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What TV channel is Manchester United vs Astana on? Kick-off time, team news and predictions

Manchester United will be hoping to get their Europa League campaign off to a flier on Thursday when they face Astana.

United come into the game off the back of an ugly but nevertheless vital victory over Leicester City on Saturday to arrest a poor run of three games without a win.

Now they have a chance to build upon the result on Thursday night, although its expected that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will make a number of changes to the side for the visit of the champions of Kazakhstan.

Astana are already well into their season having played 24 games already and sitting in third place, with two games in hand alongside their qualification campaign for the competition.

The Blue and Yellows were unlucky to lose out in a Champions League qualifier to CFR Cluj and then had to beat FC Santa Coloma  of Andorra, Malta's Valletta and BATE Borisov to make it the Europa League.

Regardless, a United team with lots of changes should still get past with ease.

What TV channel is Manchester United vs Astana on?

Manchester United vs Astana will be televised on BT Sport 2 from 8pm, immediately following their coverage of Eintracht Frankfurt vs Arsenal, on Thursday, September 19.

Kick-off from Old Trafford is also at 8pm.

You'll be able to follow all the build-up, action and reaction right here on our live blog.

Highlights of the game will be available on BT Sport's YouTube channel after the game.

Team news for Manchester United vs Astana

Solskjaer is expected to ring the changes to his United side for the visit of Astana and confirmed four of them in his pre-match press conference.

Young striker Mason Greenwood will start alongside Axel Tuanzebe, Sergio Romero and Fred.

Daniel James won't be available, however, after picking up a knock in Saturday's game and he joins Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial and Luke Shaw on the sidelines.

In better news, Jesse Lingard and Diogo Dalot are both in contention after returning to training.

Predictions for Manchester United vs Astana

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