Manchester United predicted line-up vs Porto as forward dropped and Bruno Fernandes call made

Manchester United will be aiming for their first Europa League win of the season when they face Porto tonight.

United stuttered to a disappointing 1-1 in their European opener against FC Twente a week ago. Having taken the lead through a fine Christian Eriksen strike they were pegged back in the second half after Eriksen needlessly gave the ball away and Sam Lammers beat Andre Onana at his front post.

United will still expect to progress from the group stage, with a team finishing as low as 24th in the 36-team league still in with a chance of qualifying for the next round.

That being said, improvements are needed if Erik ten Hag is to have any chance of remaining at the club. The United boss is under fire once again after the FA Cup final success over Manchester City saw him save his job.

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A win over Porto wouldn't solve all of his problems but it would certainly help, so expect Ten Hag to go strong when he names his starting XI. Onana should start in goal for United tonight, with Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez and Diogo Dalot lining up ahead of him.

Ten Hag has talked a lot about how Manuel Ugarte needs time to settle into life at the club, so tonight is another good opportunity to give him a start alongside Kobbie Mainoo. The latter was taken off before half-time in the shocking defeat to Tottenham on Sunday but was seen in training on Wednesday.

Bruno Fernandes can start in the No.10 role. The captain would have been eligible to play tonight even if his three-game ban for a red card against Spurs