Erik ten Hag has made two changes for Manchester United's final pre-season clash against Aston Villa in Burswood, Australia as the Red Devils look to sign off with a win.
New recruit Tyrell Malacia started during the last outing against Crystal Palace, but has failed to keep his place this time around and sees the more experienced Luke Shaw come in to take his place.
Donny van de Beek enjoys a rare run-out from the start as he replaces Scott McTominay in the middle of the park. As for the others, it remains unchanged as Ten Hag clearly wants to keep the bulk of his winning side together without too many changes.
The Dutchman is yet to taste defeat in any of his pre-season contests while at the helm of United and has come up against some serious opposition. Ten Hag's first game in charge came against the club's most fierce rivals Liverpool in a contest that saw his side run out 4-0 winners.
That clash against Jurgen Klopp's side marked the first of two games against Premier League opposition this summer, the second coming against Crystal Palace. United cruised to a 3-1 victory despite having youngster Will Fish red-carded late on.
Wedged between those two fixtures came a clash with local side Melbourne Victory - who were no match for United's superior technical prowess. Ten Hag's men registered a 4-1 victory, but were actually at one stage losing 1-0 - the only time they have been behind so far this pre-season tour.
The game against Villa represents another rivalry given they are led by former Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard - a man who was the scourge of United on a number of occasions. There is little love lost between the pair and there is every chance this game is not played at what many would call a 'friendly' pace.
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After such a torrid season last time out, many sections of the United faithful are significantly more optimistic about things now that pre-season has so far gone so smoothly.
In three outings, United have notched 11 goals and shipped just two - a far cry from the kind of disastrous form they were displaying at the tail-end of the last Premier League season.
Ten Hag took the opportunity presented to him at his pre-match press conference to publicly state how he needs more than the signings he has made so far. United have signed left-back Tyrell Malacia, centre-back Lisandro Martinez and playmaker Christian Eriksen but are still short of a central midfielder and forward.
"We signed Eriksen for the midfield department, so we are really happy with that," Ten Hag said. "And yes, I am really happy also with our performances of our midfield department and offensive department at this moment.
"But I also know about this season - we talk about it in Bangkok and Melbourne - it's a lot of games, the World Cup, so we need more options where you have a good team, and it's not only about the team, you need a good squad to get the right results at the end of the season.
"So we have to strengthen the squad even more and we are looking around but we also need the right players."
