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Man United v PAOK
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Kick Off: Thursday 7th November at 20:00
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Competition: UEFA Europa League
Ruud van Nistelrooy takes charge of his third match of four in temporary charge of Man Utd as they host PAOK in the Europa League. After a winless, yet unbeaten start of three straight draws in the new format, Utd sit 21st, whereas PAOK have lost two of three winless games and find themselves in 30th of the 36-team league.
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Despite both sides’ lowly positions in the table, both teams have underperformed. Erik ten Hag lost his job last month but it was players letting him down this season. Man Utd are the biggest underperformers in front of goal in the Premier League having failed to convert a huge additional nine expected goals with the likes of Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho, and Joshua Zirkzee the biggest culprits.
PAOK on the other hand domestically have started well, sitting 2nd in Greece. Their position of 30th is false with poor finishing also letting them down.
They’ve averaged 18.0 shots-per-game – the 6th most – creating almost five expected goals, yet alone scored three. They’ve got a wrath of great attacking and creative options in the likes of Kiril Despodov, Mbwana Samatta, Fedor Chalov, Andrija Zivkovic, Taison, Stefan Schwab, and Magomed Ozdoev and can make this contest a lot closer than the 1.20 available on Man Utd.
It should be a goal-heavy game but Over 2.5 goals is just 1.40, however, we can get 1.70 on PAOK scoring just once which looks fantastic value in a game forecasted to have 3.4 goals.
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👕 Man United v PAOK Predicted XI
🔍 Man United v PAOK Players to Watch
🔴 Manuel Ugarte
Uruguayan Manuel Ugarte was the main protagonist for fouls against Chelsea on Sunday committing 6 alone!
It’s not the first time he’s committed 6 for his new club either, as he also made 6 on his first start versus League One side Barnsley. Across his six Man Utd starts, he’s made a huge 21 fouls at an average of 3.50 per game.
🔴 Lisandro Martinez
Continuing on the foul trend, Lisandro Martinez was not far behind Manuel Ugarte on Sunday versus Chelsea claiming 3 for himself.
This season he’s committed 14 fouls in 13 games at an average of 1.08 per game. At Old Trafford, he’s committed a foul in six of seven games with the only game he didn’t against Brentford when deployed out of position at left-back.
🔴 Matthijs De Ligt
Matthijs de Ligt only committed one foul against Chelsea but he’s been consistently making them since he joined in the summer from Bayern Munich.
Across his 10 starts domestically and in Europe, he’s made 10 fouls at an average of 1.0 per game, only twice failing to make a foul (80% success). Last season in Europe for Bayern de Ligt was also aggressive, averaging 1.1 fouls per game.
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💻 Man United v PAOK Form and Tactics
Since Ruud van Nistelrooy took over, in his two games in charge, Man Utd have fired in 34 shots, created 4.93 expected goals, and scored six, whilst at the other end they have conceded 28 shots, 1.95 expected goals, resulting in three goals against. With PAOK sitting 2nd in Greece, and not being shot shy themselves, averaging 18.0 per game in Europe so far, expect an open match.
There was a clear shift in van Nistelrooy’s first Premier League game in charge at Old Trafford with the players really getting stuck into Chelsea. They committed 19 fouls as they lead the charge for the current Dutch boss, a huge increase on their 11.5 per-game average this season. PAOK attackers Brandon Thomas and Fedor Chalov have been fouled eight times in just 221 minutes combined in Europe and look prime candidates for Utd’s defensive enforcers.
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🏁 Man United v PAOK Ref Watch
- Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
- Radu Petrescu has shown 10 cards in his two European games this season.
- Across 5 European games last season, he only averaged 3.0 cards per game.
- Since 2020, across 12 European matches, has only shown one red card and awarded zero penalties.
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