Predicted Manchester United line-up to face Chelsea in Ruud van Nistelrooy’s second game in charge
Ruben Amorim will be Manchester United’s next permanent manager, but this Sunday it will be Ruud van Nistelrooy once again in the dugout.
It will be a second game at the interim helm for Ruud van Nistelrooy, as the club legend saw a 5-2 win against Leicester during his first.
This Sunday however will see Manchester United faced with a far more difficult task as Chelsea will come to Old Trafford.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
| 14 |  Manchester United |
9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 11 |
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
| 5 |  Chelsea |
9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 17 |
Chelsea presents a difficult challenge for Van Nistelrooy to work out, with Enzo Maresca’s side the second top scorers in the league.
We are sure Ruben Amorim will be watching closely from Lisbon as United look to potentially move as high as 10th should results all go in the Red Devils’ favour.
How Manchester United could line-up vs Chelsea
The squad available to Van Nistelrooy will largely entail the same names as we saw on Wednesday, with only Christian Eriksen potentially returning.
We expect that after the success against Leicester, changes will be kept to a minimum.
So here is how we predict United to line-up against Chelsea.
Andre Onana
In goal, Altay Bayindir got a rare and deserved start on Wednesday night but against Chelsea, we assume Andre Onana will come back into the starting line-up.
Diogo Dalot
Moving into the defence, the right-back position should see Diogo Dalot handed a starting role once again – with Van Nistelrooy likely to trust the players who won him his first game.
Matthijs de Ligt
Despite some high-profile errors, since his arrival in August Matthijs de Ligt has been solid for the majority and should be in line for another start here.
