Marcus Rashford lined up for Manchester United against Manchester City for the first time since the 2024-25 Community Shield after he was named in the hosts' starting XI by head coach Michael Carrick.
Rashford played 83 minutes in his last appearance in the fixture when United were beaten by City on penalties at Wembley two years ago. The United academy product spent last season on loan at Barcelona and spent time with Aston Villa before that, after falling out of favour under the Red Devils' former head coach Ruben Amorim.
There was no place in the United squad for left-back Luke Shaw who has failed to recover from injury in time after missing the team's midweek Champions League win over Sabah FK. Benjamin Sesko is on the United bench.
Diogo Dalot and Harry Maguire came back in for Noussair Mazraoui and Leny Yoro who both started on Thursday.
Meanwhile, new City recruit Elliot Anderson made his first appearance in the fixture following his £116 million move from Nottingham Forest this summer.
His inclusion meant there is no place for youngster Ayyoub Bouaddi who impressed on his full City debut against Porto on Tuesday.
Enzo Maresca, who was taking charge of his first Manchester derby after replacing Pep Guardiola, selected Rayan Cherki, Antoine Semenyo and Phil Foden to support Erling Haaland.
Man United team
Starting XI: Senne Lammens, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro MartÃnez, Patrick Dorgu, Youri Tielemans, Kobbie Mainoo, Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford
Subs: Karl Darlow, Ayden Heaven, Leny Yoro, Noussair Mazraoui, Mason Mount, Andrey Santos, Shea Lacey, Joshua Zirkzee, Benjamin Sesko
Man City team
Starting XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Marc Guéhi, Josko Gvardiol, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernández, Phil Foden, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Erling Haaland.
Subs: Gerónimo Rulli, Rico Lewis, Nico O'Reilly, Vitor Reis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic, Iliman Ndiaye, Allan
