LASK
- LASK will have to make do without two regular centre-backs on Thursday. Petar Filipovic is banned due to an accumulation of bookings in the competition, while Philipp Wiesinger is suspended after his red card against AZ last time out.
- Christian Ramsebner and Markus Wostry are the most likely candidates to take over at the back for the home side.
- Marvin Potzmann is sidelined for LASK, which should see Rene Renner start at left wing-back against Manchester United. Husein Balic is also injured but the midfielder was expected to start here anyway.
- Given the raft of absentees at the back, LASK may play with inside forwards to make the side more compact than out-and-out wingers.
Manchester United
- Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard, Diogo Dalot and Aaron Wan-Bissaka did not travel with the Manchester United squad to Austria for Thursday’s Europa League match.
- With Dalot and Wan-Bissaka unavailable, Axel Tuanzebe may have to fill in at right-back against LASK. This would be Tuanzebe’s first appearance in 2020.
- Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Lee Grant are also still sidelined for the away side, though Pogba is closing in on a return from a long-term ankle problem.
- This tie is sandwiched between the Manchester derby, which United won, and a reunion with former manager Jose Mourinho at Tottenham. Expect Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to shuffle his pack from the side that started last weekend.
- Scott McTominay and Sergio Romero will certainly return to the starting XI in Austria. Eric Bailly, Juan Mata, Odion Ighalo and Mason Greenwood will also be considered for starts.
- Bruno Fernandes has already faced LASK in the competition this season. He scored once and registered an assist in a 2-1 home win for Sporting CP.
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