Real Sociedad vs. Manchester United tip, prognosis & odds - Europa League 2021 02/18/2021 Free soccer tips
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Real Sociedad - Manchester United tip, prognosis & odds - Europa League 2021
Big game in the sixteenth finals of the Europa League: Spain's fifth Real Sociedad meets Manchester United, second in the Premier League.
A round of 16 duel could hardly be much more attractive. Neither the Basque team nor the English record champions will be happy about the draw. Both teams aim and claim to get far in the tournament - now one of the teams will have to give up early.
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If we look at the odds of the best bookmakers before Real Sociedad vs. Manchester United, we find that ManUnited is the clear favorite to advance in this knockout duel.
For example, the betting company Bet365, tested by the betting base, offers a 1.40 on the fact that the Red Devils will advance to the round of 16.
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The English are also favored in the first leg, as illustrated by the three-way betting odds in Real Sociedad vs. Manchester United - even if things are much more balanced here.
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Real Sociedad stats & current form
So Real Sociedad goes into the duel as an outsider, probably also because they cannot compete in their home Anoeta in San Sebastian. Due to travel restrictions for travelers from England, the game will not take place in Spain, but in Italy. The game will be played on Thursday at 18:55 in the Juventus Stadium in Turin.
This is certainly one of the reasons why before Real Sociedad vs. Manchester United, the odds for the Basque "home win" bet are on average 3.30.
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No home game in San Sebastian: Both teams have to go to Turin
The (at least small) home advantage will be lost, and both teams will have travel stress. Of course, this has to be taken into account. However, the game in Turin does not have to be a disadvantage for "La Real”, because the Basques are struggling to win their home games this season anyway - both in the league and in the Europa League.
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In La Liga only four wins in eleven home games, five draws and two defeats. 18 home goals scored are also expandable for a team that wants to qualify for Europe again next season, in the best case even for the Champions League.
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In the Europa League, the record is even completely mixed: Of the three home games in the group phase, only one was won, the 1-0 win against AZ Alkmaar was the only home win. If they lost 1-0 to Napoli with 0-1, the 2 : 2 against underdog Rijeka in the penultimate group game was a bitter disappointment. Real Sociedad only got into the knockout phase on the last day of the match with a last-minute goal in Naples with a 1-1 draw.
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The main problem of the Basques: Despite clear superiority in possession of the ball, the team from San Sebastian often have problems converting this superiority into a goal danger and ultimately goals. In view of the relatively low number of goals in home games - for a top team - the tip of under 2.5 goals for the first leg between Real Sociedad and Manchester United is close. Real Sociedad finally fell below this mark in five of the six Europa League games. In addition, both of them have practically an away game.
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Expected formation of Real Sociedad:
Remiro - Zaldua, Zubeldia, Le Normand, Monreal - Illaramendi, Merino, Silva, Portu, Oyarzabal - Isak
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Manchester United stats & current form
Manchester United won't mind having an away game, on the contrary: The Red Devils feel at home abroad, at least in the Premier League. Because ManUnited is the best away team in England, has not lost any of its twelve guest games - won eight of them (8S / 4U / 0N).
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Curiously, the away record in the group stage of the Champions League reads very differently, here you could not bring your form from the Premier League onto the field: ManUnited lost two of their three guest appearances. At Basaksehir there was an embarrassing 1: 2, in the last group game they were eliminated from the Champions League due to the 2: 3 bankruptcy at RB Leipzig, which amounted to a bitter disappointment.
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ManUnited favorite for the Europa League
Now you have to go back to the unpopular Europa League, but of course you are one of the top favorites to win the title, as the odds on the overall winner at Bet365 show, where ManUnited has a 6.50 - only Tottenham has a marginally lower odds ( 6:00 am).
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As a result, it is hardly surprising that before Real Sociedad vs. Manchester United, the prognosis for a win for the English with 2.15 on average still brings lucrative odds, but ManUnited is also the favorite in the race.
Even if you've had a few problems recently in the Premier League. Only one of the last five games could be won here, three of them ended in a draw, most recently there was a sobering 1: 1 at the knocked-down West Bromwich Albion, a small setback in the title fight with city rivals ManCity, on the United due to the small negative series now seven Points behind - with even one more game.
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A success in the first leg of the sixteenth-finals against Real Sociedad would certainly do the Red Devils good to get going again.
Expected formation of Manchester United:
De Gea - Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelöf, Shaw - Fred, McTominay, Fernandes - Rashford, Cavani, Martial
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Direct comparison / H2H
This duel has taken place twice on the international stage, and in 2013 they dueled in the group stage of the Champions League. At that time it was very close - and with few goals. Manchester United won their home game 1-0, in the second leg in San Sebastian it was a meager 0-0.
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"La Real" is still waiting for the first goal against the Red Devils. While ManUnited has gained a lot of experience with Spanish teams, Real Sociedad has only two other games to show against English: There were two duels against Liverpool FC in 1975, both of which they lost significantly (1: 3, 0: 6). So the Basques are still waiting for their first win against an English team.
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United's record against Spaniards is much better, albeit fairly even: They played 26 games against teams from La Liga, with nine wins, eleven draws and six bankruptcies.
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Bet base forecast & Spain Real Sociedad - Manchester United tip
The prerequisites before the first leg are the same and equally unusual for both of them: Both have an away game, have to travel to Turin and, due to the entry restrictions for Englishmen to Spain, play the game at the Juventus Stadium. The home advantage for Real Sociedad is a thing of the past.
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For Real Sociedad, the difficult game against the favorites from England will not be easier - because it is well known that ManUnited feels at home abroad and is enormously strong away from home.
However, the form curve of the Red Devils has recently collapsed a bit. We believe that in the first leg on neutral ground, neither of them will play the hell out of a win - which will also be reflected in the result. Therefore, our forecast for Real Sociedad vs. Manchester United is: a draw.
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