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Hello everyone ,
Today is a very exciting day for football fans around the world as were about to experience about a few hours from now a thrilling contest between Manchester United( the Red Devils) and Villarreal (the yellow Submarines) in the UEFA Europa league final.
The Red Devils are close to winning the UEFA Europa league for the second time in 5 years after many years of disappointments, Man United are the favorites in this contest following their current form in the premier league, finishing 2nd in the premier League and securing their place I the Uefa champions league next season.The Red Devils were unbeaten away from home in the premier League this season, in addition to averaging a 2.25 goals per knockout game this season, the Red Devils have scored in all 16 knockout games they’ve played outside England .
On the other hand Villarreal’s manager has a very great history when it comes to this competition winning 3 straight Europa trophies with another Spanish club Sevilla .After beating Arsenal in the semi finals another English club The yellow submarine are looking forward to their first ever Europa league title.it’s encouraging that the yellow submarine haven’t been sunked in any of their last 12 Europa league games held outside Spain 🇪🇸 Winning 7 and Drawing 5.
Last five matches
Both teams have the same results in their last five matches this season (2W, 2L, 1D) each.
Head to Head
These two teams have been pitted against each other four times in their history. With all campaigns ending with a nil-nil/ goalless draws. twice in 2005 in the Champions league group stage And twice in 2008 also in the champions league group stage.
Hot stats
The yellow submarines are undefeated vs non Spanish counterparts in 23 European fixtures with 16 wins and 7 draws.
The Red Devils are on four-game winning run against other Spanish clubs.they are also unbeaten in 36 of their last 42 overall matches, and they have lost just twice on the road.
Players to watch
Villarreals skipper Gerard Moreno has scored 6 Europa league goals this season with five goals scored before half time.
Meanwhile , Bruno fernades of Man United has scored 5 goals in the Europa league this season , scoring the openers in two of his three goal scoring outings.
My prediction
By the looks of things,I expect Manchester United to have the upper hand.
However, the Submarines are not here to be spectators for United’s glory and shouldn’t be underrated. My correct score prediction is 3-1 in favor of Manchester United.
Kick off and venue
Europa League Final
Date: Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Kick-off : 7:00pm
Venue: Stadion Miejski, Gdańsk,Poland 🇵🇱.
Referee: Turpin C. 🇫🇷
Shoutouts to @tymes2 , @farhmade ,@njaywan , @sparta5005 @chenty and @massachusetts the man United fans on Steemit .
I’m actually a Chelsea fan but I want an English team to win the trophy so I support Manchester United.
Thank you all for reading , hope you enjoyed it, I’ll be posting the Champions league final preview soon.