Manchester United take on the visitors Barcelona in the second leg of UEFA Europa League 1/16-final round. The first leg result: 2-2. The match will be played on Thursday, February 23rd at Old Trafford (Manchester).
Manchester United are forced to play on a maximum tight schedule this season. The "Red Devils" intend to return to the Champions League, and there are all the reasons to finish the competition in 3rd place - they are demonstrating very worthy results in the Premier League this winter. This is despite the fact that at the same time, ten Hag's team had to play in other tournaments. There was certainly a huge temptation to get rid of the Europa League. Nevertheless, last Thursday the Dutchman released a fairly combat-ready lineup. And that team managed to get a 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou. However, a draw in Spain with such an opponent before the return home match is still a good result. At the weekend, Manchester United rolled over Leicester 3-0 at home. Not so long ago, Pep Guardioa himself lost at Old Trafford. We think the hosts can beat Xavi's team as well.
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Barcelona clearly wants to make the season not just successful, but as triumphant as possible. The "Blaugrana" are certainly not perfect. That's why they are not currently in the Champions League. They finished 3rd in the group again (in 2022 they once again lost the right to play in the playoffs to Bayern and this time to Inter), and were relegated to the less prestigious tournament. On the other hand, Xavi has finally won a title with his hometown club as a coach - the Super Cup. In addition, his team is quite confidently leading La Liga. There is a chance to win a "treble", or even a "quadruple", adding a cup or ideally the Europa League. And they had a good result against the English team at home. However, it ended in a 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou, and now they need to win away. Dembele is still in the injury list and may not play in England. And then Pedri, a key link in the Barça system, was out of action. Yes, and Gavi caught the "yellow card", getting on disqualification before the second leg. With all these introductions, it is hard to believe that the Spaniards will hook on Old Trafford at least a draw. And even more so I don’t believe in the victory of the Catalans.
Before this draw, Barcelona had 4 consecutive victories in official matches, in the Champions League. We must state the fact - the British are now the favorites of the couple. Therefore, the bet on Manchester United's zero handicap is absolutely logical.
Prediction for the match: Manchester United to win with 0.0 handicap.
