Manchester United’s season has not panned out how they would have hoped and will end outside the top four.
The club have gone backwards from finishing second to their rivals Manchester City last season.
New manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is still finding his feet and there is set to be a substantial overhaul of the squad in the summer.
Among those out of contract are Antonio Valencia, Juan Mata and Ander Herrera while there are doubts about the future of a number of big names stars including Paul Pogba, David De Gea and Anthony Martial.
Solskjaer will have a big decision to make about who he selects for the match at Old Trafford.
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Finishing fifth could be important for United as it would ensure a place in the Europa League group stage proper.
Sixth would still see them in the competition but the result of the FA Cup final would dictate if they are in the group stage or second qualifying round.
We’ve taken a look at how Manchester United could line-up for the Cardiff match.
Six youngsters were promoted to first team training ahead of the match with Tahith Chong, Angel Gomes, Dylan Levitt, Arnau Puigmal, Mason Greenwood and James Garner all included.
Chong is the likeliest to start as he has seen some minutes already this season.
One player who will be getting some minutes is Antonio Valencia, who is leaving the club in the summer after a decade at the club.
“I spoke to Antonio yesterday,” Solskjaer said. “He’s not been fit the five or six months I’ve been here unfortunately.
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“He’s really struggled but he feels that he could play a part and I would hope that he gets through today and tomorrow and we could give him a nice send off, because he’s been a fantastic servant to the club.
”He’s been Player of the Year, he’s been captain at the club and I think that’s only fair.”
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