Manchester United vs Barcelona – Preview, Tips and Odds

Europe: Europa League - Play Offs

Manchester Utd

Full Time

2:1

Barcelona

Highlights and Stats

Barcelona will travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United on Thursday for the 2nd leg of the play off clash in UEFA Europa League.

Manchester United vs Barcelona Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2023/02/16	Last 7 Games
Manchester Utd	draw	? Daway Laway Lhome Laway Laway Whome Daway
Barcelona	draw	? Dhome Whome Waway Whome Whome Laway Dhome

Worth Mentioning

The most recent time when Manchester United and Barcelona locked horns, the game finished with the score of 2:2. Not counting their latest game, Barcelona were boasting a string of four sequential wins, and have successfully avoided defeat in five matches versus Manchester United. Playing at home turned out advantageous in the latest 7 face-to-face clashes. The hosts went all guns on their opponents and secured 4 wins and remained unscathed in 6 of 7. Three of the previous five meetings produced over 2.5 goals and two witnessed goals at both ends. In the meantime Manchester United have not managed to keep a single clean sheet, while Barcelona have not conceded in three of the matches. The antecedent five encounters between the two teams ended with an average of 2.80 goals.

Manchester United vs Barcelona Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 7 games

Manchester UtdBarcelona

• Goals

  0.57

  1.57

• Fouls

  14.33

  10.33

• Corners

  3.33

  6.67

• Offsides

  2.00

  0.00

• Cards

  2.00

  1.67

• Posession

  36%

  64%

2023/02/16 UEFA Europa League

Manchester UtdHBarcelona

• Goals

  2

  2

• Fouls

  12

  10

• Corners

  5

  8

• Offsides

  1

  0

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  39%

  61%

2019/04/16 UEFA Champions League

Manchester UtdHBarcelona

• Goals

  0

  3

• Fouls

  15

  10

• Corners

  3

  8

• Offsides

  3

  0

• Cards

  0

  1

• Posession

  35%

  65%

2019/04/10 UEFA Champions League

HManchester UtdBarcelona

• Goals

  0

  1

• Fouls

  16

  11

• Corners

  2

  4

• Offsides

  2

  0

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  33%

  67%

2011/05/28 UEFA Champions League

Manchester UtdHBarcelona

• Goals

  1

  3

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2009/05/27 UEFA Champions League

Manchester UtdHBarcelona

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2008/04/29 UEFA Champions League

HManchester UtdBarcelona

• Goals

  1

  0

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

2008/04/23 UEFA Champions League

Manchester UtdHBarcelona

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  no data

• Corners

  no data

• Offsides

  no data

• Cards

  no data

• Posession

  no data

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Manchester United Form

In their last match Manchester United registered a 3:0 home win versus Leicester City in the Premier League on February 19. The team has not had the bitter taste of defeat in eight consecutive matches with a total of 6 victories and 2 draws. Being the host has proven to be beneficial in Manchester United’s most recent 10 encounters. The hosting team registered a win 5 times and have not been defeated in 8 out of 10 games. Of their last five clashes, four resulted in over 2.5 goals and three had both teams scoring. During that period the Red Devils managed to keep two clean sheets, while they scored at least one goal in all matches. From a statistical point of view their last 5 outings ended with an average of 3.20 goals per game.

• Goals
  2.20
• Fouls
  10.10
• Corners
  5.00
• Offsides
  1.40
• Cards
  1.60
• Posession
  60%

Barcelona Form

Barcelona’s last match was against Cadiz on Sunday and it finished in a 2:0 win at home. The Catalan outfit is currently enjoying an undefeated streak of ten games, recording one draw and nine wins in the process. Playing on homeground had no considerable impact in Barcelona’s last ten meetings, as the hosts recorded 4 wins while the guests triumphed on 5 occasions. No more than one of the previous 10 meetings of the squad concluded in draws. Three out of the last five matches of the team featured over 2.5 goals, with two witnessing goals at both ends of the field. Barcelona’s defensive efforts proved enough to limit the opposition to no goals in three of these games and they scored on their own at least once in all of those. During their last five clashes, the teams involved netted 13 goals in total.

• Goals
  1.90
• Fouls
  12.40
• Corners
  5.30
• Offsides
  2.50
• Cards
  1.90
• Posession
  62%

Formations and Lineups

Manchester Utd

Formation:4-2-3-1

• G1David De Gea
• D29Aaron Wan-Bissaka
• D19Raphaël Varane
• D6Lisandro Martínez
• D23Luke Shaw
• M17Fred
• M18Casemiro
• M8Bruno Fernandes
• M25Jadon Sancho
• M10Marcus Rashford
• F27Wout Weghorst

1 David De Gea 29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 19 Raphaël Varane 6 Lisandro Martínez 23 Luke Shaw 17 Fred 18 Casemiro 8 Bruno Fernandes 25 Jadon Sancho 10 Marcus Rashford 27 Wout Weghorst

Barcelona

Formation:4-3-3

• G1Marc-André ter Stegen
• D23Jules Koundé
• D4Ronald Araújo
• D15Andreas Christensen
• D28Alejandro Baldé
• M19Franck Kessié
• M5Sergio Busquets
• M21Frenkie de Jong
• F22Raphinha
• F9Robert Lewandowski
• F20Sergi Roberto

1 Marc-André ter Stegen 23 Jules Koundé 4 Ronald Araújo 15 Andreas Christensen 28 Alejandro Baldé 19 Franck Kessié 5 Sergio Busquets 21 Frenkie de Jong 22 Raphinha 9 Robert Lewandowski 20 Sergi Roberto

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last Manchester Utd	Last Barcelona	Probability	Value Odds Over
Manchester Utd WIN	1/7	6/10	-	26.77%	3.74
DRAW	2/7	3/10	1/10	17.99%	5.56
Barcelona WIN	4/7	-	9/10	55.24%	1.81
Over 2.5 Goals	3/7	7/10	4/10	50.14%	1.99
BTTS	2/7	6/10	2/10	35.43%	2.82
Over 4.5 Cards	2/3	3/10	7/10	56.67%	1.76
Over 10.5 Corners	2/3	5/10	6/10	59.67%	1.68
Manchester Utd over 1.5 Goals	1/7	9/10	-	48.36%	2.07
Barcelona over 1.5 Goals	4/7	-	5/10	53.93%	1.85

Match Details

Manchester UtdvsBarcelona

• 88`
  (in) S. McTominay(out) M. Rashford

  
• 86`
  CasemiroHolding

  
• 83`
  

  S. BusquetsHolding
• 82`
  

  (in) M. Alonso(out) R. Araujo
• 78`
  A. GarnachoRoughing

  
• 75`
  

  (in) A. Fati(out) Raphinha
• 73`
  Antony

  

  2 - 1
• 71`
  

  R. LewandowskiFoul
• 70`
  

  (in) F. Torres(out) S. Roberto
• 67`
  (in) A. Garnacho(out) J. Sancho

  
• 67`
  (in) D. Dalot(out) A. Wan-Bissaka

  
• 60`
  

  S. RobertoUnsportsmanlike conduct
• 60`
  B. FernandesUnsportsmanlike conduct

  
• 47`
  FredB. Fernandes

  

  1 - 1
• 46`
  (in) Antony(out) W. Weghorst

  
• 18`
  0 - 1

  

  R. Lewandowski (pen.)