Wednesday, at 20:00, Manchester United moves on Valencia‘s ground in the 6th round of the H group of the UEFA Champions League. “Devils” have already secured their qualification in the next round, but still can get the 1st place in the group if Juventus is hampered by Young Boys.
Both bands show signs of rebound in their internal competitions. Jose Mourinho’s students are unbeaten by 5 games and come out with a 4-1 enthusiasm with Fulham on their own field, a game where he scored and Lukaku after a long period of inefficiency. Valencia has started very poorly in Spain, but now has only two failures in the last 7 games, and those faced with very strong opponents: Juventus and Real Madrid.
In the last match of the championship, 1-1 home with Sevilla, the Valencia coach rested Michy Batshuayi, the main offensive weapon of the “bats”. The Spanish striker Rodrigo, who has had medical problems in the last few weeks, has returned. With an elastic 4-4-2 system, Valencia will try to block the English attacks, as Mourinho faces serious defensive problems in the defensive. Mingalla will not be able to play Smalling, Bailly, Lindelof and Shaw, which forces Portuguese to experiment.
United has a good balance on Mestalla!
Valencia has scored in its last 4 home games, but even with the absences mentioned above, United should be able to block their opponent. The two bands met nine times in the last decade and six of these parties ended up being equal. Moreover, Manchester United did not receive a goal in the 3 moves on Mestalla, where it scored two white draws and a 2-0 victory. The group’s calculations are quite simple and anticipate a good game of the guests: United wins the group with a win and a bad step made by Juventus with Young Boys, while Valencia is secured in third place and qualifying in the UEFA Europa League spring.
We also have to mention that Valencia won only one of the last 6 duels played against England clubs and the “devils” have only one failure in the last 11 European tours.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS
Valencia: Neto – Wass, Garay, Paulista, Gaya – Soler, Parejo, Coquelin, Guedes – Rodrigo, Santi Mina
Manchester United: De Gea – Dalot, Jones, Rojo, Young – Herrera, Matic – Mata, Lingard, Rashford – Lukaku
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.88
