How Manchester United should line up vs Man City in FA Cup final

Manchester United take on rivals Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday afternoon.

The meeting is the first Manchester derby in a FA Cup final and Erik ten Hag's side have extra motivation to lift the trophy, as City are in contention to win a treble after reaching the Champions League final and winning the Premier League.

United have already won a trophy, the Carabao Cup, this season and winning England's oldest cup competition at the expense of their rivals would be the icing on the cake of an impressive first year for Ten Hag.

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Regarding the team news, Anthony Martial is unavailable after sustaining an injury against Fulham on the final day of the season, meanwhile Antony is a major doubt.

Our writers have had their say on how United should line up against City...

Samuel Luckhurst

Anthony Martial's injury is not the clichéd blow. He shouldn't have been starting the final even though it seemed like Ten Hag would have started him.

United need to view the flexibility of their front four as an advantage. They should be switching throughout the game to vary their approach and try and throw City. Fixing Bruno Fernandes to the right would be inadvisable and he has to have the freedom to drift, especially as Jadon Sancho has performed on that side of late. Christian Eriksen also has experience of playing on the right.

Fred could be very good or very bad but he is energetic, presses and has big-game nous. It would not be a surprise if Ten Hag moved Luke Shaw inside but Victor Lindelof - on his longest run of starts for United and in his best form for the club - has earned a Cup final start while Luke Shaw is United's best left-back by