Manchester United vs Celta Vigo – UEFA Europa League – Preview

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Sreya

Manchester United vs Celta Vigo – Manchester United hosts Celta Vigo at the Old Trafford on 11th May, Thursday in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League.

Manchester United secured a 1-0 win in the first leg which gives them a mild advantage going into the more crucial home leg. Jose Mourinho’s side lost 2-0 to Arsenal this past Sunday in the English Premier League making it an absolute necessity for them to win the UEFA Europa League to qualify for next season’s UEFA Champions League as a ‘top four’ finish in the league looking far-fetched at this point.

Celta Vigo are twelfth in the La Liga standings and an inspired performance tonight can help them finish their season strongly.

Team News

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marcos Rojo, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Luke Shaw and Ashley Young are sidelined through injuries.

The visitors will be without the injured Giuseppe Rossi.

Manchester United Possible Starting Lineup: Sergio Romero, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Matteo Darmian, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Celta Vigo Possible Starting Lineup: Sergio Alvarez, Hugo Mallo, Facundo Roncaglia, Gustavo Cabral, Jonny, Pablo Hernandez, Nemanja Radoja, Iago Aspas, Daniel Wass, Pione Sisto, John Guidetti.

“It will be very important for the club and the players. We will fight hard. For Celta, in their words, it’s the most important match of their history and my feelings it’s also the most important match of our history. It doesn’t matter what happened before, what matters is the next one.”

– Jose Mourinho, Manchester United.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Manchester United vs Celta Vigo H2H Stats, Manchester United won the only previous meeting between these two clubs. Manchester United are undefeated in their last 9 matches in the UEFA Europa League and there have been under 2.5 goals scored in the last six of those games.

A 1-0 win for Manchester United is the most likely result.