Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag already knows nine of his FA Cup final XI

A theme running through Erik ten Hag's Manchester United this season has been a consistency of selection.

The Reds chief doesn't often rest and rotate and the approach helped United lift the Carabao Cup in February. United are on the brink of adding Champions League football to their list of achievements this season, needing just a point from their final two matches to guarantee a top four finish.

That could come on Thursday against Chelsea at Old Trafford with a home game against Fulham rounding off the season. Liverpool, the only side who can overhaul United, end their campaign against already relegated Southampton.

Ten Hag will hope to achieve the point required at the first time of asking, allowing him the opportunity to assess his squad for the Premier League finale with the FA Cup final on the horizon. United won't need any added motivation to lift the trophy at Wembley given a win would end rivals Manchester City's hopes of emulating the treble the Reds achieved in 1999.

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City will arrive as favourites having wrapped up the league with three games to spare and with the Champions League final still to come. But United proved they are capable of beating the Champions having done just that in January. Nine of the XI that started for United that day can expect to line up for the showpiece and Ten Hag's team is not a difficult one to predict.

David De Gea will start in goal while Raphael Varane will be at centre back. With Lisandro Martinez absent through injury, Victor Lindelof is likely to get the nod alongside the France international with captain Harry Maguire set to miss out.

Luke Shaw could move inside, a role he has performed admirably this term,