Europa League Preview : Manchester United VS FK Partizan

Europa League Matchday 4: Manchester United vs FK Partizan

With 3 points separating Manchester United and the knockout stages of the Europa League, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wouldn’t have hoped for a better fixture than Partizan at home.

How Do Manchester United Look?

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did his press conference today alongside club captain Ashley Young. As it has been this season for Manchester United, injuries remain an enemy of progress. Paul Pogba is expected to be fit in ‘early January’ after various interviews from the Frenchman express his desire to come back and help the team.

He [Pogba] said it himself. It won’t be too long until he’s out of his cast. He’ll work hard during the international break and hopefully he’ll be back

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has also confirmed that Victor Lindelof, played through an injury against Bournemouth and will not feature against Partizan. As for our other absentees, Eric Bailly posted a picture on his Instagram story captioned ‘Long time’ indicating he will be continuing his recovery back at Carrington. Currently, there is no word on when the Ivorian Centre back will be back in contention.

Opposition: FK Partizan

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FK Partizan have been in similar form to ourselves since we last met a fortnight ago. In 3 games the Serbian side have won 2 and lost 1 in that time they have scored 9 goals. On Saturday Bibras Natkho scored a brace in the game that saw Partizan put 4 past 3rd placed Vojvodina in the Serbian Super League.

Key Stats: Manchester United vs FK Partizan

• 14- The number of Europa League games United are unbeaten in
• Manchester United are 1 of 2 sides yet to concede in the Europa League this campaign.
• Anthony Martial’s penalty against FK Partizan in the reverse fixture is Manchester United’s only shot on target in their last two Premier League games.

No fixture for Manchester United is simple when we are in this form. However, with the Europa League our most likely route into Europe next season, a win tomorrow will go a long way into helping us achieve that.