FC Sheriff vs Manchester United LIVE early team news, predicted line up and score predictions

Manchester United are set to play FC Sheriff in Moldova in the Europa League on Thursday night.

United began their Europa League campaign with a defeat against Real Sociedad at Old Trafford last week and Ten Hag's side will be desperate to bounce back against FC Sheriff, who convincingly beat Omonia 3-0 in their opening group stage fixture.

The Reds' match against Crystal Palace was postponed on Sunday and that means the players will be fresh heading into this game, although the travelling squad did not include Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Donny van de Beek, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.

United must win their Europa League group to avoid playing another two fixtures in the competition, as the runners-up from each group will play against a third-place finisher from a Champions League group in the knockout round playoffs.

Ten Hag is expected to pick his strongest line up tonight and Cristiano Ronaldo seems set to lead the attack.

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United have included Luke Shaw in their squad for the Europa League group stage match against FC Sheriff on Thursday night but five players are out.

Luke Shaw is back in the squad after missing two of the last three games with a minor foot injury but Donny van de Beek, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Marcus Rashford are all out after they did not participate in Wednesday morning's training session.

Anthony Martial is still sidelined with an Achilles injury and Martin Dubravka has not travelled to the Moldova, so FA Youth Cup-winning 'keeper Radek Vitek has been added to the squad.

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