Villarreal vs Manchester United prediction for Tuesday’s Uefa Champions League showdown at Estadio de la Ceramica in Villarreal. Group F top-of-the-table clash as second-placed Villarreal host leaders Manchester United on matchday five. You can follow our free preview prediction and betting tips on this page.
In a very close group, F Villarreal have collected seven points from two wins one draw, and a defeat. With that tally, the Yellow Submarines share the same points as leaders United. However, since Villarreal lost at Old Trafford on matchday two gives the advantage to the Red Devils. As a result, a win here for Unai Emre’s men and qualification for the knock-out stage will be very close.
At home, Villarreal won four drew three and lost one this season in all competitions. In fact, offensively Unai Emre must be content with his attack who are averaging just under two goals a game. On the other hand, the Yellow Submarines had three clean sheets in those eight home games which were their last two. Therefore, Unai Emre must be happy with his team’s form and play to get all three points from this match.
Despite a surprise away defeat on the opening day, Manchester United managed to collect seven points from the next three matches. To illustrate, the Red Devils had to come back from being down in two of their matches against Villarreal and Atalanta to register their two wins. Even in their draw in Bergamo, they equalized in the final minutes.
After suffering in the Premier League where they won just one of their last six games, Solskjaer will look to the UCL for consolation. Surely the Norwegian is under fire after their recent results. And it was Cristiano Ronaldo who’s salvaging his coach with his deadly winners. Looking at their away record, United won three of their seven trips this season and have no wins in their two away games in the UCL.
Certainly, this will be a very crucial match for Villarreal and Manchester United in their quest to secure a knockout stage spot. Having Atalanta in third place with five points, we might see three teams on eight points at the end of this round.
Hence, the Yellow Submarines are under more pressure as they travel to Italy to play Atalanta in the final round. For this, Unai Emre will look for a way to be compact defensively and at the same time create goal-scoring chances.
Surely, both teams will play to win this match, thus we think we will see goals at both ends. To point out, BTTS happened in all four of United’s UCL games and three of four Villarreal matches.
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