Ten Hag selects Maguire and Evans as starting centre-halves for Man Utd against Villa - Paul Vegas

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Rasmus Højlund and Christian Eriksen have been named in the starting lineup, which also means that Casemiro and Joshua Zirkzee will be starting the game on the bench.

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has again sprung a surprise with his starting XI for today's clash at Aston Villa.AdvertisementAdvertisement

So are Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez. Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans start in central defence instead. 

Man Utd XI: Onana; Mazraoui, Evans, Maguire, Dalot; Mainoo, Eriksen; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund.

Subs: Bayindir, Lindelöf, De Ligt, Martínez, Zirkzee, Diallo, Casemiro, Antony, Ugarte.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Tielemans, Barkley; Philogene, Rogers, Bailey; Watkins.

Subs: Gauci, Carlos, Durán, Buendía, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Bogarde, Swinkels, Young.