Topic: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season - page 220. (Read 49231 times)

I don't expect Fenerbahce to win, but why not give us a surprise?
It looks like a classic draw, but the ball is round and anything can happen, so you can't count on it. Every goal is important for Fenerbahce, and a draw would be in Fenerbahce's favor. I think Jorge Jesus has prepared the team well and they will at least get a draw.

It looks like the rotation is quite feasible for Arsenal and I think Mikel Arteta should be able to optimize his players to be able to fill temporary positions. For Saka, it is likely that he will come on as a substitute in the second half and that may be one of Mikel Arteta's strategies to maximize his chances of winning at Sporting later. Other than that, I think Arsenal will still be fine with their current squad.

In the match played at Old Trafford, Manchester United carried the mission of victory after being humiliated by Liverpool in the Premier League. The humiliating defeat that was obtained at Anfield at the same time broke the trend of four consecutive wins for Manchester United. Ten Hag made the match against Real Betis a moment of revival for Manchester United. But he shouldn't underestimate Real Betis even though he just beat Barcelona in the knockout round playoffs.

Real Betis qualified for the round of 16 by winning Group C, which was occupied by Roma, Ludogorets Razgrad and HJK Helsinki. Real Betis come to Old Trafford in the best condition and their performances in the last five matches in all competitions have been quite impressive, most recently they were able to hold Real Madrid to a draw in La Liga.

the situations are very different, at this moment Arsenal really is much stronger than Sporting but there is something that makes Sporting better than Arsenal at this moment, I am talking about the following fact:

1 - arsenal is at the top of the premier league, they are very close to second place

2 - arsenal are losing their best attacking due to injuries, they can't afford to lose more strikers because that would be the end of them, they have no chance of winning the premier league

with these two points i believe that arsenal will play to save their best players and try their luck to win the game, sporting is an unstable team, they have good players but their defense sometimes makes disastrous mistakes, arsenal can get a draw in this game

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Roma - Real Sociedad

this is a very complicated game for real society, some historical facts are not in favor of real society

1 - in the last 33 games of the European competitions Roma had at home, they lost in just 2 games, this is a very important data

2 - real sociedad in 6 games against italian teams only won one game

3 - in the last 3 games in la liga real sociedad failed to get good results

i think this is a game where roma have chances to win the game

Sporting Lisbon - Arsenal

arsenal that is at the top of the premier league and that is struggling not to fall from that position and with a very limited number of good strikers, they cannot afford to have injured strikers, in this case I think that arsenal will play with only saving players for premier league and looking at sportting i see that this game will end in a draw

Union Berlin vs. Union SG

Union Berlin hasn't been doing very well in the last few games, but I believe they have better options to come out of this game with victory.

Juventus - Freiburg

looking at juventus, honestly I don't know what to expect from them in this game, sometimes they play well and manage to score a lot of goals, but in the next game the coach changes the formation and players and they lose the game, so it's hard to predict the results of the games from juventus, going particularly in this game to Freiburg, a team that comes into this game having a tie in the bundesliga against a weak team, and juventus comes from a defeat, I know that rome is a good team but it doesn't change the fact that juventus come into this game with a loss

Manchester United - Real Betis

 

man it's very hard to forget the defeat of manchester united against liverpool, i think that for this game the coach of manchester united will make changes in the defense, but manchester united can benefit from the fact that betis have Nabil Fekir and Juan Cruz missing and also the following betis players Claudio Bravo , German Pezzella , Luiz Felipe and Aitor Ruibal can not receive a card because they will not play in the second leg

Sevilla - Fenerbahce

Is very strange to see these odds:

sevilla = @1.89

fenerbahce = @4.30

in the last 2 la liga games sevilla conceded a total of 9 goals, in their last la liga game sevilla lost 6 - 1 against atlético madrid, honestly i see Fenerbahce coming out with a win

The loss to Liverpool was very embarrassing both to players and coach. Manchester United will win today because they will want to remove the embarrassment from their eyes. Manchester United have been identified as potential winners of the Europa competition, I think they have the ability to live up to what is expected from them. Manchester United will win Real Betis, they have the home advantage in this first game, and that will really help.

Juventus vs Freiburg

After successfully eliminate Nantes on play off match Juventus will get another tough opponent Freiburg and this season Freiburg were qualified as group champion with unbeatable even during group stage Freiburg only conceded 3 goals from 6 matches so this proven Freiburg had a potention to make Juventus in trouble

But Juventus also is not weak team although they playing at this competition because of eliminate on group stage champion league but Juventus has showed they can be counted as strong contender for race title and for today match i am sure Juventus will attempts to beat Freiburg especially they have the advantage of playing at home and with their experience in europa competitions i am sure Juventus will be able to overcomes Freiburg and the odds for Juventus is @1.57

Sevilla - Fenerbahce is also seeming like an interesting draw. Because these teams have a really good history against each other even though they played only twice in official games.

Fifteen years ago, Fenerbahce managed to eliminate them in the Champions League. But the fight behind this elimination was really amazing. It was such a delightful matchup that we see its ending by penalties. I know there has been a long time since then. But now these teams both still seem solid in the Europa League. Sevilla are having a bad season in the La Liga maybe but they don't let that performance affect their results here badly. Fenerbahce are managed really nicely thanks to Jorge Jesus also.

I don't think Fenerbahce can win here but I still expect a very close result at the end of the game.

I'm optimistic United will win their game over Betis. after all, the defeat to Liverpool in the previous week was not a disaster for Ten Hag and his team. at the very least, we believe Ten Hag has evaluated his squad to perform much better than before. I quite believe, if The Red Devils will win their match over Betis. after all, in this match Manchester United played as the home team. that is, the probability that United have is large enough to win. also, if we refer to the predicted starting line-up that United will play in this match, Ten Hag will still play his first team.

On the other hand, Betis is not an easy team to be defeated by their opponents. also, Manuel Pellegrini will optimize his squad to provide resistance for the home team. However, to overthrow The Red Devils at their own headquarters is not an easy matter. at least, a draw is the ideal result for Real Betis. even so, my estimation, United will win the game, at least The Red Devils will score two goals.

Mentally maybe Manchester United must have been very shaken when they received the biggest defeat to Liverpool 7-0 and this was very embarrassing, and before that happened Manchester United had been hard to beat in their last 11 matches. But Liverpool were able to beat him 7-0 without a goal.
But forget all that because nothing is perfect in football and there are bound to be defeats and embarrassments, and what happened to Manchester United will be a lesson. And I'm sure the match against Real Betis will be a release match for Manchester United even though Real Betis is not an easy opponent, especially playing at home at Old Trafford Manchester United have to prove it.

The injured players are more experienced by the forwards so I think maybe it's not so bad, because rotation can still be done by playing a midfielder temporarily as a forward. Yes indeed, with this rotation, Arsenal's attack is not as good as playing pure players in positions left behind, but if they can still play with good chemistry then the rotations carried out will at least give good results.

Anyway, I believe Arsenal can still do well in the Europa League but unfortunately, if injuries persist then Arsenal will have serious problems for their position in the Premier League. Also, at least Arsenal can still breathe easy because Sporting at this moment is also not very good, but that doesn't mean Arsenal will beat Sporting easily. Because the quality of the team is not optimal, at least Arsenal can still play with a draw or not lose in the first leg or away match against Sporting.

Man United's defeat to Liverpool was indeed embarrassing and there is a possibility that it will affect them mentally, but it doesn't mean that their performance will continue to be bad. I think they will definitely learn from their mistakes and will not drag on in their grief, and the match against Real Betis was a chance to restore their faith. Real Betis is not an easy opponent, but if you see that Man United has managed to get rid of Barcelona, I think Man United has a chance to beat Real Betis.

The injury to Trossard at such an important time is very heart Breaking, team rotation is going to be Arteta's best bet for a victory. Reiss Nelson may be starting for Saka and Emile Smith-Rowe in Martinelli's former position. Fabio Vieira also looks to be staring in place of Odegaard, with Takehiro Tomiyasu for Zichenko and Jakub Kiwior for Gabriel in central defense. If this team line up stands, I think Reiss Nelson will later move to Emile Smith-Rowe's position and Saka may be subbed in later, just as Odegaard too. Regardless of how my club lines up, I hope we can win against Sporting in their home while we wait for them to visit the Emirates.

Forgetting it and Erik ten Hag must have prepared a special strategy is one of our optimistic considerations if Manchester United will win over Real Betis.
Maybe Erik ten Hag has watched the video of the match when Real Betis drew against Real Madrid at the Benito Villamarin, Seville.

On the other hand, Erik ten Hag also accompanied Manchester United on the sidelines during a friendly match which ended in a win for Real Betis with a goal scored by Fekir on 11 December 2022. Most of all, Erik is already familiar with Peleggrini's strategy.

Agreed, As you can see that how MU was able winning against the strongest club in la liga. It seems like that there was something different with MU when it was facing liverpool in anfield. I did believe if MU was not fully prepared. Some players were not playing as usual against liverpool in the last match. I think that ten hag already briefing all of players about that. Ten hat has been even forcing all of players to know what's their fault during the match against liverpool.
It's very hard to predict caused by anything can happen in football but the thing that MU must not forget is betis should not be underrated at this moment, caused by betis's performance is also consistent in la liga.
If mu will be repeating the same mistake against liverpool and then betis will able to beat it easily. Betis needs to think so hard about how to beat MU.

MU must be careful. Ten hag will not even wanna see his team showing bad performance again in europa league

It looks like Arsenal will continue to consistently achieve victory on the road against Sporting today. I don't see any gaps for Arsenal to lose, moreover they are currently on fire in all active competitions including the European league. But unfortunately, after Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah were injured, it is now reported that Leandro Trossard is also injured. It looks like Mikel Arteta will have to think hard about setting up his attack line later and maybe Gabriel Martinelli will be the main striker in this match.

Source: https://talksport.com/football/1353833/arsenal-team-news-sporting-lisbon-europa-league/

Arsenal is the favorite in this matchup. I think they might struggle in this first match. But overall they should qualify,but if Sporting wins in their first match it would be really hard for Arsenal to comeback. But this is a big chance for Arsenal to get a big trophy

Arsenal are going into this game in a great form having won their last four matches, beating Aston Villa, Leicester City, Everton and Bournemouth to strengthen their chances of winning the Premier League. Sporting CP is a very good side, they are playing at home, in front of their home fans so I expect them to play well. Arteta has a concern of rotation of his squad considering the tough schedule of fixtures ahead.  If he should be able to feature the right squad for this particular game so they can have an advantage away.

I also think so about Juventus, the Europa League is their only chance to qualify for the Champions League next season and their motivation will be very high. And Arsenal will be focused on the Premier League as City are chasing them very hard. Well, the EL is not such a prestigious tournament, I think that it is more considered as an opportunity to get a place in the Champions League than to want to win this tournament.

Sporting appearance in the league is not as good as Arsenal's. But Sporting that can enter the last 16 of the European League cannot be underestimated.
Even though playing at home, I don't think Arsenal will be easily influenced by that problem. As long as they play with a good squad, Sporting will also have difficulty facing Arsenal.
Arsenal's first leg might not be much dominance. Maybe the victory with a thin score of Arsenal got.

The first matches will be played today. Jorge jesus is an experienced coach in these cups and I think he has prepared the team accordingly. He has a goal and he will want to play the final in line with this goal. It will be a tough challenge, but this time is expecting a very serious match. If this match is not lost, I expect that they will be the side that will advance at home. I hope my feelings won't deceive me. I think the match will end in a draw