On Thursday's trip to Moldova, Manchester United will be without five players due to injury or other commitments. The Reds will be without the hot-shooting Marcus Rashford, who has scored three times in his last four games, as they attempt to make up for their shocking 1-0 loss to Real Sociedad in the Europa League last week. The Reds are looking to make amends for the loss.

While Anthony Martial continues to rest his Achilles injury, Donny van de Beek, Martin Dubravka, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are also unable to play. Because of the recent postponement of Premier League matches because of the death of the Queen, Erik ten Hag will be able to select a more formidable lineup than he might have anticipated.

Due to the postponement of their game scheduled for Sunday against Crystal Palace, their match scheduled for this coming weekend against Leeds had to be rescheduled. United have not competed in a game since their loss to Sociedad, before which they observed a minute of silence in remembrance of The Queen just a few hours after it was announced that she had passed away.

As a direct consequence of this, players have had a full week of rest, which means tha fringe players may not receive the amount of game time that they would have normally hoped for. Given that Rashford and Martial won't be playing, Cristiano Ronaldo might get the opportunity to start in back-to-back games for the first time this season.

It is likely that Antony and Jadon Sancho will play on either side of him in front of a midfield three composed of Casemiro, Christian Eriksen, and Bruno Fernandes. Antony would be making his third consecutive start since his transfer on the transfer deadline day.

Before training, Erik Ten Hag and Cristiano Ronaldo joke around with one another.

During the first team training session for Manchester United, Erik Ten Hag and Cristiano Ronaldo joke around before and after the workout, as well as at other times

Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez, and Tyrell Malacia are all in position to provide solid protection for David de Gea, making the back five a formidable unit in its own right. Although Luke Shaw has recovered from his injury, it is unlikely that he will start the game. On the other hand, Fred and Scott McTominay may both start the game from the bench.

Predicted XI: De Gea; Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Malacia; Casemiro, Eriksen, Fernandes; Sancho, Ronaldo, Antony.