Cristiano Ronaldo returns from a one-match suspension to face his former side after being shown a straight red card in Juventus’ 2-0 win opener against Valencia.
Ronaldo spent six years at Old Trafford between 2003-2009, scoring 84 goals in 196 appearances in the Premier League and winning three league titles in his time at the club.
The 33-year-old striker has scored five goals and provided two assists in his six Champions League games against sides he’s previously played for. This includes a goal in both of his appearances against United in the competition.
The last time he faced Man United at Old Trafford, he scored but never celebrated the winner in Real Madrid’s 2-1 win and Jose Mourinho was his manager then.
Juventus top Group H, with two wins from two, whereas United are second with four points after drawing with Valencia in their previous European outing.
Juventus are unbeaten in their last five European away games, including wins in each of their last four – most recently beating Valencia 2-0 on matchday one despite the sending-off of Ronaldo after less than half an hour.
The two clubs have met a total of twelve times, with each at five wins apiece and two draws, with 15 goals scored by each too, but United are unbeaten in their last four meetings including the most famous – their semi-final triumph en route to the treble in 1999.
United have won their last five home games against Italian opposition and are unbeaten in their last eight home and away, but Juve have also not lost in their last eight meetings with Premier League teams including four successive visits to England without defeat.
Alexis Sanchez has been ruled out of the match while Marouane Fellaini, Phil Jones, Scott McTominay, Jesse Lingard and Diogo Dalot remain doubtful and will need to be assessed.
The two sides will meet again at the Allianz stadium on the 7th November in Italy for the back-to-back Champions League group-phase matches.
All the match officials will be from Serbia. The referee will be Milorad Mažić, Milovan Ristić and Dalibor Djurdjević as his assistants. Nemanja Petrović will be the fourth official. The additional assistant referees will be Nenad Djokić and Danilo Grujić.
The match will be played at 10pm Ugandan time.
Possible starting lineups:
Manchester United: De Gea; Valencia (C), Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw; Mata, Matic, Pogba; Rashford, Lukaku, Martial.
Juventus: Szczesny; Cancelo, Bonucci, Chiellini (C), Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Matuidi; Dybala, Ronaldo, Cuadrado.