The Manchester United line up against Everton is confirmed. This update carries the team news as it stood on 6 September 2026. Michael Carrick has named an unchanged starting XI. He sticks with the team that thrashed Ipswich Town 5-2 at Old Trafford in their last Premier League outing.
That eleven scored five goals and played with real freedom. Carrick clearly trusts them to repeat it. Bruno Fernandes stays in his usual central role after a hat-trick and an assist. Mason Mount returns among the substitutes, passing a late fitness check. Carlos Baleba is the only absentee, ruled out through a continuing injury concern.
Confirmed Starting XI for Everton clash
Carrick picks the same eleven that started against Ipswich. He trusts a group that scored five goals in that win. Lammens starts in goal. A back four of Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw protects him. Kobbie Mainoo and Youri Tielemans sit together in a double pivot, giving the back line extra cover. Ahead of them, Bryan Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford support Matheus Cunha, who leads the line once again.
The full XI reads: Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Mainoo, Tielemans; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford; Cunha. It is identical to the side that dismantled Ipswich 5-2 at Old Trafford.
Key team selection headlines and Mount return
Bruno Fernandes arrives in outstanding form. His hat-trick and assist against Ipswich lifted his career tally to 11 Premier League goal involvements against Everton. That record marks him out as United’s biggest threat once again, and Carrick will hope it continues on Sunday.
Mason Mount returns to the matchday squad. He passed a fitness check and takes his place among the substitutes, giving Carrick a fresh attacking option from the bench. Carlos Baleba misses out entirely through injury.
Carrick’s bench for the Everton game reads: Darlow, Heaven, Mazraoui, Yoro, Andrey Santos, Dorgu, Mount, Sesko and Zirkzee. It gives United depth across defence, midfield and attack if changes are needed.
Manchester United line up against Everton confirmed
Manchester United line up against Everton with Lammens in goal. A back four of Dalot, Maguire, Martinez and Shaw sits in front of him, with Mainoo and Tielemans holding midfield and Mbeumo, Fernandes and Rashford feeding Cunha up top. Carrick has not changed a single name from the side that beat Ipswich Town 5-2. It is his first fully unchanged selection of the new season.
That consistency shows his confidence after United’s biggest league win of the campaign so far. It also keeps the same attacking balance that troubled Ipswich, with Fernandes given licence to roam between the lines and support Cunha and Rashford.
What happens next
Everton arrive at Old Trafford unbeaten from their first two Premier League games of the season. That gives United an early test of their credentials under Carrick. Pressure on his own position has been a recurring theme in recent weeks, a subject covered in our earlier report on the manager’s standing at the club.
The lineups were first confirmed in our original team news report, published on the day of the match. Carrick will hope the same XI can keep United’s momentum going against an Everton side yet to taste defeat this season.
