Manchester United name 40th different line up this season for FA Cup semi-final after triple injury blow

Casemiro will be starting in defenceCasemiro will be starting in defence
Casemiro will be starting in defence
The confirmed team news as Man Utd face Coventry City in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

Manchester United have named their 40th different starting line up of the current campaign after they suffered a triple injury blow before their FA Cup semi-final against Coventry City.

Erik ten Hag has made one change from the side that drew with Bournemouth last weekend, with Scott McTominay coming into the side for the injured Willy Kambwala.

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Mason Mount and Sofyan Amrabat are both also missing from the match day squad due to injury, with Casemiro set to start the match at centre-back alongside Harry Maguire.

Academy defender Louis Jackson has been promoted to the bench amid the injury crisis, alongside fellow teenagers Omari Forson, Harry Amass, Habeeb Ogunneye and Ethan Wheatley.

It marks the 40th different starting line up United have used in just 45 matches this season. Even more alarmingly, it is now the 13th different centre-back pairing they will have used as well.

The team news has to be considered a big boost for Coventry City as they go in search of an almighty upset against a side that has not won in their last four matches. Ten Hag’s side have not won since their victory over Liverpool in the quarter-final over a month ago. United XI: Onana; Dalot, Casemiro, Maguire, Wan-Bissaka; McTominay, Mainoo, Fernandes; Garnacho, Rashford, Hojlund.

Subs: Bayindir, Eriksen, Amad, Antony, Forson, Amass, Ogunneye, Jackson, Wheatley

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