Manchester United defeated Charlton 3-0 in the quarter-final of the League Cup on Tuesday and only three players who started that game - Diogo Dalot, Antony and Lisandro Martinez - are likely to line up in the Manchester derby.
United progressed to the semi-final of the League Cup with that comfortable victory and their possible opponents ahead of the draw for that double-legged tie were Newcastle, who had already progressed, Southampton or Manchester City, and Nottingham Forest or Wolves. Erik ten Hag was hoping for Southampton or Forest in the next round, although that seemed highly unlikely
Yet it actually happened. City were the favourites to win the competition but they were stunned on the South Coast on Wednesday. Saints defeated City 2-0 and that result was manager Nathan Jones' third win in charge of the club.