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Manchester United will make every effort to claim at least the point they need to make it into the knockout rounds of the Europa League when they face Moldova’s breakaway state Transnistria’s club Sheriff Tiraspol in Group E on Thursday night. Hi there, we are happy to have you back on this channel. Please subscribe if you are new and remember to turn on notifications and like this video. Here are the team news for the Europa League match between Manchester United vs Sheriff Tiraspol. Erik ten Hag's men are still playing catchup in the race for a top-four place in the Premier League, and it is a similar story in the Europa League, with Real Sociedad still sitting pretty at the top of Group E with 12 points as Man United occupy the runners-up spot at present with 9 points. The Moldovan visitors to Old Trafford are third in the group having claimed just one win so far. During their latest meeting, a magnificent showing from stand-in Omonia goalkeeper Francis Uzoho ultimately went unrewarded on matchday four, as substitute McTominay scored a late winner to leave Manchester United needing just a point from their final two games to advance to the knockout rounds. Manchester United will be looking to use the home advantage to stretch their unbeaten run to seven matches in all competitions when they host Sheriff Tiraspol at Old Trafford on Thursday night and despite going down to Real Sociedad at Old Trafford on September 8, the Reds have not lost two group-stage European games in a single campaign at the Theatre if Dreams since the 1996-97 Champions League season. Jadon Sancho and the recently-axed Cristiano Ronaldo were on target as Manchester United overcame Sheriff 2-0 earlier this season, and the new manager bounce cannot come quickly enough for a Sheriff side still reeling from Tomas's sudden exit. In a major blow for both club and country, Raphael Varane was forced off the Stamford Bridge turf in tears at the weekend’s draw with a knee injury, and he is not anticipated to play for Manchester United again before the World Cup. Victor Lindelof will more likely come in as his replacement alongside fan favorite Lisandro Martinez in the heart of the defence. Diogo Dalot and Luke Shaw as full-backs. Ten Hag could face a midfield selection headache with Christian Eriksen back in the squad. Fred has been impressive during Eriksen’s absence alongside Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro in deep 6. McTominay will also be available to fight for a spot in the starting lineup. However, Erik Ten Hag might pick his strongest midfield to seal of a win and qualify for the next stage and our prediction is Casemiro, Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes. And for the attack, All eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo who was the centre of prematch talk at the weekend at Chelsea after being dropped from the squad for refusing to come on against Tottenham in the dying minutes as confirmed by Manager ten Hag. It remains to be seen if he will be thrown straight back into the starting line-up, or forced to start from the bench again. If Ronaldo start, the two wingers will be Antony on the right and Rashford more likely to feature ahead of Sancho who’s form has been on and off in the recent matches. Sancho might also have to tussle it out for a spot with Elanga if Ronaldo doesn’t start. Donny van de Beek, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire are all in contention to feature in the match, but Anthony Martial, Brandon Williams and Axel Tuanzebe remain sidelined. Either way, Ten Hag should stick with a first-choice XI in a bid to wrap up qualification as soon as possible. On Sheriff’s side, A recent switch to a three-man backline has not had the desired effect for Sheriff Tiraspol, who began life in the Europa League with an eye-catching 3-0 win over Omonia, but the Moldovan powerhouses have since struggled to mix with the Group E big boys and have failed to score in 6 of their last 7 matches (that is in Europa League). After the 2-0 loss to Manchester United on matchday two, Sheriff has since suffered a pair of similarly comprehensive defeats to Real Sociedad by an aggregate score of 5-0, and any slim hopes the visitors have of making the knockout rounds will be dashed if they fail to win at Old Trafford. Battling pointless Omonia for the consolation prize of Europa Conference League football is now the most likely outcome for the visitors, who suffered a rare top-flight defeat at the weekend, going down 1-0 to Petrocub courtesy of Vladimir Ambros's header on the stroke of half time. In the wake of that defeat, manager Stjepan Tomas handed in his resignation out of the blue, taking responsibility for the fact that his side were too preoccupied with their trip to Old Trafford to perform domestically. A period of inconsistency from the Moldovan champions has seen them win just four of their last nine matches in all competitions, and they have only ever won three Europa League games away from home in their history, so their chances of becoming the first-ever Moldovan side to beat English opposition in Europe are not exactly high. In team news, right-back Armel Zohouri will sit this one out after being sent off in the 3-0 loss to Sociedad on matchday four. Iyayi Atiemwen and Moussa Kyabou are both eligible for selection after serving suspensions of their own last time out, but the latter has missed his side's last three domestic matches for unknown reasons. Maksym Koval has recently lost his place in goal to Dumitru Celeadnic, who should start at Old Trafford, while Atiemwen could join Rasheed Akanbi and Felipe Vizeu in the final third upon his return. Manchester United possible starting lineup: De Gea; Dalot, Lindelof, Martinez, Shaw; Casemiro, Eriksen; Antony, Fernandes, Sancho; Rashford. Sheriff Tiraspol possible starting lineup: Celeadnic; Kiki, Radeljic, Kpozo; Guedes, Badolo, Salifu, Heron; Akanbi, Vizeu, Atiemwen. What’s your prediction and who will be man of the match? Let’s have your opinion in the comment section. Thanks for watching. Remember to subscribe if you haven’t and like the video. See you soon.