Europa League tips: Man Utd to pull off top-spot victory; Arsenal to rip Zurich apart
Check out our key stats and suggested bets for Thursday night’s Europa League action which includes Manchester United’s visit to Sociedad and Arsenal’s home clash with FC Zurich.
Real Sociedad vs Manchester United
That's a pretty big incentive with the likes of Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen potentially lurking around the corner.
Manchester United will be desperate to shelve their European campaign until March, but they will need a convincing win in Spain to do so. But that is not out of the question for Erik ten Hag's men.
United need to win by more than one goal against the La Liga side, who have the best defence in the competition. They have only conceded one goal - in the 2-1 home win over Omonia - but United have a decent scoring record away in the competition.
The timing of fifth-placed Sociedad's La Liga blip is unfortunate, but United, who are sure to go with a strong line-up, might just be able to pull off a significant win.
Arsenal vs FC Zurich
If PSV fail to win, then Arsenal will top the group. But Mikel Arteta will not want to rely on the Dutch side, who beat them 2-0 last week.
Arsenal have been perfect at home this season, winning eight from eight and Zurich should not cause them too many problems on Thursday.
It should be a line-up that will have too much for the Swiss side, whose 1-0 win over Sion made it back-to-back wins.
Feyenoord vs Lazio
Lazio had conceded just five Serie A goals all season before losing 3-1 to Salernitana over the weekend. They were chasing a seventh consecutive clean sheet in the league but ended up on a shock home defeat that could have been worse as they lost their shape late on.
Key stats
- Man Utd are undefeated in 33 of their last 37 EL matches
- Real Sociedad have won all five EL matches this season
- Real Sociedad have kept a clean sheet in their last three EL matches
- Real Sociedad have scored at least two goals in their last four EL matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in FC Zurich's last five EL games
- There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Arsenal's last three EL games
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in six of Lazio's last seven EL games
Suggested bets
- Manchester Utd (-1) to beat Real Sociedad
- Manchester United to win 2-0
- Arsenal vs FC Zurich over 2.5 goals
- Arsenal to beat FC Zurich 3-1
- Feyenoord vs Lazio draw
- Feyenoord vs Lazio under 2.5 goals
- Feyenoord vs Lazio no goalscorer