Boxing Day is not over yet and the penultimate show of the Premier League, Wolverhampton-Manchester United, will be staged at 6.30pm. The official line-ups for the match valid for the 18th round of the championship were released a few moments ago and the shocking news is that Marcus Rashford has been excluded from the Manchester United squad for the fourth consecutive match, as fuel for the transfer rumors who now give it with suitcases in hand, about to say goodbye to Red Devils. Rasmus Hojlund returns from the 1st minute, Zirkzee ends up on the bench, while Leny Yoro returns to the three-man defense with Maguire and Licha Martinez.
Wolverhampton (3-4-2-1): Jose Sa; Doherty, Bueno, Toti Gomes; Semedo, Andre, Joao Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Guedes, Cunha; Larsen. Available: Johnstone, Hwang, Dawson, Rodrigo, Doyle, Forbs, Bellegarde, Meupiyou, Lima. Trainer: Vitor Pereira.
Manchester United (3-4-2-1): Onana; Yoro, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mainoo, Dalot, Amad, Bruno Fernandes, Hojlund. Available: Bayindir, De Ligt, Zirkzee, Eriksen, Garnacho, Casemiro, Antony, Evans, Collyer. Trainer: Reuben Amorim.
PREMIER LEAGUE, 18TH MATCH
Thursday 26 December
Manchester City – Everton 1-1
16:00 Bournemouth – Crystal Palace
16:00 Chelsea – Fulham
16:00 Newcastle – Aston Villa
16:00 Nottingham – Tottenham
16:00 Southampton – West Ham
18:30 Wolves – Manchester Utd
21:00 Liverpool – Leicester
Friday 27 December
20:30 Brighton – Brentford
21:15 Arsenal – Ipswich
THE RANKING
Liverpool 39**
Chelsea 35
Arsenal 33
Nottingham 31
Bournemouth 28
Aston Villa 28
Manchester City 28*
Newcastle 26
Fulham 25
Brighton 25
Tottenham 23
Brentford 23
Manchester Utd 22
West Ham 20
Everton 17***
Crystal Palace 16
Leicester 14
Wolves 12
Ipswich 12
Southampton 6
*one more game
**two games less
***one game less
