Man United face Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday night with both sides currently in the top 8 of the league phase. Both sides will be looking to take all 3 points to boost their chances of finishing in the top 8.
Man United & manager Ruben Amorim have been in the news all week after another damaging 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford to Brighton at the weekend. The side have been labelled as severely lacking confidence, which shows in recent results and performances. The Reds have conceded in all of their previous 12 games in all competitions and kept just 1 clean sheet in their 6 Europa League games. United have conceded xGA’s of: 1.98, 1.52, 3.22, 2.87 and 1.96 in their last 5 matches. United have also conceded 2 or more goals in 4/5 previous games at Old Trafford. Rangers will certainly get opportunities at Old Trafford tonight.
Nonetheless, Manchester United have scored in all 6 games in this competition and are averaging 2 per game at home. Rasmus Hojlund has been in great form in this competition with 5 goals and 1 assist and is the top scorer in the competition currently. Going back even further, quite remarkably Man United have scored in 35/38 previous Europa League games – you’d expect at least 1 United goal tonight.
Rangers find themselves in a good position in the Europa League sitting in 8th currently and have lost just 1/6 games. Away from home they have scored 7 goals in 3 games in this competition winning 2 and drawing 1 of these games. In these 3 away games they have registered xG’s of 2.30, 1.16 and 2.37 showing they have been a threat on the road in this competition.
Rangers will definitlely travel to Manchester confident that they can cause the home side problems in the final third. The Scottish side will see this as a great opportunity in which Manchester United could be there for the taking.
TIP: Both Teams to Score @ 1.70
