We have reached the quarter-final stage of the Europa League and on the 13th of April we have a meeting between Manchester United and Sevilla.
The game will be played at Old Trafford and the hosts are currently 4th in the Premier League while the visitors are 13th in La Liga.
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Manchester United come into the game on the back of a 2-0 home win over Everton in the Premier League on Saturday. The Red Devils opened the scoring in the 36th minute to lead at half time and doubled their advantage in the second half to take maximum points.
The win over Everton means Manchester United are undefeated in 6 of their last 7 games in all competitions. There have been wins over Brentford and Everton in the Premier League, Real Betis home and away in the Europa League, plus Fulham at home in the FA Cup.
Trends show Manchester United are on a run of 25 matches at home without defeat in all competitions.
In terms of the Europa League, Manchester United are undefeated in their last 9 fixtures. They have won each of their last 4 home Europa League fixtures and tasted success in 6 of their 7 most recent home matches in the competition.
Manchester United have conceded only 2 goals in their 4 most recent home Europa League games.
Sevilla make the trip to Old Trafford having been held to a 2-2 draw at home by Celta Vigo in La Liga on the weekend. Despite having a player sent off in the first half, Sevilla opened a 2-0 lead in the game but conceded 2 goals in the final few minutes and had another player sent off in the closing stages.
The draw with Celta Vigo means Sevilla have won only 1 of their 4 most recent fixtures in all competitions. The win came at Cadiz in La Liga but there have been defeats against Fenerbahce away in the Europa League and Getafe away in La Liga.
Trends show Sevilla have won 3 of their last 7 Europa League matches. The victories have come at home against West Ham United, PSV Eindhoven, and Fenerbahce. Away form in the Europa League shows 4 straight defeats for Sevilla and they failed to score a goal in any of those 4 games.
Team news and Manchester United are without the injured quartet of Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw, Tom Heaton, and Alejandro Garnacho. Casemiro and Christian Eriksen are both available for the hosts.
Sevilla are expected to be without the injured duo of Joan Jordán and Jesus Manuel Corona.
Manchester United know it is important to take lead with them to Spain for the second leg. However, Sevilla will attempt to keep things tight and hit on the counterattack although their recent scoring record on the road in the Europa League is poor.
Manchester United should keep a clean sheet but may have to settle for just a single goal of their own in a 1-0 win.