AZ Alkmaar vs Manchester United Prediction & Betting Tips - Europa League

Prediction published on 01/09/2019, 10:30  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 01/10/2019 at 10:32 in Europa League Predictions

While Manchester United would be happy to have taken a point from the Arsenal match, they will head to Holland with a lot of deficiencies to deal with, especially in attack. They missed a number of big chances against Arsenal, even though they were lucky as well not to lose. Against AZ, they will be taking on a side that has so far enjoyed a far much better season, losing just one of the 14 they have played thus far. They have failed to score in just two of their 14 matches and in the last five matches, they have scored two or more goals per game and they have three straight clean sheets ahead of this clash. While United were facing Arsenal on Monday night, AZ had extra rest, having played on Sunday afternoon, and beaten Heracles 2 – 0. They started their Europa League campaign at the qualifiers stage and have so far played seven matches losing none, while they are in totality unbeaten in their last eight Europa League matches, winning four and drawing as many. They are unbeaten in the last four Europa League matches at home and have lost just two of the last 10 at home in the competition.

On the other hand, United march to this game having failed to score twice in a game for the last eight matches. The last time they scored more than a goal was on the opening day of the Premier League when they trounced Chelsea 4 – 0. They also have no clean sheet in their last three matches. They are also winless in the last three away matches and will be hoping to carry to this game the good run they’ve had in Europa League, losing just once in the last 15. The last time they took part in the competition before this season, Manchester United won it, and they started this campaign on a winning note, beating Astana 1 – 0. However, the United side that won the cup then was much stronger than the current one.