Manchester United Casemiro

Manchester United will be without the talismanic presence of Casemiro for four matches - will they cope or fall apart? Have your say!

Given [how important he's been](https://www.goal.com/en/lists/man-utd-fall-apart-without-casemiro-matches-without-brazilian-starting-line-up/blt719650465481ec04) to [Manchester United](https://www.goal.com/en/team/manchester-united/6eqit8ye8aomdsrrq0hk3v7gh) this season, will Erik ten Hag's side now suffer a slide down the table or do they have enough in reserve to cope? [sent off against Southampton](https://www.goal.com/en/news/casemiro-500-games-europe-never-got-red-card-erik-ten-hag-man-utd-draw-southampton-influenced-by-referee/blt679986dd2471134d) on Sunday, [Casemiro](https://www.goal.com/en/player/casemiro/6nb8hub5usi3iasywa2fjf1lh) will be [banned for four domestic matches](https://www.goal.com/en/news/casemiro-red-card-how-many-games-brazilian-midfielder-miss-man-utd-who-against/blt1417de257cd39fce), including the [FA Cup](https://www.goal.com/en/fa-cup/2hj3286pqov1g1g59k2t2qcgm) quarter-final meeting with Fulham and three [Premier League](https://www.goal.com/en/premier-league/2kwbbcootiqqgmrzs6o5inle5) games. After being

Brazilian midfielder to miss four games · Sent off against Southampton · Second red card of the 2022-23 campaign.

But we have good players in every position on the pitch and we’re ready for the next games. He brings balance to the team and to the squad, but we have a great squad and we have to find another balance without him. The Red Devils have been far more consistent since adding the vastly-experienced Brazilian midfielder to their ranks, with his destructive qualities aiding collective efforts at both ends of the field.

Manchester United defender Raphael Varane feels the Red Devils will need to find a different balance without Casemiro.

He brings balance to the team and to the squad. The 31-year-old has been a pivotal player for Erik ten Hag since his move from Real Madrid in the summer of 2022. However, the 29-year-old French national believes United will be able to cope without the Brazilian. Previously, the midfielder was given his marching orders after a scuffle in the Crystal Palace fixture. The Brazilian will miss the FA Cup quarter-final versus Fulham and the Newcastle United, Brentford and Everton league matches. In our last match against Southampton, the Brazil international was sent off for a challenge on Carlos Alcaraz at around the half-hour mark.

MANCHESTER UNITED are still hopeful of signing summer target Frenkie de Jong despite interest building from Premier League rivals Chelsea.Meanwhile, S.

Bring him in, and they’re good to go with a title challenge next season." Bring him in, and they’re good to go with a title challenge next season.” "He was a short-term option. “He was a short-term option. “Now he has two in the Premier League. His absence is not the issue. This game was influenced by the referee.” They’re strong defensively, and so exciting in those wide spaces. Elsewhere, look out for Hermes Allen in the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle as Fergie's seeks his first win of the week. He wants and wants. He did a good job.'' "Like he did against Barcelona and Leicester.

Casemiro hadn't received a straight red in over 500 European games. He's not even been in England a full season and he's been sent off twice.

[sharing clips of other challenges](https://twitter.com/R_o_M/status/1634958305004261378?s=20) throughout the season where VAR hasn’t intervened when other clearer fouls and card-worthy decisions have occurred. an instant red) from Taylor, having first awarded a yellow card before being sent over to the monitor and making his decision based on the clip in isolation and slowed down — the kind of replay which football fans regularly argue warps an official’s perception. I have never gone with studs to hurt a player”. He plays tough but he plays fair: also in this [instance] he is playing fair. “Today it is coming on the line and today two penalty situations they don’t come on the line. So, what is the policy?”

Casemiro was sent off during Manchester United's goalless draw against Southampton at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon and will now serve a four-game ...

"But my values that my mother taught me is never to hurt anyone. "If someone is going to hurt a player, I get angry because that is not football. And I am never going to hurt a player. I like the intensity that I play with, but there is no malice, I have never gone with studs to hurt a player. He has received a four-game ban rather than the customary three because Sunday's red card was his second of the season. Of course, being on the field you can stir up a player, that is normal and it will always happen because each one defends their badge. He was sent off twice for second bookable offences, though. The guilty star also apologised to Alcaraz for the challenge. [Casemiro's second red card](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-casemiro-red-card-southampton-29437083) in his last three Premier League outings, with some critics now questioning whether the Brazil international is a liability. Taylor was left with little choice but to give Casemiro his marching orders. Firstly, he will have to serve a four-game domestic ban; and secondly, he was concerned about injuring an opponent. Casemiro was visibly upset by the incident, as his compatriot Antony consoled him before he trudged down the tunnel.

Casemiro was sent off during the game against Southampton in the English Premier League. Questions have risen as to how many games he will miss.

This is his second red card of the English Premier League season after his first one against Crystal Palace on February 4, a decision also deemed by many to be wrong. This will result in Casemiro missing the next four domestic games, which include a trip to Fulham for the FA Cup Quarter Finals. [revealed](https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/which-games-will-casemiro-miss-due-to-suspension-after-red-card-v-southampton?utm_campaign=ManUtd&utm_medium=post&utm_source=twitter) by Manchester United that as a result of the red card against Southampton, the former Real Madrid star will be subject to a four-match ban.

Manchester United will have to cope without key midfielder Casemiro for their next four domestic games after the Brazilian's second red card in three league ...

He will miss games against Fulham in the FA Cup and Newcastle, Brentford and Everton in the league. They also take fractionally more shots per game but score fewer goals - 21 in his 15 starts, an average of 1.4, but 20 in 11 or 1.8 per game when he does not start. Casemiro has previously featured in wins over the Toffees - 2-1 in the league and 3-1 in the FA Cup - and Fulham and a draw with Newcastle, while the early-season 4-0 hammering by the Bees came before he had signed. In all they have allowed 15 goals with him on the field and 20 without. They have conceded barely a goal a game in the Premier League with him in the starting line-up, 16 in 15 games for an average of 1.07. Casemiro himself has two league goals and three assists to his name, also scoring twice in the FA Cup win over Reading and once in the League Cup final.