Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed Luke Shaw would feature after recovering from injury, though Mason Greenwood, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Paul Pogba and Juan Mata are among those unlikely to feature.
Fred, Sergio Romero, Phil Jones and Nemanja Matic have also been absent from training.Below our MEN United writers pick the teams they think Solskjaer should pick at Villa Park:Premier League benches have been reduced to seven substitutes again and if United's season started tomorrow Jesse Lingard and Andreas Pereira would not be subs.
They might both be starting.If Marcus Rashford is still not back from injury then United are devoid of an entire XI, including substitutes at Villa Park.
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