Yeovil Town vs Manchester United, FA Cup: team news, betting odds and prediction
What is it?
Not only is it the fourth round of the FA Cup, it could also be the game that sees Alexis Sanchez make his Manchester United debut.
When is it?
Friday, January 26.
What time is kick off?
The game is due to kick off at the unorthodox time of 7:55pm.
What TV channel is it on?
Manchester United will return to our screens in the FA Cup after their third round tie against Derby Countywas not shown live on television.
United’s 13-year run of 58 televised FA Cup matches came to an end as the BBC opted not to show their third round match against the Championship club.
You can watch Alexis Sanchez's possible debut on BBC One and BBC One HD with coverage beginning from 7:30pm.
What's the team news?
Alexis Sanchez could make his debut for Manchester United after completing his move to Old Trafford in a swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed Sanchez will be in his squad but it is uncertain whether the Chilean will start at Huish Park.
The Portuguese has promised to field a 'very strong' team to play Yeovil after resting a number of star names, including Chris Smalling, Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku , for their League Cup semi-final defeat to Bristol City.
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"We want to win. We know what cups are. Manchester United played a couple of years ago at Yeovil [in January 2015] and they know the difficulties they felt," said Mourinho on Thursday.
"So we have to go with a very strong team. We are going to rest a couple of players; we also have a couple of problems that we want to try to resolve, with problems for the next matches in February in the Premier League and also Champions League. But it will be a very strong team."
What are they saying?
Jose Mourinho on Alexis Sanchez
We got one of the best attacking players in the world and he's very important for us because we want the best possible players.
Alexis changed from a fantastic club to a giant club and [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan changed for a fantastic club, so it was a great deal for everybody."
You have to put things in perspective - how much would Alexis Sanchez cost in a normal transfer with three years left on his contract? Look to the numbers now and I would say roughly between £100-150m.
Alexis could go everywhere, he had lots of choices, he decided to come here and you have to ask him why.
Was expensive? Was cheap? Honestly I think it was fair. I think it's a very good deal for us.
Yeovil manager Darren Way on Mourinho
I reckon it will be a stronger team than they played against Bristol City, I really do.
Whether Mourinho takes that gamble to make the changes he made against City, I’ll be very surprised. He is not going to come here and take this lightly. By watching them over a number of years as a Chelsea fan, I still think Mourinho’s the best.
The guy’s a winner, he wins trophies year after year. He’s probably a season away from winning the league with Manchester United. Mourinho’s teams are strong and aggressive, so we have to match that, but as long as we have that concentration, I expect us to put in a really good performance. I would love to take them back to Old Trafford, that’s for sure.
Sometimes people don't dream big enough. We have worked extremely hard against all the odds to get this opportunity. What I don't want my players to do is waste it.
If we get a result this will be the biggest story ever in Yeovil's history.
Jose Mourinho on Man City's decision to pull out of Sanchez deal
Alexis reminds me a little bit the metaphor when you see a tree with amazing oranges in the top of the tree and then you cannot get there and you say I got the lower ones because I don't like the ones in the top.
You like the ones in the top, they are so nice and so orange and so round, so full of juice, but you cannot get there.
So you say I didn't want to go there or I prefer the other ones. I think it reminds me a little bit of that story.
What are the odds?
Man Utd 1/8
Yeovil 33/1
Draw 8/1
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Prediction: Yeovil Town 0-1 Manchester United
