It is another great and exciting new day, and while there are a lot of really sad news going on around the world at the moment, we still need to be exciting for the great things to come. The first part of this week’s continuation of the ongoing round of 16 fixtures is completed. A disappointing result for Liverpool yesterday, losing 3-2 at home to Atletico Madrid to crash out of the champions league. Both Atletico Madrid and PSG are now through to the quarter-finals. Attention now turns to the Europa League round of 16 that kicks off in a matter of hours. Man United who are coming from their fantastic 2-0 win at home against Man City is set to face LASK away at the Linzer Stadion, as they kick off their first-leg round of 16 fixture.
Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub or LASK for short are doing really well in the Austrian Bundesliga. They are leading the league table with 6 points clear at the top. Their form in their last 4 league games have been excellent, winning a 4 league matches in a row. They are looking to carry their top form into this fixture against Man United at home as they aim to make it through to the quarter-finals. A difficult fixture for them, but at the same time, a fixture that they can overcome if they put in a top-level performance.
LASK are expected to set up in a 3-4-3 formation. With the way they’ve performed in their recent games, they stand a chance of getting the job done at home, to put themselves in a very good position before heading to Old Trafford for the second-leg fixture.
Man United have been in quite a good form recently, they haven’t lost any premier league game in their last 5 matches. As we all know, they are taking the Europa League very seriously as they know that by winning it, they don’t need to worry about finishing in the top 4. Man United are looking to carry their recent form into the Europa League against Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub later today. Without a doubt, United are favorites to get the job done in this fixture and are expected to make it through to the next stage of the competition. However, this is football and as we all know, it is full of surprises.
Man United will most likely set up in a 4-2-3-1 or a 3-4-3 formation. As the superior team, they are expected to dominate most of the stats in this fixture. In terms of gameplay, nothing much to say as Man United are one of those teams that don’t have a definite style of play, but are generally categorized as a counter-attacking team. This post can also be found on my scorum blog
What do you think will be the outcome of this fixture?