On Thursday, February 16, in the first leg of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League, Barcelona will play against Manchester United. The meeting will take place at the Camp Nou stadium and will start at 20:45 Moscow time. Barcelona – Manchester United: forecastbet, odds, statistics.
“Barcelona”
Barcelona started this European season in the Champions League, where at the group stage in the same quartet with Bayern, Inter Milan and Victoria from Plzen, they took third place and went down in the rank.
“Barcelona” in the most prestigious European tournament, she managed to score only seven points, having twice beaten the Czech team and painted the world match with the Italians 3:3 on her field, and three other meetings were lost dry.
Barcelona vs Manchester United odds
In the domestic arena, the “garnet-blue” are the main contenders for victory. At the moment, they are on the first line in the La Liga standings, 11 points ahead of second Real Madrid.
The last time Barça lost back in October. Now she has a series of eight wins in all tournaments. On the eve of this game, she minimally defeated Villarreal 1-0 in the national championship on the road.
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Midfielder Sergio Busquets and striker Ousmane Dembele will miss this fight due to injuries.
“Manchester United”
Manchester United in this European Cup season immediately began playing in the Europa League, where they finished second in their quartet at the group stage, losing the lead to Real Sociedad.
Moreover, the Mancunians gave the first line to the Spaniards only because of the worst additional indicators. The teams won five meetings with one defeat, but the British conceded a goal more.
Europa League calendar and table
In the Premier League, Manchester United are currently in third position in the standings, five points behind the leader, but having played two games more.
In their last match, Manchester United beat Leeds 2-0 away in the Premier League. And with this result, the team extended its unbeaten streak to five games, winning five times in this segment.
Midfielders Christian Eriksen and Donny van de Beek, as well as striker Anthony Martial, will not help the Mancunians in this game due to injuries.
The last time these clubs met each other was in the 2018/19 season. And then, in the framework of the 1/4 finals of the Champions League, Barca defeated Manchester United twice – 3:0 at home and 1:0 away.
Forecast and rates
In this fight, bookmakers give preference to the hosts. On the victory of “Barcelona” they offer – 1.80.
On Victoria United they give – 4.76a draw is scored – in 4.08.
Both teams approach this game in great shape, but since the game will take place on the field of Barça, where it performs especially strongly, in this battle predict victory for the Catalans.
And we expect goals in both directions and a high outcome from this meeting, since these teams have very strong lines of attack and are unlikely to play on defense.
