Manchester United Football Formation

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

Manchester United Vs Manchester City "The Manchester Derby" - Premier League fixture N°18 (14/01/2023)

GK DE GEA
CB VARANE (R. Varane)
CB SHAW
RB WAN-BISSAKA
LB MALACIA
DMF CASEMIRO
DMF FRED
AMF/RMF BRUNO FERNANDES (B.Fernandes)
AMF ERIKSEN
LWF/LMF RASHFORD
CF MARTIAL

Substitutions: Antony for Martial (46 mn), Garnacho for Eriksen (72 mn), McTominay for Casemiro (91 mn), Martínez for Rashford (91 mn) and Maguire for Malacia (92 mn)
Notes: Garnacho played as LMF/LWF, this permanently relocated Rashford as CF, Antony as RMF/RWF and Bruno Fernandes as central AMF
The final three substitutions changed the formation from the 4-2-3-1 layout into a hermetic 5-5-0 with Maguire, Varane and Martínez as CBs, Wan-Bissaka and Shaw as SBs, McTominay and Fred as DMFs and Bruno Fernandes ahead of them as AMF/CMF flanked by Antony and Garnacho as SMFs
Maguire received the captain armband from Bruno Fernandes

Captained by: Bruno Fernandes | Harry Maguire
Short Free Kick: None (Likely Marcus Rashford, Christian Eriksen or Bruno Fernandes)
Long Free Kick: Luke Shaw/Raphaël Varane
Free Kick 2: Christian Eriksen
Left Corner: None (Likely Christian Eriksen or Bruno Fernandes)
Right Corner: Christian Eriksen
Penalty: Bruno Fernandes/Marcus Rashford
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Raphaël Varane, Casemiro, Anthony Malacia

Team Strategy

★Mark Key Player: Fred on De Bruyne | ★Casemiro on Bernardo Silva | Varane on Haaland | Eriksen on Rodri
★Counter Attack
★Change Sides: Bruno Fernandes/Rashford | Antony/Bruno Fernandes - Until Garnacho was introduced and relocated them
★Pressure - After the 0-1
★CB Overlap: Luke Shaw - Second Half, optional after the 0-1 until Manchester United