Match Day LIVE
Europa Cup Round of 16 2nd leg .
March 13, 2025 .
Venue Old Trafford .
Manchester United vs Real Sociedad.of Spain
Time -8 pm.

A reverse fixture at Old Trafford .

Manchester United welcomes Real Sociedad of Spain for the second leg of the Europa Cup Round of 16 at Old Trafford ,after a 1-1 draw.at San Sabastiin , Spain few days ago.
After the Europa Cup 1-1 draw in Spain last week, Man United played out another 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford in the English Premsiehip League over the weekend .with a superb as well as controversial fee kick of Bruno Fernansdes which was slatee cancelled out by Declan Rice equaliser in the 77 minutes .

Manchester United performance this season in the domestic English Premiership League have been very disappointing , even after the Managerial change with the arrival of the Portuguese tactician of formerly , Sporting Lisbon . With their latest performance of being dumped out of the FA Cup Fifth round , when they lost 4-3 on penalties , after a 1-1 draw with Fulham at Old Trafford
Definitely , the Red Devils will be trophyiless this season , with their 14th position in the premier League standing 13 points behind the top five , with 11 matches to end the season .the pressure is on Man United to deliver or salvage something from the Europa League if they are to feature in next season s champions League , at least to scratch out something from an already bad season of woes of Amorin and co.
But surprisingly in the Europa League matches the Red Devils have had an outstanding five star performance with three draws and five straight wins out of their eight matches so far .with only Lazio , Tottenham and Galatasaray scoring above then with (19) goals against their (16).
Man United are likely to pick up a point tonight or an outright win as they have lost just one match in the last nine Europa League matches to Spanish teams, . the loss was in the 2022/2023 season when they were humbled 3-0 by Sevilla of Spain .
How ever , issues rhar have made headlines new this week , ranges from financial troubles as well as building a new team , plus building a new stadium with a 100,000 capacity .
What is left for Iberiàn sweat merçhant is delivering i of the Europa Cup this season having been playing well with good results .

However , La Real have not progressed beyond the last 16 in the Europa League in this 21st century , although a win today is welcome , they have advanced from their last 8 matches out of 10 when they won the first leg . A win at Old Trafford against , unpredictable Man United is a massive victory and will catapult them to the next level .
Also Real Sociedad have never beaten an English side on home soil , they drew 1 and lost 3, also failing to score against Man United , whom they have only beaten once at Old Trafford in 2022. 1-0..
Their only positive result after the last Europa Cup first leg against Man United 1-1 they head into the second leg ha ing also lost their last four games earlier.inclulding against Seville .

Man United team list shows a high casualty rate with so many injured players , namely Lissndro Martinez with (knee ), Amad Diallo, (ankle) Kobbie Mainoo ,(calf ), Luke Shaw ,(hamstring ), Mason Mount and Altay with unspecified injuries , Johnny Evans (muscle )as well as Toby Collywe (knock) will be absent this evening at Old Trafford

Also on the injury list is defensive stalwat and own goal specialist , Harry Maguire , but he played against Ars enal last Sunday and gave a good account of his stewardship , Tim Heaton are both doubtful , though Victor Lindeloff may step in in his absence of the former central defender with Matthijis denLigit and Leny Yoro or Nousasair Marzraoui.
New signing Patrick Dorgu will be available after serving three match ban , the infant terrible , 17 year old forward Chido Obi Martins will not be available too rather Bruno Fernansdes and Garnacho n place is assured ,considering the opposition tonight m
Harry Maguire (knock) and backup goalkeeper Tom Heaton (unspecified) are both doubtful and the potential absence of the former could see Victor Lindelof handed a start in central defence alongside Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro, or Noussair Mazraoui could move from wing-back into the three-man defence
Injury list for La Real is a bit threatening with so many of their first team players not to future in today s encounter , namely Job Pacheco muscle injury , Arsenal Zakharyan, .(thigh), as well as Alvaro Odriizola, a bit doubtful , but Sheraldo Becker and Takefussa , though are likley to make the starting line up, after serving suspensions
Central midfielder and center back are sure of a place after missing out in the last games .
Nine Goal hero , is a sure bet for a start for Real .

Predictions

Considering Man United s unpredictability in football matches lately where they have conceded goals in almost all the matches they are involved with Spanish teams and also scored too , we expect a score draw from both teams .Just they did against Arsenal last Sunday I the English Premsiehip League that ended 1-1 , who knows if the tides will change today and they get an outright win against their nemesis Real Sociedad , who once beat them at Old Trafford in 2022/23 season 0-1.

While their hosts Real Sociedad who have been battling for form. in all competitions cannot get a three star rating in terms of scoring more goals than Man United .
The match may go either way or possibly a score draw .

Man U ited 2-2 Man United Or 1-1. a likely extra time as well as penalty shootout .

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