MANCHESTER United’s stars of the future will be on show at the Store First Stadium tonight as the young reds face Accrington Stanley.

United’s under 21 side face Stanley in the first round of the Lancashire Senior Cup, with kick-off at 7pm.

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While Luke Shaw is eligible for United, he will not feature as he is away with the England under 21 side. Adnan Januzaj is also unavailable because he is on international duty with Belgium ahead of their World Cup qualifiers with Andorra and Bosnia.

Some of the starlets that have appeared in the Premier League for United so far this season could feature though, such as Tyler Blackett, Tom Thorpe and James Wilson.

Stanley boss John Coleman will field a strong side, with new loan signing Lee Molyneux and striker James Gray, who is back after a three game suspension, playing some part.

Trialist Craig Roddan, a midfielder from Liverpool who spent a month on loan at Stanley in January, will also feature.

“It should be an exciting game,” said Coleman. “I will field a strong side with nine first teamers who will play either the full game or part of it.

“For me, this is about getting some fitness into our players who haven’t played as much as perhaps they would have liked.

“But we are also playing Manchester United and it will be good experience for both sets of players.

“I think Manchester United will be pleasantly surprised coming to our ground about how good our pitch is – they might not say the same about the changing rooms though.”

Tickets are £5 for adults, £3 for concessions and students and £1 for accompanied under 12’s.

n Stanley boss John Coleman has been named as the Football League’s manager of the week.

Coleman guided Stanley to a 1-0 victory at Mansfield Town in League Two on Saturday – his third successive victory since returning to the club.