​Barcelona vs Manchester United UEFA Europa League Round of 16 Playoff First Leg is scheduled for Thursday, February 16 at 19:45 at Camp Nou live. About Arena.
In the strongest “double” of this phase of the competition, “Barcelona”, the clear leader of LaLiga, and “Manchester United”, which is in 3rd place in the EPL and having the best season in recent years, meet.
Barcelona picked up an important La Liga win, 1-0 at Villarreal, a success that keeps them within striking distance of arch-rivals Real Madrid (8 points).
The Catalans were relegated (for the second time in a row) ahead of the UEFA Champions League play-offs after finishing 3rd in a group with Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Viktoria Plzen, so Xavi’s team “flew” into the UEFA Europa League. , where he is also the main candidate for the trophy.
Although Barcelona have won the UEFA Champions League five times, they have never triumphed in the UEFA Europa League or its predecessor, the UEFA Cup, and in their last outing they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Eintracht Frankfurt (1 – 1 away and 2-3 at home), the team that wins the trophy.
Manchester United also won their last official match, 2-0 away to Leeds, to move into 3rd place in the table, five points behind leaders Arsenal, who, however, have one less games.
The team coached by Erik ten Haag qualified for this phase of the UEFA Europa League finishing 2nd in a group with Real Sociedad (the team went directly to the round of 16), Sheriff Tiraspol and Omonia Nicosia .
The Devils won the UEFA Europa League in 2016-2017, 2-0 in the final against Ajax Amsterdam in Stockholm, and in the 2020-21 season reached the final act, where they lost in dramatic fashion to Villarreal, 1-1 after 90 and 120 minutes. respectively, 10-11 after the penalty.
The last time these two teams met was in the 2018-2019 Champions League season, when Barcelona won both legs against Manchester United, 1-0 at Old Trafford and 3-0 at Camp Nou.
Barcelona and Manchester United have also played each other in two UEFA Champions League finals, with the Catalans beating the British on each occasion, 2-0 at the Olimpico in Rome in 2009 and 3-1 at London Wembley in 2011.
Superbet offers odds of 1.67 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Barcelona – Manchester United.
| Barcelona – Manchester United | GG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.67 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
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