to go against you.
What had been regarded as one of the most solid defences in the league has let the Red Devils down big-time of late conceding three goals to Wolfsburg in the Champions League and then another two at Dean Court, with four out of the five goals coming from set pieces.
Chris Smalling’s return to the team should help against the dead ball plays while Phil Jones is a possible for this afternoons match after having played for the U-21’s on Monday.
The recent spate of goals against United could make LVG decide to go with two holding midfielders which will certainly play against the fans hope of seeing attacking football.
Speaking at his press conference yesterday LVG said that he had Wayne Rooney, Ander Herrera and Chris Smalling all available for selection, but missing will be Jesse Lingard, Matteo Darmian, Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia and Marcos Rojo.
German international Bastian Schweinsteiger is also unavailable as he is still suspended following the incident in the game against West Ham.
Unfortunately for United fans this game does not look like a goal fest for the home team with Norwich a hard team to beat despite them being in the bottom three the Canaries have drawn 1-1 at home with Arsenal and only lost at the Etihad against City thanks to a last-minute penalty which is why we are going with a 1-1 draw at odds of 17/2 with Bet365.
Here is our predicted line-up below assuming that Rooney’s plays and that LVG does not start Smalling.
