Marouane Fellaini starts, Bas Dost sits in decisive game for Manchester United and Wolfsburg

Manchester United and Wolfsburg are going toe to toe with a lot on the line. Both teams are sending out as strong a starting lineup as they can -- injuries willing, in Manchester’s case -- as the winner of this match take first place in the group, while the loser risks falling into the Europa League depending on the result of the group’s other match between PSV and CSKA.

Manchester have elected to go with an attack-heavy formation with Marouane Fellaini and Bastian Schweinsteiger in the pivot of their midfield. Expect to see Fellaini spending a lot of time pushing forward to support the attack, a group that has under-performed in recent matches.

For their part, Wolfsburg are using their usual five-man attack that we’ve frequently seen this season, eschewing the belief that was circulating that they’d play a more defensive shape to assure that they simply wouldn’t lose -- unlike Manchester, a draw works out just fine for Wolfsburg’s advancement. The only real difference is that Bas Dost has been left on the bench, giving the out-of-form striker a chance to make an impact as a substitute instead of carrying the pressure of expectation all match long.