Date: Thursday, February 23 2023
Kickoff Time: 2000 Hrs GMT
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
Europa League Form Guide
Manchester United: WWWWD
Barcelona: D
Previous Meetings in the Europa League
Barcelona 2—2 Manchester United
All-Time Record in the Europa League
Manchester United wins:
Barcelona wins:
Draws: 1
Pre-Match Pressers
Erik ten Hag
Xavi Hernández
Team News
Manchester United
Christian Eriksen and Donny Van de Beek ruled out. Harry Maguire, Antony and Anthony Martial doubtful.
Barcelona
Ousmane Dembélé, Pedri and Gavi ruled out.
Know the Opposition
Futbol Club Barcelona, commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (and nicknamed Blaugrana), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. The team was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English, German and Catalan footballers led by Joan Gamper. FC Barcelona quickly emerged as one of the leading clubs in Spain, competing in the Campeonato de Cataluña and the Copa del Rey. In 1902, the club won its first trophy, the Copa Macaya in 1901–02, and also played in the first Copa del Rey final. In 1910, the club participated in their first European competition, and in the late 1920s, Barcelona co-founded the Primera División, the top-tier in Spanish football, along with a string of other clubs (and is one of the select few to have never been relegated from the top division since its inception, along with Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid).
Domestically, Barcelona has won a record 76 trophies: 26 La Liga, 31 Copa del Rey, fourteen Supercopa de España, three Copa Eva Duarte, and two Copa de la Liga titles, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football, the club has won 22 European and worldwide titles: five UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, a joint record five UEFA Super Cups, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, a joint record two Latin Cups and three FIFA Club World Cups. Barcelona players have also won a record twelve Ballon d'Or awards.
There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is particularly the case in La Liga, where the game between Barcelona and Real Madrid is known as El Clásico (The Classic)). From the start of national competitions the clubs were seen as representatives of two rival regions in Spain: Catalonia and Castile, as well as of the two cities. Barça's local rival has always been Espanyol. Blanc-i-blaus, being one of the clubs granted royal patronage, was founded exclusively by Spanish football fans, unlike the multinational nature of Barça's primary board. Games between the two are dubbed El derbi Barceloní (The Barcelonian derby). Barcelona plays its home games at Camp Nou.
Familiar Faces
Referee
Clément Turpin.
