3. Chris Smalling vs. Jon Walters
Stoke City could miss out on the services of Xherdan Shaqiri and Marko Arnautovic, which would mean that the goal scoring impetus falls on the shoulders of Jon Walters, not the kind of striker you would expect from Stoke these days. The Irishman though is certainly built for the old way of playing that Stoke employed and he could look to make the lives of the Manchester United centre-back pairing very difficult.
Chris Smalling would have his work cut out trying to keep the Stoke forward in his pocket during the game and if the English defender does achieve that, Manchester United would have a great chance of not losing the game, if not going for the win at least.