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Lee Wilmot

Mason Greenwood starts with Anthony Martial injured - Predicted Man United team vs Spurs

The Amazon Prime midweek continues on Wednesday night.

And one of the big matches will be at Old Trafford where Manchester United welcome Tottenham and their former boss Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho was sacked by United in December last year and will be making his first return to the Theatre of Dreams as an opposition manager since then.

Tottenham moved above United in the Premier League at the weekend, thanks to their second consecutive win under Mourinho in the league since he joined the club two weeks ago.

And current United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes the Portuguese will receive a good reception from the fans inside Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

He said: "A very good reception, that’s just a testament to this club and these supporters, remember two and a half years, he won trophies, I’m 100% sure our fans, staff and club will welcome him."

Tottenham have four players out of the game - Hugo Lloris, Michel Vorm, Ben Davies and Erik Lamela - while United have injury concerns of their own.

Paul Pogba is out, as well as Eric Bailly, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Diogo Dalot and Marcos Rojo. Scott McTominay and Nemanja Matic face late fitness tests, while there is a concern over Anthony Martial, with Sky Sports News reporting that he is set to miss out.

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Our friends at the Manchester Evening News expect McTominay to recover in time to play against Spurs, with Solskjaer saying: "They're touch-and-go [McTominay and Matic], so let's get this training session out of the way.

"We've got more games than this one, so I can't just look at one game. We've got to look at the long term."

In lieu of that news, how will United line up against Tottenham on Wednesday night?

If Martial is out there will be a battle over who replaces him up front, with young Mason Greenwood the likely candidate.

And then there will be decisions to be made over fellow youngsters James Garner and Axel Tuanzebe or the more experienced Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard and Victor Lindelof.

Predicted Man United XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; McTominay, Fred, Lingard; James, Rashford, Greenwood.

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