{"id":619318,"date":"2025-12-08T04:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/619318\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T04:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:26:22","slug":"how-manchester-united-should-line-up-against-wolves-in-premier-league-fixture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/619318\/","title":{"rendered":"How Manchester United should line up against Wolves in Premier League fixture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man United are looking to return to winning ways after a disappointing 1-1 draw with West Ham on Thursday night.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_ipiccy_image-8.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United need to beat Wolves with pressure starting to mount on Ruben Amorim\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Manchester United need to beat Wolves with pressure starting to mount on Ruben Amorim(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Manchester United are once again looking to bounce back when they travel to Wolverhampton Wanderers tonight. Diogo Dalot opened the scoring against West Ham on Thursday night but a Soungoutou Magassa equaliser led to a tricky post-match press conference for Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/ruben-amorim\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"AmorimLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Amorim<\/a> was questioned on Kobbie Mainoo&#8217;s lack of involvement again and he admitted he could make no promises that the England international would be handed a chance when players depart for AFCON this month. United really need to pick up a win tonight against bottom of the table <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WolvesLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Matthijs de Ligt will hope to be fit for the fixture after missing the West Ham game with a minor issue. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/harry-maguire\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Harry MaguireLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Maguire<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/benjamin-sesko\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Benjamin SeskoLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Sesko<\/a> are both expected to miss out through injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Here&#8217;s a look at how our writers think United should line up at Molineux:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Steven Railston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">De Ligt should start if he is fit enough to be involved after missing the draw against West Ham. Leny Yoro should also be recalled to the starting team after being given a breather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Mainoo has been a talking point all season and Amorim rubbed some fans up the wrong way when he laughed in response to a question about bringing the youngster on from the bench. Amorim laughed because he is regularly asked about Mainoo, but the optics were not great at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Amorim should give Mainoo his first start of the Premier League season against Wolves. Then, if Mainoo underperforms, Amorim can at least point to the performance as evidence for why he doesn&#8217;t play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Mainoo and Casemiro had a strong understanding when the youngster first broke into the team. Bruno Fernandes could be moved into a more attacking position, and could even play as a false nine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_Wolves.png\" alt=\"Steven's Manchester United team to take on Wolves\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Steven&#8217;s Manchester United team to take on Wolves<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Jack Flintham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Ayden Heaven&#8217;s outing against West Ham lasted just 45 minutes and shows how far he still has to go to be a regular in the United defence. If he is fit, De Ligt should be back in as a priority for Amorim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">A lot has been said about giving Mainoo a chance and this evening could be the opportunity. Fernandes can push forward into one of the positions behind the striker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Joshua Zirkzee hasn&#8217;t nailed down the No.9 position in Sesko&#8217;s absence and so Cunha can lead the line. Mason Mount impressed in the last away outing and he could be a good option off the bench.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_United-XI-vs-Wolves-071225.png\" alt=\"Jack's Manchester United team to face Wolves\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Jack&#8217;s Manchester United team to face Wolves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man United are looking to return to winning ways after a disappointing 1-1 draw with West Ham on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,423,101,16,15,1138],"class_list":{"0":"post-619318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-manchester-united-fc","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wolverhampton-wanderers-fc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115682056299341799","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}