The Evropa League home match against Omonia is coming at the right time for Manchester United and coach Erik Ten Hag. After a 6-3 disaster in a derby match with City, the Red Devils started badly against today’s opponent (0-1 after 34 minutes) but in the end, celebrated a shaky 3-2 win. Another narrow win followed this week against Everton (2-1 but United were trailing again), so Omonia is ideal for a mini-series of three wins in a row before tricky Newcastle United comes to town on Sunday. United also needs a win since they chase Real Sociedad for first place in the group and an automatic qualification to the knockout stage. Ten Hag: ‘Ronaldo to reject improper conduct charge’This game will be one of those rare occasions for Ten Hag to mix the squad a bit, but not too much since any result apart from a win would be a further embarrassment and another two-game playoff with a third-placed team from the Champions League in order to advance to the Europa League knockout stage. So from now on, United needs to win all the games in the group in order to finish first. If there is a possibility for Martin Dubravka to start a match for United, it’s against Omonia at home. It is expected that Ten Hag will keep his defense intact for this match, or maybe change Malacia with Shaw. Harry Maguire, Donnie van de Beek, Aaron van Bissack, Brandon Williams, and Axel Tuanzebe are all injured anyway. Glazers don’t want to sell Man Utd says British tycoon RatcliffeAgainst Omonia, Casemiro and Eriksen (or Fernandes) could get a rest, and Fred (or McTominlay) could finally have a start, while Ronaldo is all but certain in attack. He will have support from Sancho and Rashford, but not Martial, who is again injured.„Of course, we want to qualify, but also we want to be first in the group, so that means we are three points behind so we have to fight back to get over Sociedad. We have three games to go so it’s an important game today“ said coach Ten Hag.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – GROUP STAGERound 4Thursday19:45: (7.75) Bodo (4.50) Arsenal (1.51)19:45: (4.80) AEK Larnaca (3.60) Fenerbahce (1.89)19:45: (4.40) Dynamo Kyiv (3.60) Rennes (1.94)19:45: (2.65) Betis (3.30) Roma (2.90)19:45: (2.50) St.Gilloise (3.35) Braga (3.10)19:45: (1.63) Feyenoord (4.20) Midtjylland (6.00)19:45: (3.80) Nantes (3.50) Freiburg (2.14)19:45: (1.91) Qarabag (3.60) Olympiakos (4.70)22:00: (2.55) Ferencvaros (3.30) Crvena Zvezda (3.00)22:00: (1.27) PSV (7.00) Zurich (10.5)22:00: (1.63) Ludogorets (4.10) Helsinki (6.25)22:00: (1.40) Union Berlin (5.10) Malmo (10.0)22:00: (1.13) Man.Utd. (11.0) Omonia (19.0)22:00: (1.27) Sociedad (6.25) Sheriff Tiraspol (13.0)22:00: (1.53) Lazio (4.50) Sturm (7.25)22:00: (3.50) Trabzon (3.50) Monaco (2.24)*** odds are subject to change***
