Zorya vs Manchester United – Europa League – Preview

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Sreya

Zorya vs Manchester United – Manchester United have travelled to Odesa, Ukraine to face Zorya at the Chornomorets Stadium in their last UEFA Europa League Group A fixture on 8th December, Thursday.

Manchester United are second in Group A with nine points while Fenerbahce are top of the standings with ten points. Feyenoord, in the third position, trail Manchester United by nine points. With Fenerbahce travelling to Netherlands for a difficult away fixture against Feyenoord, an interesting set of permutations and combinations will happen on Matchday 6.

A win for Manchester United will ensure Jose Mourinho’s side automatically qualify for the knock-outs. However, in case Manchester United draws or loses, they have to rely on Fenerbahce to defeat Feyenoord. Should both games end in a draw, Manchester United will qualify.

Zorya have drawn both their home games this season while Feyenoord have won theirs by a 1-0 scoreline – the pressure of qualification might bring forth different results but Manchester United fans will be keeping an eye out for the other match as well.

Team News

Mykyta Kamenyuka is injured and Eduard Sobol is suspended for Zorya. Manchester United will be without the injured Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw. Eric Bailly will face a late fitness test. Memphis Depay and Morgan Schneiderlin have not travelled with the squad.

Zorya Possible Starting Lineup: Oleksiy Shevchenko, Evgeniy Opanasenko, Mikhail Sivakov, Rafael Forster, Artem Sukhotsky, Oleksandr Karavayev, Igor Chaykovski, Dmytro Grechyskin, Ivan Petryak, Zeljko Ljubenovic, Vladyslav Kulach.

Manchester United Possible Starting Lineup: Sergio Romero, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind, Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Zorya vs Manchester United H2H Stats, the only previous meeting between these two clubs (which happened earlier this season) resulted in a win for Manchester United.

Zorya have failed to win their last 7 matches in the UEFA Europa League and Manchester United are likely to win by a 2-1 scoreline tonight.