That's what this team have tended to do over the last couple of seasons isn't? Just when you can't see where the win is coming from they pull it out of the bag!
Champions League Group F
Manchester United 2:1 Villarreal
Old Trafford
- Kick-off
- Wed, 29 September 2021 @ 8:00pm BST
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I can’t see them not scoring anyway for a start. So we will need at least two goals.
Hopefully all the up and down is just the team getting fit and used to each other but I think more so its Varane and Ronaldo still very much finding their feet and their team mates figuring out how to play with them.
We would be well advised to press like feck, match them for work rate and start off strong. They will punish us if we stand off
They have failed to score in 4 of their 6 La Liga games…
Although we are intent on not keeping clean sheets.
apparently our current run of non clean sheets is equal to our worst run since the 70s. If Villa looked like scoring easily and young boys could beat us then these can too.
If a team has failed to score, failed to win or failed to even draw in x amount, you can always rely on United to oblige.Two sides in poor form, both will be cautious as a defeat will be disastrous. It’s got 0-0 written all over it.
We did get a clean sheet away at Wolves less than a month ago. But that was by some miracle.
Oh yes, how did I forget that? We should have conceded at least once in that. We are currently leaky as hell.
Edit it’s one clean sheet in the last 16 games, including 8 in a row which is our worst record stretching back to 1972Last edited:Need to win this since we lost the first one. Would be tragic not to get out of this group.
Exactly my feeling too. This United always wins the games before which people are clamoring that's it's going to be a disaster.
And Villarreal really isn't some fearsome opponent.Just put Pogba in the middle.De Gea
Dalot Lindelof Varane Telles
Matic Pogba
Bruno
Greenwood Cavani Sancho
I'd rest Ronaldo for this. Leave him on the bench of course. Tough game v Everton Saturday afternoon and dont think he should start both.This has 0-0 written all over it
yep, 4 of the 5 times we've played them it's been 0-0 and the other was obviously the 1-1 penalty shootout
Cant wait for the 3rd game in a row where we fail to score a goal and to be on 1 point and bottom of the group after 2 games while Atalanta will likely be on 4 and the Young Boys on 3They are 11th in La Liga
Yet Real, Atletico, Chelsea and Atalanta have all failed to beat them this season. Mugs.They are 11th in La Liga
It's so important that we win this. If I see McFred I think I'm gonna lose my cool.We usually put on a display when it looks like the pressure is on, so here's to hoping for some more of that tomorrow. A loss would be pretty bad for our qualification hopes, and Ole obviously knows this. It's going to be tough, but I feel he might get this one right.
The laws of probability must be in our favour for this game. I'm pretty sure we can't slip up again with the team we have.He’s going to play McFred isn’t he...Can't wait to see another epic Ole overly defensive "masterclass"De Gea
Dalot Lindelof Varane Telles
VDB Matic
Sancho Bruno Pogba
RonaldoDe Gea
Dalot — Varane — Lindelof — Telles
Fred — McT
Sancho - Fernandes - Pogba
Ronaldo
Cavani, Lingard, and Greenwood to come late on as we desperately push for a goal.
0-0
We have no reason to be confident of a win, but we might just nick a late goal to break a 0-0 score late in the game.
The way we play, we need a hell of a lot of things to go in our favour to win a game. I cannot see a win here.
They dont have the pace to hurt us if we play a high line. We should box them in and apply pressure until we get a couple of goals. If we defend deep, they can snatch a goal. I'm going for 1-1.
I am certain that we will not start strongly, allow them to grow in confidence and score. We will get a goal back but it wont be enough. cavani come on unusually early in the 75th min and has a decent header saved which is our best chance in the closing stages.
This is so oddly specific.
Agree. So oddly specific and yet you can totally see it playing out like that. Ole naturally cautious defending deep. Them growing in confidence as they control the ball. A mistake from us then us chasing the game. The missing a stack of golden chances, giving us heart attacks until we equalize. 1-1 and off with his head. You heard it there first!
Unbeaten in all their competitive games this season so far. They're struggling with scoring to win games, but they're very hard to beat. After losing to Young Boys, we're in more desperate situation to win this home game, which may play into Villarreal hand.They are 11th in La Liga
Last edited:This has a goalless draw written all over it. Villareal are well drilled defensively and it will be difficult for us to crack them. We need to put them under real pressure from the start, otherwise they will get what they want. Smash them and our confidence is back, drop points and we are under more pressure in the coming weeks. Knowing Ole, it is very likely to be a borefest. Hope he proves me totally wrong.Last edited by a moderator:I am expecting a draw.
I think you're wrong. I think Cavani will come on in the 72nd minuteWould rotate McT, Pogba for VdB and Sancho.Have zero faith in our manager's approach and style of play, so I guess we got to rely on a bit of individual brilliance to win this. We might sneak a tight affair 2-1, but if I was betting man I'd say 1-1.Fail to win and I think we are in trouble.
Sad part is I think Emery has Ole's number.I can't believe with the team we're likely to put out I'm worried if we'll score, that's bleak.
It looks setup perfectly for a tumescent draw to me.Can't see us scoring, so I hope that at least we can stop them from scoring too.Meh I think we'll win.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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7%
Cristiano Ronaldo
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2%
Alex Telles
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1%
Edinson Cavani
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1%
Bruno Fernandes
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 373 ratings.
Score Predictions
167,53,100
- Man Utd win
- Villarreal win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 18% Man Utd 1:1 Villarreal
- 15% Man Utd 2:1 Villarreal
- 13% Man Utd 1:0 Villarreal
- 12% Man Utd 0:0 Villarreal
- 12% Man Utd 2:0 Villarreal
- 5% Man Utd 0:1 Villarreal
- 4% Man Utd 3:0 Villarreal
- 4% Man Utd 1:2 Villarreal
- 4% Man Utd 0:2 Villarreal
- 4% Man Utd 3:1 Villarreal
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 Villarreal
- 1% Man Utd 4:0 Villarreal
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 Villarreal
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 Villarreal
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Villarreal
- 1% Man Utd 4:1 Villarreal
- 1% Man Utd 0:4 Villarreal
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Villarreal
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Villarreal
- 0% Man Utd 2:3 Villarreal
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Villarreal
- Possession
- 56% 44%
- Shots
- 14 15
- Shots on Target
- 7 7
- Corners
- 4 4
- Fouls
- 10 10
Referee
Felix Zwayer
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Fred
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replaced by Edinson Cavani
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replaced by Jesse Lingard
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replaced by Nemanja Matic
