Manchester United will kick-off their Champions league campaign against the Swiss champions Young Boys on Wednesday. United manager will be keen to have a good start to the champions league and will be seeking third champions league title this season. The Boss has not won Uefa Champions league title since 2010 and will be hoping to cause upset to big names of European football.
United will look to continue their short winning impulse against Young Boys. Being the favourites, United will further face Valencia and Juventus, two clubs that will be difficult to beat. Red Devils will have to capitalise against the underdogs, and start off with a win.
Time and Date
Venue: State de Suisse
Date: Wednesday, 19 September, 2018
Kick-off: 8pm BST
Head to head
The teams have never met before in a football match and each one would be willing to make history by winning their first game against each other.
Team news
Luke Shaw, who picked up an injury in an international friendly against Spain will be seen back in action against Young Boys. He has been claimed fit by the coach. Ashley Young showed a brilliant combination of temperament and class in the match against Watford and it will be a treat to watch him play, if Mourinho does not bring in Shaw in place of Young.
Diogo Dalot, the 19-year-old will be fighting for a place after his full 90 minute performance against Reading in U-23s.
Jordan Lotomba and Wuthrich are expected to be out of defensive unit of Young boys and Pedro Teixeira and Lauper may not feature in the midfield position for the Swiss champions.
Young Boys squad
Goalkeeper: Marco Wolfli, David Von Ballmoos, Dario Marzino
Defender: Mohamed Ali Camara, Steve von Bergen, Ulisses Garcia, Gregory Wuthrich, Loris Benito, Jordan Lotomba, Kevin Mbabu,
Midfielder: Leonardo Bertone, Miralem Sulejmani, Djibril Sow, Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu, Christian Fassnacht, Thorsten Schick, Pedro Teixeira, Sandro Lauper, Sekou Sanogo
Forward: Roger Assale, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Yann Aime Kasai, Guillaume Hoarau
Manchester United squad
Goalkeeper: David De Gea, Lee Grant, Sergio Romero
Defender: Victor Lindelof, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Diogo Dalot, Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Diogo Dalot
Midfielder: Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Andreas Pereira, Fred, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini, Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay
Forward: Alexis Sanchez, Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial
*Marcus Rashford is on United’s ‘B’ list of eligible players, which has not been released
Can Young Boys deliver the shock of the season or Will United implement what they are good at? Go out and win ruthlessly.
