Confirmed Manchester United line-up v Manchester City

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Erik ten Hag has named his Manchester United starting XI for the derby at Old Trafford against Manchester City.

Here is a look at the team he has named for the game which kicks off at 12.30pm…

Manchester United confirmed XI to face Manchester City

Line-up: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Shaw, Malacia, Casemiro, Fred, Eriksen, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Martial

Substitutes: Heaton, Maguire, Lindelof, Martinez, Antony, Elanga, McTominay, Garnacho, Mainoo

You can see how the team Ten Hag has picked compares to our predicted line-up for the game here.

The big news is that Anthony Martial has been passed fit to lead the line as he was an injury doubt for the game.

It was also suspected that Ten Hag would not persist with Luke Shaw at centre-half when the serious tests like City and Arsenal come around, but it seems that is what he is set to do.

We wrote earlier in the week that the manager had a big call to make about whether to play Fred or Christian Eriksen, and in reality, both players are in the side, with Bruno Fernandes perhaps pushed out wide.

Diogo Dalot was ruled out of the game by Ten Hag at his press conference yesterday, where he also confirmed that new signing Wout Weghorst had not been registered in time to play here.

That means it is a huge afternoon for Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who has the opportunity to continue his recent renaissance with another strong performance here.

Donny van de Beek was always going to miss this one as he has been ruled out for the season with a knee injury.