Varane and Pogba to start — Manchester United predicted line up vs Atletico Madrid

Manchester United play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday night.

United take on Diego Simeone's side in the first leg of the knockout stage after winning their group, largely thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's heroics.

United have gone four games unbeaten since crashing out of the FA Cup to Middlesbrough, most recently beating historic rivals Leeds 4-2 at Elland Road thanks to goals from Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes, Fred and Anthony Elanga.

Maguire has received intense scrutiny over his credentials to captain United and that goal was huge for the centre-back.

Atletico Madrid lost to Levante, who sit at the bottom of La Liga, in their penultimate game and they've struggled for form this season, albeit they finished ahead of AC Milan and Porto to progress from their Champions League group behind Liverpool.

They also scored three goals on Saturday and they'll be aiming to bring former Atletico stopper David de Gea into action here. While the Spaniard made a positional error to concede a goal against Leeds, he remains the first name on the team sheet.

Rangnick started Maguire and Victor Lindelof at the weekend and it was a brave call to leave Varane on the bench. Lindelof delivered an excellent display, but it seems likely Varane will return to the starting 11 here in such an important match.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka failed to make a case to win his starting spot back from Diogo Dalot at Leeds. That means Dalot can start at right-back while Luke Shaw, who is slowly returning to his best form, will almost certainly start at left-back.

Rangnick has a midfield selection dilemma to address after Fred's impact from the bench on Sunday afternoon.

It seems Fred will start and perhaps Rangick will drop