Manchester United vs Wolves: Express Sport brings you LIVE updates from Old Trafford
Manchester United XI: De Gea, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Valencia, Fred, Lingard, Fellaini, Pogba, Sanchez, Lukaku.
Wolves XI: Patricio, Doherty, Bennett, Boly, Jonny, Coady, Neves, Jota, Moutinho, Costa, Jimenez.
Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth
Cardiff 0-0 Manchester City
Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle
Leicester 0-0 Huddersfield
Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
Manchester United 0-0 Wolves
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DIFFICULT SEASON AHEAD, SAYS JOSE
14:50: Jose Mourinho expects this to be a “very difficult season”, despite Manchester United becoming a better, more attractive side.
“I am optimistic, but a difficult season, yes,” Mourinho said. “For sure a difficult season. I don’t change that because we won two matches in the Premier League. A difficult season for sure.
“You see the level of the teams – you see the Liverpool squad, City squad, Chelsea squad, Tottenham squad, Arsenal improving. It’s going to be difficult.
“I am not saying that we are going to have more points than last season because last season we collected a very acceptable number of points.
“But I think we are going to be a better team. We are going to play better than we did, so that’s what we can do.
“But I think it’s going to be a very difficult season, not just for us, also for the others because the others they can say exactly the same as I am saying.
“And they can say, ‘Oh, Manchester United, good team, good squad, City good squad, good team’. All of them, they can say the same thing.
“So, I think if they think the season is going to easy for them, I think they are wrong, but I don’t think they are wrong because they all know the season is going to be difficult.”
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FERGIE RETURNS
14:40: Sir Alex Ferguson has returned to Old Trafford for the first time since undergoing emergency brain surgery in May.
The former Manchester United manager was pictured on the club’s official Twitter account ahead of the Premier League clash with Wolves, with a caption reading: “Welcome back to Old Trafford, Sir Alex.”
Ferguson thanked medical staff in a video message released by the club in July, when he revealed that he intended to be back at Old Trafford to watch United in the coming season.
TEAM NEWS
14:35: Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho tinkered with the side that defeated Young Boys 3-0 in midweek, freshening up his starting XI.
Antonio Valencia returned in place of Diogo Dalot, with Alexis Sanchez, Jesse Lingard and Marouane Fellaini also restored.
Wolves were unchanged after last week’s win over Burnley.
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MANCHESTER UNITED vs WOLVES
14:00: And here are the starting XI’s.
Manchester United XI: De Gea, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Valencia, Fred, Lingard, Fellaini, Pogba, Sanchez, Lukaku.
Subs: Romero, Bailly, Mata, Martial, Pereira, Young, McTominay.
Wolves XI: Patricio, Doherty, Bennett, Boly, Jonny, Coady, Neves, Jota, Moutinho, Costa, Jimenez.
Subs: Ruddy, Gibbs-White, Saiss, Vinagre, Hause, Bonatini.
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MANCHESTER UNITED vs WOLVES
Marcus Rashford and Nemanja Matic will miss Manchester United’s return to Premier League action against Wolves through suspension.
Antonio Valencia and Jesse Lingard are back in contention after being rested and Phil Jones could return, but Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo are not fit.
Wolves are likely to be unchanged for a sixth consecutive Premier League game. Portuguese winger Ivan Cavaleiro is expected to be Wolves’ only absentee as he continues his recovery from a back injury.
Last season: No corresponding fixture
Last five league matches: Man Utd W L L W W; Wolves D L D W W
Top scorers: Romelu Lukaku & Paul Pogba (Man Utd) 4; Raul Jimenez (Wolves) 2
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
