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The Guardian - UK
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Burnley v Manchester United: match preview

Burnley v Manchester United
Burnley v Manchester United: probable starters in bold, contenders in light.

José Mourinho is unlikely to take this one lightly even though the effects of playing 120 minutes against Anderlecht on Thursday and significant injuries to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo suggest they may struggle. United’s manager is so short of options the club’s captain and record scorer, Wayne Rooney, overlooked as substitute against the Belgian club, may even be pressed into service. Mark Tallentire

Kick-off Sunday 2.15pm

Venue Turf Moor

Last season n/a

Live Sky Sports 1

Referee Anthony Taylor

This season G26, Y105, R4, 4.35 cards per game

Odds H 13-2 A 6-1 D 10-3

Burnley

Subs from Pope, Robinson, Flanagan, Defour, Westwood, Gudmundsson, Arfield, Tarkowski, Darikwa, Agyei

Doubtful Arfield (hamstring), Barton (disciplinary), Gudmundsson (knee), Vokes (hamstring)

Injured Marney (knee, Oct), Long (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LDLWDL

Discipline Y60 R2

Leading scorer Gray 8

Manchester United

Subs from Pereira, Romero, Rooney, Martial, Carrick, Shaw, Fosu-Mensah, Fellaini, Tuanzebe, Borthwick-Jackson

Doubtful None

Injured Jones (toe, 13 May), Smalling (knee, 13 May), Mata (groin, Aug), Ibrahimovic (knee, unknown), Rojo (knee, unknown), Wilson (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DWDDWW

Discipline Y69 R1

Leading scorer Ibrahimovic 17

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