In this season’s Europa League, Plzen have earned an average of just 1.80 corners—5 corners less than Manchester United’s own average in the competition. With such a low corner count for the hosts, it should give us plenty of wiggle room when the two teams meet on Thursday.

The hosts have also conceded an average of 5.20 corners across the same 5 Europa League matches. Even though United’s overall total corner count is at an average of 10.40, Plzen’s potentially small contribution should mean that a maximum of 10 corners are registered in this encounter.

Before Manchester United’s visit on Thursday, Plzen have collected an average of 2.20 cards in this season’s Europa League and by comparison, their five opponents have collected a combined average of 4.60 cards – giving them an overall total of 6.80 cards per Europa League game.

However, opponents United have been far more relaxed when it comes to bad discipline and with the Red Devils only averaging 1.40 cards per game, it seems as if referee Marian Barbu may not be all that busy – especially as he averages 3.00 yellows across his two Europa League games as official.

Since his move from PSG at the start of the campaign, Manuel Ugarte has made 4 Europa League appearances for Manchester United this season and has committed an average of 2.00 fouls per game – while also picking up a single yellow card for his troubles.

Ugarte has given away at least 1 foul in each of the 4 appearances and has met the 2 and above benchmark in 2. The Uruguayan’s most fouls in any single Europa League game this season were the 4 committed in the 1-1 draw at Fenerbahce.

Alejandro Garnacho has recorded 17 shots in this season’s edition of the Europa League at an average of 3.40 per game. However, his ability to register shots on target is of greater interest, especially as the Argentine averaged 1.00 per game before Thursday’s trip to Plzen.

In the five appearances that Garnacho has made in this season’s competition, he has generated at least a single shot on target in 3 of them. In 2 of those appearances, he managed to register 2 shots on target – giving the 20-year-old a 60% strike rate when it comes to meeting this benchmark.

Svetozar Markovic has already made himself known to Europa League referees this season and with 5 appearances under his belt, the Plzen defender has also picked up 2 yellow cards – which have been awarded in 2 of his past 3 European outings.

In addition to the 2 cautions that he has picked up, the defender is not one to shirk from the tackle and with an average of 1.20 fouls against in this season’s Europa League, he is top of the list when it comes to selecting a player to be shown a card by match referee Marian Barbu.

Of all the Manchester United players who have benefitted from Ruben Amorim’s arrival as manager, Marcus Rashford may arguably have shown the largest turnaround in such a short space of time.

The England international wasted no time scoring three Premier League goals in two matches and with him being rested in the home loss to Nottingham Forest, it could well be a trip to Plzen that sees the 27-year-old not only return to the starting eleven but also return his name to the scoresheet.

Although Bruno Fernandes has largely struggled to convert shots into goals this season, the Manchester United midfielder cannot be criticised for the number of chances that he has made for himself since the start of the campaign.

In all competitions, the former Sporting Lisbon player averages a rather impressive 2.84 shots per game and although that tapers down considerably to 0.58 when trying to place an effort on target, this pick just needs Fernandes to have 3 shots against Plzen and not place them between the posts.

Even though Fernandes’ average of shots on target is 0.58 for the season, that does not mean he should be overlooked it when it comes to either scoring or making a goal against Plzen on Thursday and especially as he scored in Manchester United’s 3-2 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest.

Not only has the Portuguese international recently got his name on the scoresheet under the watchful eye of manager and compatriot Ruben Amorim but he also registered 2 assists in the 4-0 league win over Everton and therefore, this slight uptick in recent form is taken into consideration.