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THIS weekend sees the return of Saturday night football as Old Trafford hosts Manchester United vs Reading in the FA Cup.
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Man Utd vs Reading preview
Former United midfielder Paul Ince returns to Old Trafford when he brings his Reading side to face the Red Devils in the FA Cup.
The hosts will likely still be on a high from Wednesday night's 3-0 Carabao Cup semi final first leg win, which sees them with one foot in the Wembley final.
Erik ten Hag's job will be to build on that, with this competition another live chance at silverware success.
United are rightly clear favourites for the clash, given Reading sit 14th in the second tier, with one league win from their last six games.
The midweek win allowed Ten Hag to rest one or two of his players, while also giving some of those on the fringe some game time.
They'll be pushing for a start here, with United surely still to have enough to win this.
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Man Utd vs Reading latest odds
Odds correct from Paddy Power as of January 27.
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Man Utd 1/7
Draw 7/1
Reading 16/1
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Current form
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Nottm Forest 0 Man Utd 3 - Carabao Cup - January 25
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Stoke 4 Reading 0 - Championship - January 21
Reading 2 QPR 2 - Championship - January 14
Reading 2 Watford 0 - FA Cup - January 7
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Man Utd Team News
Jack Butland could be pushing for a start in goals ahead of David de Gea for this cup clash.
Luke Shaw missed the midweek game with illness and could come back in. Harry Maguire was suspended but again is pushing for a return.
Facundo Pellistri was a bright spark coming off the bench and could make his first United start.
Marcus Rashford will hope to continue his exceptional form at the minute and could form a frontline involving Alejandro Garnacho too.
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Rashford to score, Fernandes 1+ shots on target, 7+ Manchester United corners and 30+ Reading booking pts at 10/1 with Sky Bet -
If Rashford plays, Rashford scores. That's certainly been the motto in recent games.
His manager described him and unstoppable at the minute after making it ten goals in ten United games.
Fernandes will always pose a threat in front of goal, with the wingers likely to cause havoc. Fast wingers = more corners, right?
Reading will spend the majority of the game without the ball and Darren England has issues 20 yellow cards in his last five games.
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The youngster has impressed when coming off the bench this season.
Now, Garnacho could get his chance from the start and will be eager to make the most of it.
At 1/7, United could - and should - win the game pretty comfortably.
It'd be no surprise to see Garnacho on the scoresheet too.
What managers have said
Ten Hag admitted that Pellistri's performance in midweek made sure he was in the manager's thoughts ahead of the team selection for this one.
He hinted there could be a start for the 21-year-old.
He said: "I have something in my head. But I have to settle this game down and look into my plans and I have to look into Reading, and then we have to make a good plan to beat Reading.
"We have seen some physicality and he has some good movements and some good runs in behind. He has speed so he has to bring that in our game.
"I think he is also a player who can play really good between the lines because he can be ball-secure. That he has to bring into our game."
While Paul Ince has called on his players to raise their game "20 or 30%" in order to pull off a memorable win.
He said: "We're always a threat from set-pieces.
"Cup games are different, you raise your game 20 or 30 per cent and you're hoping every player who plays raises their standard. That's how you get giant-killings.
"I always felt this was a bit of a distraction. Our priority is to stay in this league and it has not been easy. Training has been great this week and everybody has been running about like they have never before, so choosing an XI won't be easy."
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