Manchester United and Barcelona played out a 2-2 draw at Camp Nou last week, and a similarly display can be expected at the Theatre of Dreams today.
Manchester United duo of Lisandro Martinez and Marcel Sabitzer are back from continental bans served in the first leg,
while Casemiro will also return to the fold amid his three-game domestic suspension, which has now been completed.
Christian Eriksen and Donny van de Beek continue their long-term recoveries, while Anthony Martial is still sidelined with a hip problem, but Ten Hag is confident that Harry Maguire will fit to participate.
Antony, meanwhile, returns after a four-match absence with a leg injury to bolster ten Hag’s attacking options.
Raphael Varane will expect to demote Victor Lindelof to the bench, while the Wout Weghorst number 10 experiment did not go as planned in the first half against Leicester,
so the towering Dutchman could revert to a central role as 24-goal Rashford supports him.
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Meanwhile: Barcelona have missed Gavi to an accumulation of yellow cards,
while Pedri sustained a hamstring injury in the first leg and will also miss out.
Ousmane Dembele‘s thigh injury will also keep him out of contention for Thursday’s second leg,
but in brighter news, Ronald Araujo is back from a domestic ban, and Sergio Busquets was an unused substitute against Cadiz after recovering from an ankle injury.
The veteran Spaniard could therefore link up with Frenkie de Jong and Franck Kessie in the midfield trident,
while Gavi’s absence opens the door for Ansu Fati to start on the left, in spite of Ferran Torres‘s effervescent display against Cadiz.
Manchester United Possible Lineup:
De Gea;
Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Shaw;
Casemiro, Fred;
Fernandes, Weghorst, Sancho;
Rashford.
Barcelona Possible Lineup:
Ter Stegen;
Kounde, Araujo, Alonso, Alba;
De Jong, Busquets, Kessie;
Raphinha, Lewandowski, Fati
