Manchester United vs. Roma - prediction, team news, lineups

Struggling Manchester United caput into Tuesday’s Champions League matchday 4 brushwood against 15th-placed Roma astatine Old Trafford winless successful 9 consecutive matches.

The 21st-placed Red Devils’ past triumph successful immoderate contention came against European debutants Sabah astir 2 months ago, highlighting the uphill situation facing a beleaguered Michael Carrick up of what could beryllium his last lucifer successful complaint if they endure different defeat.

Match preview

For 45 minutes astatine Stamford Bridge, United suggested that they could extremity their extended scoring drought, with the Red Devils creating capable chances to person led Chelsea earlier the break.

Amad Diallo failed to person 2 promising opportunities, and portion their first-half show offered encouragement, determination was a consciousness that Xabi Alonso’s men would not nutrient different underwhelming 45 minutes.

Indeed, truthful it proved, arsenic Morgan Rogers scored a solo goal, admittedly aided by United’s seemingly lax defending, earlier Lisandro Martinez self-destructed by collecting 2 yellowish cards wrong 90 seconds, conceding a punishment with the 2nd offence.

Cole Palmer converted from 12 yards to each but enactment the crippled beyond the Red Devils’ reach, leaving them winless successful 9 consecutive matches, with defeats successful their past 3 and 4 of the erstwhile five.

Carrick received the dreaded ballot of confidence little than a week agone aft the 3-0 hammering by Bournemouth, but United, present 17th successful the Premier League table and extracurricular the relegation portion connected extremity difference, cannot support losing indefinitely; thing has to give.

Gian Piero Gasperini’s men volition beryllium successful nary temper to bash the beleaguered hosts immoderate favours, arsenic the in-form Italian outfit purpose to widen the Manchester club’s winless run.

The Giallorossi person crushed to judge that their existent signifier tin inflict further misery connected the Premier League strugglers, fixed their five-match unbeaten streak, which includes 4 victories.

Particularly striking is Roma’s free-scoring form, with the Serie A nine netting 3 oregon much goals successful 4 of those 5 unbeaten matches, though their antiaircraft frailties stay a interest up of facing United’s admittedly underwhelming attack.

Gasperini’s men participate matchday 4 having conceded 3 successful a six-goal thriller against Napoli, 2 successful a 4-2 triumph implicit out-of-form Cagliari and different 2 successful Saturday’s 5-2 hammering of relegation-threatened Udinese.

Roma person suffered respective chastening defeats against United, including a 7-1 hammering successful 2007 and a 6-2 beatdown successful 2021, but the Giallorossi volition backmost themselves to yet triumph astatine Old Trafford and summation the unit connected Carrick.

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Team News

Martinez whitethorn beryllium suspended domestically, but the centre-back - contempt doubts astir his committedness - should spouse Harry Maguire, with Noussair Mazraoui and Diogo Dalot connected either broadside of the cardinal defenders.

Bruno Fernandes’s relation connected Tuesday nighttime volition beryllium intriguing, arsenic Carrick could deploy Youri Tielemans successful an precocious cardinal presumption and determination the Portuguese playmaker retired wide, with Andrey Santos and Kobbie Mainoo perchance forming the midfield base.

That would apt permission Mason Mount arsenic the 3rd attacking midfielder down Bryan Mbeumo, with Matheus Cunha constricted to a relation disconnected the bench.

Missing out, though, are Patrick Dorgu, Luke Shaw and Benjamin Sesko, portion Marcus Rashford and Amad volition beryllium assessed.

Gasperini has nary caller wounded concerns pursuing Saturday’s 5-2 triumph implicit Udinese, though Muhammed Bah, Paulo Dybala, Manu Kone, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Mile Svilar stay sidelined for the midweek clash.

Donyell Malen sits 2nd successful the Capocannoniere contention with 8 goals, 1 down Gustavo Varela, and the guardant volition anticipation to adhd to his 3 Champions League strikes.

With Malen besides registering 2 assists, level with Matias Soule, the Dutchman is undoubtedly the distant side’s starring threat, peculiarly successful the lack of Dybala and Pellegrini.

Manchester United imaginable starting lineup:

Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui; Mainoo, Santos; Fernandes, Tielemans, Mount; Mbeumo

Roma imaginable starting lineup:

Gollini; N'Dicka, Mancini, Hermoso; Molina, De Roon, Pisilli, Wesley; Cristante, Soule; Malen

We say: Manchester United 1-3 Roma

United’s encouraging archetypal fractional against Chelsea offered small consolation aft different defeat, portion their nine-match winless tally makes it hard to spot Carrick’s men against free-scoring opponents.

Roma’s antiaircraft frailties whitethorn connection the hosts a way to goal, but Malen and institution person our backing to inflict further misery connected the beleaguered Red Devils.

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