Manchester United hosts Real Sociedad
When Manchester United hosts Real Sociedad today, they hope to guarantee their place in the Europa League quarter finals.
After drawing 1-1 with Sociedad in the first leg last week, Manchester United will think they can at least make it to the competition’s final eight.
1-1 draw in the first leg
Real Sociedad, who fought to a 1-1 draw in the first leg after Mikel Oyarzabal’s penalty negated Joshua Zirkzee’s second-half goal, will face Old Trafford in a winner-take-all final.
In addition, it was Oyarzabal’s fourth goal of the season—his most in a single European campaign. However, La Real will have a difficult task on the red side of Manchester, so they will need their best player to perform once more.
Manchester United vs Real Sociedad History
It will be Man United’s first match since announcing intentions to abandon Old Trafford and construct a brand-new stadium with 100,000 seats next to it.
In light of this, it will be interesting to observe the kind of energy the fans will create at the Theatre of Dreams on a significant European night.
Given that Man Utd and Real Sociedad have only scored nine goals in their seven European meetings, it might not be a high scoring affair.
In fact, Bruno Fernandes‘ double and goals from Marcus Rashford and Dan James helped United win 4-0 in February 2021, and four of those goals occurred in the same match.
Last Thursday’s first-leg tie marked the first time in their European meetings that both teams have scored in the same match.
Expected Line-Ups
Man Utd team- Onana , Dalot, de Ligt, Lindelof, Mazraoui, Dorgu, Fernandes, Ugarte, Garnacho, Hojlund, Zirkzee
Real Sociedad team-
Remiro, Aramburu, Elustondo, Zubeldia, Lopez, Zubimendi, Kubo, Marin, Mendez, Barrenetxea, Oyarzabal
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