Manchester United

Last-five form: W L W D W

United have won three of the last five. The team ranks mid-table for xG per match (1.6) but top six for high turnovers (13.1). Press-success rate in the final third: 27%. Set-piece goals have powered 18% of the team's output.

Squad watch

The 4-2-3-1 holds. Casemiro and Christian Eriksen are the pivot; Bruno Fernandes is the No. 10. Rasmus Højlund leads the line; his pressing work-rate is the team's leading indicator (8.4 sprints per 90 in the opposition half).

Marcus Rashford has moved to the left. Antony holds the right. The full-backs - Diogo Dalot and Luke Shaw - provide the width. The bench offers Alejandro Garnacho as an impact-sub option.

Next three fixtures

vs Brentford (home), vs Galatasaray (away, Champions League), vs Manchester City (home). The City game is the swing - the press cue against a back-four build-up will determine the wide centre-back pressure.

Depth chart

GK: Onana. Back four: Dalot-Varane-Martinez-Shaw. Midfield: Casemiro-Eriksen. Front four: Rashford-Højlund-Antony-Bruno. Bench: Garnacho, Mount, McTominay.

Editor's note

The ceiling is when Fernandes receives between the lines and Rashford isolates the right-back. The floor is when the press cue breaks and Højlund is left chasing transitions. January will likely be used on a striker and a centre-back.