UEL Semi Finals: Latest News On Man Utd Vs Roma, Villarreal vs Arsenal Matches Today

The UEFA Europa League (UEL) matches continues today as four teams are left to compete for a place in the final stage of the competition.

Manchester United welcomes AS Roma at the Old Trafford, seventh time the two teams will meet in a European competition.

The Manchester United team happens to be the competition favourites but have been unable to reach the final stage of a competition having played in five semifinals since last year.

The red devil’s key man Bruno Fernandez has a total record of 17 goals and 11 assists in the Europa league from his days with sporting Lisbon, EKO HOT BLOG gathered.

 

Roma has not been in good form lately, with 55points and placed in 7th position, having just 5 more matches left to play in the Seria A. United are comfortably 2nd in the English Premier league table, 10 points behind league leaders Manchester City.

Team news: Manchester United has no absentees aside Phil Jones and Anthony Martial with injury concerns.

Former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, has not been on form lately but the presence of Real Madrid loanee Borja Mayoral, the Italians still possesses some threat up front, while United former defender Chris Smalling, could cause some upset for his former club.

Manchester United possible starting lineup:

De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; Fred, McTominay; Pogba, Fernandes, Rashford; Cavani.

Roma possible starting lineup:

Lopez; Cristante, Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp, Diawara, Veretout, Spinazzola; Pellegrini, Mkhitaryan; Dzeko.

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Villarreal Vs Arsenal.

A promising Arsenal side travels to Spain and would face former club manager Unai Emery, with a bid to keep their chances of qualifying for the UEFA champions league alive since 2017.

The gunners has to beat the unpredictable yellow shirts to book a space in the final once more since their last 1-4 defeat to Chelsea in 2019.

Alexandre Lacazette, Kieran Tierney, David Luiz are expected to be fit as the gunners get a chance to meet their former team mate Frank Coquelin and Gabriel.

Villarreal and Arsenal will play for the fifth time in European competition, with the previous four games taking place in the UEFA Champions League Semi-finals in 2005-06 and Quarter-finals in 2008-09, Villarreal are yet to beat the Gunners (D2 L2), while the Gunners are yet to beat Villarreal away from home.

The likes of Capoue, Moreno and Chukwueze are expected to terrorize the Gunners, but with the presence of wonderkid Saka and a fully fit defense line which comprises of Luiz, Partey and Gabriel, defeating Arsenal will not be an easy task for the Spanish side.

Villarreal possible starting lineup:

Asenjo; Foyth, Albiol, Torres, Estupinan; Chukwueze, Parejo, Capoue, Trigueros; Moreno, Alcacer

Arsenal possible starting lineup:

Leno; Chambers, Luiz, Gabriel, Xhaka; Partey, Tierney; Saka, Odegaard, William; Lacazette.

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