Sunday 02 March 2025 15:30
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Ruben Amorim has made his team selection for the Emirates FA Cup fifth-round tie against Fulham.
The Old Trafford encounter kicks off at 16:30 GMT, with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs.
The Reds are without wing-back Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu, after the red card he picked up in the 3-2 win over Ipswich Town in midweek, with Noussair Mazraoui drafted into the XI in his place.
Diogo Dalot could play on the left, with Mazraoui on the right, but they could easily be on the opposite flanks.
The other change sees Alejandro Garnacho, who was sacrificed in the first half against Ipswich when Dorgu was dismissed, replaced by Christian Eriksen. The Argentina winger has a knock and is not risked from the outset.
Skipper Bruno Fernandes and Eriksen’s positions are interchangeable within the system, so it will be interesting to see who begins the tie in the deeper role, alongside Manuel Ugarte.
William Murdock, who kept goal for the Under-18s in our fabulous 3-2 win over Arsenal in the FA Youth Cup quarter-final on Friday night, gets a maiden senior call-up to sit on the bench. Fellow keeper Hubert Graczyk is also a substitute again, with Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton both out injured.
Only seven players are named as subs, with teenage striker Chido Obi one of them.
THE TEAMS
United: Onana; De Ligt, Maguire, Yoro; Mazraoui, Ugarte, Fernandes (c), Dalot; Zirkzee, Eriksen; Hojlund.
Substitutes: Graczyk, Murdock, Heaven, Lindelof, Casemiro, Garnacho, Obi.
Fulham: Leno; Robinson (c), Bassey, Andersen, Castagne; Lukic, Berge; Iwobi, Andreas, Traore; Muniz.
Substitutes: Benda, Cuenca, Diop, Sessegnon, Reed, Cairney, Smith Rowe, Willian, Jimenez.
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