Team News For Manchester United Game

Saints have announced the team for the visit of Manchester United to St Mary's this afternoon, can Saints end a 17 year old home win hoodoo over the Red Devils.

Ralph Hasenhuttl has announced the following line up to take on Manchester United and hopefully propel themselves up to 3rd place.

Starting XI: Alex McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Moussa Djenepo, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Stuart Armstrong, Theo Walcott, ChÃ© Adams.

Subs: Fraser Forster, Jack Stephens, Ibrahima Diallo, Nathan Tella, Michael Obafemi, Shane Long, Daniel N'Lundulu.

No surprises in the Saints line up and unchanged from trip to Wolves.

United's team is :

Starting XI: David De Gea, Alex Telles, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Nemanja Matic, Fred, Donny Van De Beek, Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford,

Subs: Dean Henderson, Axel Tuanzebe, Timothy Fosu-,Mensah, Brandon Williams, Daniel james, Juan Mata, Edinson Cavani.

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