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Man United to Host Barcelona in Return Leg at Europa League


Thu 23 Feb 2023 | 05:54 PM
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Tonight, Manchester United will host Barcelona for the return leg of the Last-16 round of the Europa League.

Both European giants faced each other last week in a game that ended with a 2-2 draw. The game was hosted at Camp Nou.

Donny van de Beek and Christian Eriksen are still on the injury list, while Antony, Anthony Martial, and Harry Maguire could be out of the starting XI due to injury doubts.

As for Barcelona, they will play the return leg without two of their three essential midfielders, as Pedri was pulled out of the list due to injury, while Gavi is suspended. However, Sergio Busquets could return to action after recovering from injury. Ousmane Dembele remains also sidelined.

Manchester United's predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): David De Gea; Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw; Casemiro, Fred; Bruno Fernandes, Wout Weghorst, Jadon Sancho; Marcus Rashford

Barcelona's predicted line-up (4-3-3): Marc-Andre Ter Stegen; Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Jordi Alba; Frenkie De Jong, Sergio Busquets, Franck Kessie; Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Ansu Fati