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Pundit Predictions: Will Maguire start v Brentford?
Former Manchester United defender Wes Brown thinks Harry Maguire will make a return to the Reds' starting XI for Monday's clash with Brentford at Old Trafford.
The experienced centre-back has been unavailable for our last two outings following the red card he picked up at Bournemouth in March.
Leny Yoro and Lisandro Martinez were paired together for the defeat to Leeds, but a knock for Yoro and a red card shown to Martinez in that game meant neither were able to feature in our impressive win over Chelsea last Saturday.
In their place, the ever-versatile Noussair Mazraoui was drafted into a different role to his usual full-back slot and partnered 19-year-old Ayden Heaven - in the XI for the first time under Carrick - at the heart of our defence, and the duo performed admirably in an important victory for United.
Having helped to keep Chelsea off the scoreboard, there is a case to say that Mazraoui and Heaven could line up alongside each other again on Monday night, but Brown expects the recognised centre-back presence of Maguire - who had started each of the 10 games prior to his dismissal - to come back in.
Having his say on the XI by playing the United Predictions game in our app, Wes has also gone for a Reds victory that would see us take another step closer to finishing in the Premier League's top five, and securing UEFA Champions League football for next season.
The former United defender, who made 362 senior appearances for us across a highly successful Old Trafford career, sees Benjamin Sesko getting the first of those two goals, and a big performance from Bryan Mbeumo against the club he joined the Reds from in the summer.
WES BROWN'S PREDICTIONS
Line-up: Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Heaven, Shaw; Casemiro, Mainoo; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Cunha; Sesko.
Correct score: United 2 Brentford 0
First scorer: Benjamin Sesko
Man of the Match: Bryan Mbeumo
Wes will be part of our MUTV team bringing you exclusive build-up and reaction from Old Trafford, either side of live radio commentary of the 20:00 BST kick-off.
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