Man Utd vs Sheriff - Europa League: Team news, lineups & prediction
Manchester United will reach the knockout rounds of this season's Europa League if they get just a point from Thursday night's clash with Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford.
However, they mist be mindful of the fact that Real Sociedad hold a three-point cushion over them at the top of the group, with only group winners getting a bye to the last 16. All group runners-up mist play an preliminary knockout tie against a club dropping out of the Champions League.
United's best chance of winning the group and avoiding a whole extra round is to win here ahead of facing La Real in a potential winner takes all clash on matchday six.
Where are Man Utd vs Sheriff playing?
- Location: Manchester, England
- Stadium: Old Trafford
- Date: Thursday 27 October
- Kick-off Time: 20:00 BST / 15:00 EST / 12:00 PST
- VAR: Marco Fritz (GER)
- Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (GRE)
Man Utd vs Sheriff H2H Results
- Man Utd: 1 Win
- Bayern Munich: 0 Wins
- Draws: 0
Current Form (Last Five Games)
- Man Utd: WWDWD
- Sheriff: WLWWL
Man Utd team news
Cristiano Ronaldo is back in the United squad after being dropped for the Chelsea game as a 'consequence' of his behaviour a week ago when he refused to come on against and Tottenham and left the bench while the game was still going on.
Anthony Martial and Raphael Varane remain out, but Harry Maguire, Donny van de Beek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka have all resumed training and are in contention.
Man Utd predicted lineup vs Sheriff
Man Utd Starting XI (4-3-3): De Gea; Dalot, Lindelof, Martinez, Malacia; McTominay, Fred, Fernandes; Antony, Ronaldo, Elanga.
Bench: Heaton, Dubravka, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Casemiro, Eriksen, Iqbal, Pellistri, Sancho, Rashford, Garnacho
Sheriff team news
Armel Zohouri is suspended for Sheriff following a red card last time out against Real Sociedad, but there are no known injury concerns for coach Stjepan Tomas.
Sheriff predicted lineup vs Man Utd
Sheriff Starting XI (3-5-2): Koval; Heron, Kiki, Radeljic; Guedes, Diop, Mudasiru, Badolo, Kpozo; Pernambuco, Akanbi
Bench: Pascenco, Celeadnic, Petro, Julien, Ignatov, Covali, Hatman, Lushkja, Kyabou, Vizeu.
Man Utd vs Sheriff score prediction
United haven't freely scored goals this season, even in the Europa League against the likes of Sheriff and Omonia. That isn't likely to simply fix itself just yet, which suggests that while this should be another win for Erik ten Hag's team, they won't run away with it.
That was exactly how it was in the reverse meeting in Moldova when first half goals from Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo secured a 2-0 victory.
Prediction: Man Utd 2-0 Sheriff