Manchester United and Real Sociedad meets in an important match that determines their destiny in the knockout stage of Europa League. Sociedad hosts Man United on their match on November 4, 2022, at 1:45 AM (GMT+8). For the hosts, they just need to avoid defeat in this match to give the visitors a knockout round playoff tie. As for the visitors, what they need is a two or more goal win against their opponent to qualify for the knockout stage.
Man United and Sociedad only played five games, where Man United won twice and Sociedad won only one match. The hosts quite have a colorful history against the visitors. Sociedad won their first-ever European game against Man United. Moreover, Sociedad is currently in a good momentum as they won their last two games. As for Man United, they lost on their last two matches against any Spanish opponents. Just this year, Man United also experienced a defeat against Sociedad. They also lost six of their last seven away matches, but they were able to score impressive 19 goals despite the losses.
Real Sociedad
In the Europa League, this squad continuously shows perfection, and many have been impressed by their campaign this season. However, in the La Liga, this team has a different performance. Domestically, they are currently experiencing back-to-back defeats, which made their Europa League campaign more impressive. Sociedad won all of their five matches in the group stage, and just came from a win on their last outing. However, they only have 10 goals, but only conceded one goal. Coming into this match, their only goal is to avoid defeat by more than one goal to be able to reach the knockout stage. However, following their campaign in La Liga, their momentum might be affected.
Mikel Oyarzabal, Umar Sadiq, Mohamed-Ali Cho, David Silva, and Ander Martin are all absent in this match. Furthermore, Takefusa Kubo is out due to a dislocated shoulder, along with Ander Barrenetxea, and Aihen Munoz.
Manchester United
Although this squad started their Europa League campaign in the most unexpected way, they managed to recover impressively. This squad is so close in qualifying in the knockout stage of the Europa League following their consecutive wins. Following their defeat against Sociedad, this squad is ready to avenge in order to seal a knockout stage spot. However, to seal the spot in the knockout stage, they need more than two goals in this match as one goal is not enough. Nonetheless, expect a resilient Man United squad coming into this match.
Raphael Varane, Axel Tuanzebe, and Brandon Williams all remain on the sideline. Antony, Anthony Martial, and Jadon Sancho will also be out in this game because of their respective injuries.
Prediction:
Manchester United (2.5)
Odds: -0.76
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