Manchester United v Rangers Match Result
Manchester United are very likely to beat Rangers according to the latest betting odds. Some customers will be reluctant to chance their arm on a team at such as short price when you consider that they sit fourteenth in the Premier League table. They have only won six of their twenty games domestically, with four victories in ten clashes at Old Trafford.
In Europe, it’s been an interesting ride for United, with three wins and three draws coming in six matches. It puts them in a solid enough position to qualify for the last sixteen and it appears as though the team are starting to find their feet after a difficult start to the campaign under Ruben Amorim.
The Portuguese saw his team experience four consecutive defeats against Tottenham, Bournemouth, Wolves and Newcastle United. Just when it seemed as though they were down and out, there was a solid 2-2 draw at Anfield and that came before an FA Cup win away to Arsenal where a victory was secured on penalties.
This European match comes after home clashes against Southampton and Brighton where Amorim will hope to have registered victories before they clash with a Rangers side who don’t tend to experience defeats all too often. They are the second best team in Scotland and did beat Celtic 3-0 in early January.
However, this was followed by a 3-3 draw at Hibernian and a 1-1 draw away to Dundee, with the natives still restless despite a 3-1 win against St Johnstone. They’ll have a huge away following at Old Trafford and perhaps they can engineer a positive result.
Rangers are a huge price to win the game, although many will want to back a United win and one way of getting bigger odds is to go for the home side along with both teams to find the net.
Goals Under/Over
The bookmakers anticipate that there will be Over 2.5 Goals scored in this clash between and English team and Scottish team. It’s fair to say that Manchester United might be able to cover the line on their own here, although they have been fairly shy in front of goal so far in the Premier League.
Their home matches have seen United scored thirteen goals in ten Old Trafford clashes, with Ruben Amorim hoping that he can create a team who is able to create plenty of chances, with Bruno Fernandes driving the team forward from a midfield position and perhaps Rasmus Hojlund can start to motor in front of goal.
Rangers have scored forty-one goals in the Scottish Premiership at the time of writing, with this being managed in the space of twenty-two games. They were on target three times against St Johnstone recently and there was also a 3-0 win over Celtic at the beginning of January.
BTTS
Will this be an end-to-end clash between two of the biggest clubs in the United Kingdom? Manchester United will be on the attack from the off, with Marcus Rashford having possibly left the club by the time this game has been played. After losing 4-3 at Tottenham in the League Cup, there were actually three straight games without a goal being scored.
However, the two goals landed at Anfield was followed by a goal at Arsenal in the FA Cup. Now comes the chance to find the net at home, with United having scored four times against Everton in early December and there were also two goals against Nottingham Forest despite losing the game.
Aside from a 3-0 defeat at Celtic, the other five of the previous six games have involved both teams to score. There was an entertaining 3-3 draw at Hibernian and we can see why Philippe Clement’s side will go out in search of a goal. They average more than two goals per game in the Europa League and this trend could be set to continue.
First Goalscorer
Rasmus Hojlund was able to score twice against Viktoria Plzen in the last Manchester United Europa League clash and the Dane might be the one to find the net against Rangers. At the time of writing, he has failed to score in the previous seven encounters although the £72 million man might find improvement under Ruben Amorim and we should bear in mind that he’s only 21-years-old.
Bruno Fernandes will be on penalty duties and clearly forms part of the new manager’s plans, with the midfielder having an eye for goal and he also has plenty of ability when it comes to free-kicks. Amad Diallo is also a big threat and he has really kicked on since scoring in the Manchester derby to seal the victory.
Vaclav Cerny is on loan from Wolfsburg for Rangers and he’s scored an impressive twelve times for the Scottish side. There could also be more to come from Danilo who has secured six goals despite some limited appearances for the Gers, with Hamza Igamame having notched twelve times for the visitors.