The United skipper came in for criticism after his performance in the 3-1 defeat to Watford on Sunday, but he has been given an opportunity to return to form at Sixfields on Wednesday evening.

Jose Mourinho has made mass changes to the rest of his team, with Sergio Romero, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Michael Carrick and Memphis Depay all being given rare starts.

Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all high-profile names who feature on the substitutes' bench.

Northampton Town: Smith, Moloney, Buchanan, Diamond, Zakuani, Revell, Gorre, McCourt, Hoskins, Beautyman, Taylor
Subs: Cornell, Byrom, Richards, Potter, Sonupe, O'Toole, Nyatanga

Manchester United: Romero, Fosu-Mensah, Smalling, Blind, Rojo, Schneiderlin, Carrick, Memphis, Herrera, Young, Rooney
Subs: Johnstone, Darmian, Fellaini, Lingard, Mata, Rashford, Ibrahimovic

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	11	9	1	1	21	6	15	28
2	Manchester City Man City	11	7	2	2	22	13	9	23
3	Chelsea	11	5	4	2	21	13	8	19
4	Arsenal	11	5	4	2	18	12	6	19
5	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	11	5	4	2	15	10	5	19
6	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	11	5	4	2	19	15	4	19
7	Fulham	11	5	3	3	16	13	3	18
8	Newcastle United Newcastle	11	5	3	3	13	11	2	18
9	Aston Villa	11	5	3	3	17	17	0	18
10	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	11	5	1	5	23	13	10	16
11	Brentford	11	5	1	5	22	22	0	16
12	Bournemouth	11	4	3	4	15	15	0	15
13	Manchester United Man Utd	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12
15	Leicester City Leicester	11	2	4	5	14	21	-7	10
16	Everton	11	2	4	5	10	17	-7	10
17	Ipswich Town Ipswich	11	1	5	5	12	22	-10	8
18	Crystal Palace	11	1	4	6	8	15	-7	7
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	11	1	3	7	16	27	-11	6
20	Southampton	11	1	1	9	7	21	-14	4

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