CLUB BRUGGE vs MAN UTD

Manchester United will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to five games when they take on Club Brugge.

The Red Devils arrive in Belgium on the back of an impressive 2-0 win overChelsea that boosted their hopes of finishing in the Premier League top four.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side finished top of Group L to seal their spot in the Europa League round of 32.

However, they face a tough test if they are to make it through to the next stage as they face a Brugge team flying high in the Belgian First Divsion.

  • Club Brugge are winless in their last 10 meetings with English sides in all competitions
  • United and Brugge have met twice before, with the Red Devils winning 3-1 away and 4-0 at home
  • The Premier League side are unbeaten in their last 10 Europa League knockout stage games
  • United have fielded 32 different players in the Europa League this season, more than any other side

Manchester United XI: Romero, Dalot, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Williams, Matic, Mata, Pereira, Lingard, Martial.

CLUB BRUGGE vs MAN UTD

Manchester United take on Club Brugge in Belgium this evening as they look to take an advantage back to Old Trafford in the first leg of their Europa League round of 32 clash. 

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already confirmed he will make widespread changes to his starting eleven in Bruges, with on-loan striker Odion Ighalo potentially making his first start.

“He’s glad to have got on the pitch,” Solskjaer said of the Nigerian coming off the bench against Chelsea on Monday night. He’s represented us now and it’s just about getting sharper and fitter because he’s been out of season. So he’s trained well and looking forward to this game.”

On the team as a whole the Norwegian coach added: “the focus is this game. We need to look after this one. Then again we have to think about from Monday until Manchester City.

“That’s seven games in 21 days, a game every three days. We need to make sure we find the right moments to put players in and out, and rotate the squad.”

“We saw United play Chelsea [on Monday], where they showed they are a very good team,” he said.

“We don’t know which 11 players will play tomorrow, but what will be sure it will be a strong side that we’ll face.

“For us it’s a huge challenge to look forward to where we can try and compete with a great club in Europe and in England.

“We’ve shown in the Champions League that we can compete with top teams like Real Madrid and PSG now it’s an English team which poses a different challenge.

“We’ll look forward to it and let’s hope we can play a good game, of course.”

Club Brugge vs Manchester United starting line-ups

Club Brugge XI: TBA

Manchester United XI: TBA



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