Manchester United seems to be breathing fresh air with 4 wins in the last 4 matches and on the same points as cross city rivals Manchester City even though with a game less in hand. They would want to continue their fine form into Sunday’s game where they travel away to the Hawthorns to face West Bromwich Albion. This match lays an ample amount of importance on United’s top 4 bid and Mr Louis Van Gaal would want to make sure they keep their dreams alive.
Goalkeeper: David de Gea
The Spanish keeper put on one of his finest performance of this season against Watford and seemed to be buzzing after the match with his side’s clean sheet. He looked fresh, sharp and agile, all of which was kind of lacking in the Arsenal game. He will definitely be seen shouting at his defenders and trying to organise his defence in a way that the Baggies fail to break it.
Defenders: Guillermo Varela, Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo, and Timothy Fosu-Mensah
Van Gaal made a couple of changes to the back four against Watford by starting young Timothy Fosu-Mensah at left back and starting Marcus Rojo at Centre back and he is likely to retain the same back four considering the fact that he was extremely happy with the defence post the Watford win. Both Fosu-Mensah and Rojo seemed to have a weak start against Watford but showed immense growth as the game progressed.
Daley Blind always seem to be a starter in Louis Van Gaal’s team given his versatility and wide vision of passes and it won’t be a shocker if he still gets a start even though he had a rather dismal performance against Watford. Guillermo Varela seems to be loving life as a right-back considering the amount of game time he is getting and he definitely has been living up to the challenge with a string of good performances in the last 3 matches.