Manchester United look for three points away against AZ Alkmaar in 2019/20 UEFA Europa League
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Manchester United will take on AZ Alkmaar on Thursday in 2019/20 UEFA Europa League as the tournament moves ahead. The Red Devils go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 6:55 PM (Local)
Venue : Cars Jeans Stadion, The Hague
Manchester United won their opening game of thier Europa League campaign against Kazakh club Astana and they will be happy about it.
But United now face one real test of facing AZ Alkmaar away which will be a hard game. Man U will need to be at their absolute best.
In Premier League Man United are struggling and defence will again be tested in Netherlands. The defence will have to work in tandem to be effective for three points.
Eye see Manchester United struggling in this game to win comfortably and that might lead to a draw. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must tell his players to be proactive.
On the other hand, AZ Alkmaar drew first up in their current Europa League campaign to Partizan and they will be eager for a result at home.
AZ Alkmaar is doing fine in the dutch league and they are a capable side hurting anyone on their day.
Against Manchester United presents them an opportunity to showcase their football in front of passionate home crowd and this might make them take three points.
All said but they will have to work hard to upset The Red Devils and one point can be easily taken if they execute the game plan to perfection. Good luck to them.
Team news and possible line-ups
Dani de Wit will not be available for AZ Alkmaar for the Manchester United gam as due to injury.
As for The Red Devils, Sergio Romero will keep for them in this midweek fixture.
AZ Alkmaar XI : Bizot, Rhijn, Vlaar, Wuytens, Wijndal, Clasie, Koopmeiners, Midtso, Stengs, Idrissi, Boadu.
Manchester United XI : Romero, Rojo, Tuanzebe, Maguire, Dalot, Matic, Fred, Mata, Lingard, Rashford, Greenwood.
Prediction
With the game in The Netherlands and United being not so good this season, we can expect it to be a close one. Probably a 1-1 draw.
