2023-12-08 23:14:04
Visiting Old Trafford is always difficult, and if you don’t believe me, ask Bournemouth fans: in 10 visits to the theater of dreams, United have won 9 games and drawn one. The visiting team He still doesn’t know victory in Manchester.
Those of Ten Hag, forced to win if they do not want to escape the option of fighting for the Champions League
The truth is that things are not going well in the team led by Erik Ten Hag: the crisis in the Champions League and the irregularity in the Premier League They make us doubt that United will emerge from such a dramatic situation.. Although the emergence of Alejandro Garnacho In recent months he has helped the team greatly, The Red Devils suffer a lot in defenseand that can be seen in the history of results: 2 clean sheets in the last 4 games, but 5 goals againstmaking it a very poor balance for a team of such caliber as Manchester United.
Los Mancunians They have only achieved 5 victories in their first 10 games in the domestic competition. However, in his last 5 days there has been a notable improvement, with a balance of 4 victories and a single defeat.
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Bournemouth, to extend the good streak in the Premier
After a start to the season that seemed insurmountable, Bournemouth are fifteenth, 7 points above relegation. The team led by Iraola began the Premier League with 1 single victory in the first 10 days, placing it seventeenth at that time. Since that victory over Burnley on matchday 10, Iraola’s men They won 3 games, lost 1 and tied another in their last 5 gameshaving improved their balance significantly: they have not lost for four games in a row for Premier Leagueand they come from beating 2-0 against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, where he achieved an important victory in his fight to maintain the category.
Bournemouth players celebrating a goal against Crystal Palace last Wednesday / @afcbournemouth in X
Background to the duel between Manchester United and Bournemouth
The antecedents among themselves reflect the supremacy of the Manchester United, con 14 wins, three draws and only three losses in 20 games. The last duel was a 1-0 victory for the Red Devils, on May 20, 2023, with a goal from Casemiro. If we look at the goal difference, it is overwhelming: the red devils They have scored 43 goals and have only conceded 16 in 20 games disputed.
Here I leave the history of the latest results between both teams:
Premier League
2022/2023, 37. Jornada, Bournemouth – Manchester United, 0:1
2022/2023, 19. Day, Manchester United – Bournemouth, 3:0
2019/2020, 33. Day, Manchester United – Bournemouth, 5:2
2019/2020, 11. Jornada, Bournemouth – Manchester United, 1:0
2018/2019, 20. Day, Manchester United – Bournemouth, 4:1
2018/2019, 11. Jornada, Bournemouth – Manchester United, 1-2
2017/2018, 35. Jornada, Bournemouth – Manchester United, 0-2
2017/2018, 17. Day, Manchester United – Bournemouth, 1-0
2016/2017, 27. Day, Manchester United – Bournemouth, 1-1
2016/2017, 1. Jornada, Bournemouth – Manchester United, 1-3
2015/2016, 38. Day, Manchester United – Bournemouth, 3-1
2015/2016, 16. Jornada, Bournemouth – Manchester United, 2-1
Pre-match statements
Ten Hag showered praise on Scott McTominay already Harry Maguire, the latter winner of the player of the month award. “They [Maguire y McTominay] They are great players, and they earned a place. That is what one expects from every footballer. “There has to be dedication on the part of everyone to aspire to the goal.”
The Dutchman also wanted to dedicate words of affection to a questioned Rashford: “He is an incredibly good player. One cannot play alone with 11 players. Furthermore, he cannot play all the games either. Right now, he is not performing like he did last year, but I am sure he will do it again.”
On Bournemouth’s part, Andoni Iraola He called for calm: “I am very happy with the performance in the last game, but there is no time to enjoy, because we have to be prepared. Tomorrow we have a very difficult game at Old Trafford and we have to be prepared physically and mentally.” .
The match referee
With 428 refereed matches in the Premier League behind him, and at the age of 41, Peter Bankes is chosen to referee this match. The English referee whistled a total of 4 meetings Manchester United, with a balance of 2 wins and 2 losses. On the other hand, he has refereed a total of 5 games to Bournemouthresulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Probable lineups
Given the good performance of the starting 11 selected by Ten Hag in United’s last victory, No big changes are expected in the eleven.
Manchester United: Onana; Diego Dalot, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; McTominay, Amrabat; Hojlund, Rahsford, Grenache
On the part of the visiting team, and seeing the good streak of results chained together, Iraola is not expected to make large rotations to visit Old Trafford.
Bournemouth: Neto; Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Milos Kerkez? Ryan Christie Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernie; Dominic Solanke
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