’s rocky start to the season in ’s first campaign as permanent manager continues with a first game back in the .
The visitors at Old Trafford are Azerbaijani champions Sabah, just eight years after being founded.
Carrick will be desperate for a positive start to the league phase after , following Ainsley Maitland-Niles’s stoppage-time blockbuster.
And after a year outside of European competition, following the agonising , United will be desperate to start working towards a top eight finish and automatic progress to the last 16.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Champions League fixtures:
When is Man United vs Sabah?
Kick-off at Old Trafford, Manchester in the Champions League on Thursday 10 September is at 8pm BST.How can I watch it?
The game will be shown live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate, with a live stream to be found on HBO Max. Coverage starts at 7pm BST.What is the team news and predicted line-ups?
Matthijs De Ligt (back), Amad Diallo (ankle), Manuel Ugarte (knee) and Tom Heaton (hamstring) remain injured for United, Carlos Baleba is still not ready either.United have a 25-man A-List squad, though a B-List includes the likes of Kobbie Mainoo and Leny Yoro.
Marcus Rashford is carrying a knock after coming off against Everton and was "feeling a bit of something,” according to Carrick.
Sabah come into their Champions League debut with confidence after thrashing Zira 5-0 at the weekend, with Rwanda international Joy-Lance Mickels hitting a hat-trick, while Serbian striker Veljko Simic is set to start.
Man United predicted XI: Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Tielemans, Mainoo; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford; Sesko
Sabah predicted XI: Pokatilov; Isayev, Dashdamirov, Solvet, Puchacz; Rakhmonaliyev, Lepinjica; Mutallimov, Simic, Nwachukwu; Mickels
