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MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM NEWS: INJURIES, SUSPENSIONS AND LINE-UP VS SOUTHAMPTON


Jose Mourinho's side have gone three games without a win in all competitions and will be hoping to get back on track as they bid farewell to 2017
Manchester United will be hoping to see their final fixture of 2017 deliver a return to winning ways against Southampton.
The Red Devils have gone three games without success in all competitions, while collecting just two victories from their last five Premier League outings.
An untimely wobble has allowed the chasing pack to close in behind them, with Jose Mourinho’s side now just one point above third-placed Chelsea as the battle for top-four finishes intensifies.

                   MAN UTD INJURIES

Anthony Martial and Matteo Darmian have returned to full training to suggest that they will come back into contention against the Saints.
Chris Smalling is, however, still nursing a knock while fellow centre-half Eric Bailly is a long-term absentee after undergoing ankle surgery.
Antonio Valencia picked up a hamstring problem against West Brom prior to Christmas and has not been seen since, while Mourinho conceded heading into the festive period that Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick were unlikely to figure during a hectic run of games.

             MAN UTD SUSPENSIONS

United have no players currently serving a suspension, with Marcos Rojo having escaped a ban despite accumulating five yellow cards.
The Argentine defender was cautioned early on in the Boxing Day draw with Burnley, but the first cut off point for the season came after 19 fixtures and a clash with the Clarets was the Red Devils’ 20th of the campaign.

         POTENTIAL STARTING LINE-UP

Mourinho may decide to shuffle his pack once again as the games continue to come thick and fast.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was played in a deep-lying No.10 role against Burnley, but he was replaced by Jesse Lingard at half-time and the England international went on to bag a brace.
Victor Lindelof is another who could come back in after spending the Clarets stalemate on the bench, while Martial could be handed an immediate recall and youngster Callum Gribbin a place among the substitutes.

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