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Tom Doyle

Man United vs Chelsea line-ups: Confirmed team news and predicted XIs for Premier League top four battle

Ander Herrera could return for Manchester United's Premier League clash with Chelsea on Sunday.

The midfielder has missed the last six games with a hamstring injury but is back in training, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed goalkeeper David De Gea will keep his place despite poor recent form.

Midfielder Scott McTominay missed Wednesday's derby defeat after failing a fitness test and is again a doubt along with defender Phil Jones, who hobbled off against Everton last weekend.

As for Chelsea, N'Golo Kante faces a race to be fit after picking up a rib injury against Burnley.

Callum Hudson-Odoi has been ruled out for three months after undergoing surgery on an Achilles injury, while Antonio Rudiger will be fit to return.

Predicted line-ups

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Dalot, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, Fred, Pogba, Matic, Lingard, Rashford, Martial

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Emerson, Jorginho, Kovacic, Barkley, Hazard, Higuain, Willian

Provisional Man Utd squad: De Gea, Romero, Grant, Dalot, Darmian, Bailly, Valencia, Young, Jones, Shaw, Lindelof, Rojo, Smalling, Herrera, Fred, Matic, McTominay, Pereira, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Martial, Sanchez, Lukaku, Rashford.

Provisional Huddersfield squad: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Emerson, Rudiger, Christensen, Luiz, Jorginho, Kante, Loftus-Cheek, Higuain, Hazard, Willian, Pedro, Barkley, Caballero, Barkley, Kovacic, Giroud, Alonso, Cahill.

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