Man United have not played a competitive game since mid-November when they beat Fulham at Craven Cottage. Man Utd is currently fifth, with one game less played, you have 3 points up on Tottenham, who are in a Champions League place. Before league play resumes on December 27, Erik ten Haag and the players are all focused on the English League Cup. It went great there last time when Aston Villa was easily defeated 4-2. The players certainly want to go far because this cup is their hope to win some trophy and that is certainly expected from one of the biggest clubs in the world. While Man United has played two friendlies during the World Cup break, visitors Burnley resumed league play on 11th December 2022. The Championship leaders beat QPR 3-0 before also beating Middlesbrough 3-1 at home despite losing. Manager Vincent Kompany, who is rumored to be leaving for the Belgian national team, has been a smash hit with the team, who are on their way back to the top division. With 47 points after 23 rounds, they are league leaders, 3 points above Sheffield United. Burnley, on the other hand, does not prioritize the league cup, which they have also never won. All the focus is on the league game. So a rotation in the starting eleven is to be expected. They play a tough game against Birmingham in a few days. As Man Utd has players in abundance who are several levels better, this is expected to be another great victory at Old Trafford. Several players who are World Cup players could be in the starting eleven, all but Raphael Varane. Man Utd should win this game but I don't believe it will be an easy win so I will skip the -1.5 Asian handicap for now.

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自从11月中旬在克雷文小屋击败富勒姆之后，曼联就没有打过正式比赛。曼联目前排名第五，少打了一场比赛，你们领先热刺3分，热刺在欧冠席位上。在12月27日联赛恢复之前，哈格和球员们都专注于英格兰联赛杯。上次阿斯顿维拉4-2被轻松击败，比赛进行得很顺利。球员们当然想走得更远，因为这个杯赛是他们赢得一些奖杯的希望，这当然是世界上最大的俱乐部之一的期望。虽然曼联在世界杯期间打了两场友谊赛，但客队伯恩利在2022年12月11日恢复了联赛。英冠领头羊3-0击败QPR，尽管输球，但在主场3-1击败米德尔斯堡。据传将加盟比利时国家队的主教练孔帕尼(Vincent Kompany)在球队中取得了巨大成功，这支球队正在重返顶级联赛。23轮过后，他们积47分，领先谢菲尔德联队3分。另一方面，伯恩利并没有优先考虑联赛杯，他们也从未赢得过联赛杯。所有的注意力都集中在联赛上。所以首发11人的轮换是意料之中的。几天后他们将与伯明翰队进行一场艰苦的比赛。由于曼联拥有大量更高水平的球员，这将是曼联在老特拉福德的又一场伟大胜利。几名参加过世界杯的球员可能会出现在首发11人名单中，除了拉斐尔·瓦拉内。曼联应该会赢下这场比赛，但我不相信这是一场轻松的胜利，所以我暂时不考虑-1.5的亚洲障碍。