On Thursday evening, from 17:55, Manchester United travels on the field of LASK Linz, in the first round of the UEFA Europa League matches. The hosts promise a great game in front of the “devils”, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team is in excellent shape for two months now.
Manchester United comes after a qualifying qualification in front of Club Brugge, after 1-1 away and 5-0 at home, a result that gave the confidence to the reds. Then came a convincing performance with Derby (3-0), after a great victory against Manchester City (2-0), after an excellent game. The goals of Martial (’30) and McTominay (’90 +6) decided the match, in which the band of Solskjaer was superior to the formation coached by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Overall, United are rightly favorites in Austria, but LASK Linz is not an adversary. The black and white team comes after only one failure in the last 10 games and they have only two defeats in the previous 16 games! The only teams that came to LASK were CSKA Moscow (1-2) and FC Salzburg (0-1). The Linz troupe is involved in spectacular domestic matches, but knows how to dictate the rhythm of the match when the need arises. Obviously, on Thursday night we will witness the first straight match between United and LASK, the class difference being large.
The hosts (who play on the Pasching arena) will not be able to play the suspects Filipovic and Wiesinger, but neither the injuries Balic, Goiginger and Potzmann. Manchester United cannot count on Pogba, Rashford and Fosu-Mensah, but Solskjaer’s band has a solid morale, having escaped without a goal in each of the previous 9 victories. At the same time, United have no defeat in the last 8 games played against the teams in Austria, and the “devils” should be decisive and moving, thanks to Martial, Bruno Fernandes, Ighalo or Mata. It is no less true, however, that the British have won only one of the last 4 trips to UEL. However, we count on the good form of the guests.
LASK Linz: Schlager; Trauner, Ramsebner, Wostry; Ranflt, Holland, Michorl, Renner; Frieser, Goiginger; Raguz
Manchester United: Rosemary; Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Maguire, Shaw; Fred, Matic, McTominay; Fernandes; Martial, igloo
PREDICTION: Manchester Utd to win @ 1,93
