UEFA Champions League: Manchester United vs Juventus - Combined XI

Defensive midfielder: Paul Pogba

Pogba is making Mourinho eat his words

Pogba may start at the base of the midfield, but he's been given the license to move further forward that has liberated him at Manchester United this season. Buoyed by a stellar World Cup campaign with France, the former Juventus midfielder seems to have left his struggles of last season behind him and is getting more and more involved in the proceedings.

He's also tasked with the penalty duties which he's been clinical with, dispatching all three of them. Pogba also scored a brace in the 3-0 drubbing of Young Boys. Another one here against his former side would be really special for him.

Attacking midfielder: Anthony Martial

Martial is coming of age for United this season

He wasn't a part of the World Cup celebrations in Russia earlier this year, but Martial has looked like a man hell-bent on redeeming himself. The French international is giving Alexis Sanchez a serious run for his money with a rich vein of form and scored an amazing brace against Chelsea at the weekend.

Martial's confidence is visible from his fine first-touches as well as brilliant executions, and it wouldn't be surprising to see him start this game ahead of the Chilean.

Attacking midfielder: Paulo Dybala

Dybala is getting back to his best

The Argentine may be struggling to assert himself, netting only once in the league, but he plugged his beast mode on in the last Champions League game when he scored a hattrick. Dybala is more than just goals though, picking out spaces in the opposition defense and orchestrating the play in the final third.

Goals or no goals, he would be important in unlocking a similarly obdurate United backline here.