Manchester United will be looking to seal their qualification to the final when they host Celta Vigo at Old Trafford in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-finals tie. Jose Mourinho's men secured a 1-0 victory in the first leg thanks to a second-half goal from young forward Marcus Rashford. However, Celta have already overturned a similar deficit this season when they beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 in Ukraine earlier in the competition.
Jose Mourinho chose to focus on the Europa League, so he fielded a weakened side against Arsenal in the Premier League last weekend and lost the match 2-0. That was the first defeat in thirteen matches in all competitions for Manchester United. Marcos Rojo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young are still injured, but the likes of Paul Pogba and Antonio Valencia will return to the starting eleven after being rested last weekend.
Celta Vigo are going through a really bad period now, they have lost their last five matches in all competitions. They lost 3-0 at Malaga in LaLiga last weekend but they do have an excuse for that result as they rested most of their first team for Thursday's game in Manchester. Giuseppe Rossi remains the only injury concern for the visitors, but a bigger reason to worry would be that they have not scored a single goal in their last three matches.
Probable line-ups:
Man United: Romero - Valencia, Bailly, Blind, Darmian - Fellaini, Herrera, Pogba - Lingard, Rashford, Mkhitaryan
Celta Vigo: Alvarez - Mallo, Roncaglia, Cabral, Jonny - Hernandez, Radoja - Aspas, Wass, Sisto - Guidetti
My prediction: Manchester United to win 2-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Man United win - 1.57
Draw - 4.20
Celta Vigo win - 6.50
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sharpe
06/04/17, 11:06:13 PM
Manchester United were really heavy favourites for winning the tournament trough all the stages of it and it must be said they handled the pressure well through...
Manchester United were really heavy favourites for winning the tournament trough all the stages of it and it must be said they handled the pressure well through it, because it could be tough for the favs sometimes. Celta was one of the teams which played well in the tournament but they just didn't have the class to overcome United. Mourinho was keen to win the tournament and he succeeds in the end.
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