Man United vs Partizan Belgrad
Old Trafford, Manchester
Thursday, 07-11-2019 @11pm
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Fin)
Man United will be hoping to return to winning ways when they take on Partizan Belgrad on Thursday night in the Europa League.
The Red Devils won the reverse fixture 1-0 after Anthony Martial converted a first-half penalty, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be hoping for a more convincing win at Old Trafford to appease the fans.
Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof has been ruled out of Thursday’s Europa League clash with Partizan Belgrade after missing training this week. The defender had been a doubt for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Bournemouth but played the full 90 minutes of the 1-0 defeat. There was no sign of him at a soggy Carrington, though, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that he will miss the clash. Paul Pogba, Axel Tuanzebe and Nemanja Matic were all absent as expected.
Left-back Luke Shaw, who has been sidelined since August with a hamstring injury, was out on the grass but working away from the rest of the squad.
For Partizan, former Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic is the only significant absentee
Man Utd’s only previous home game against FK Partizan was a 1-0 win in the 1965-66 European Cup semi-final thanks to a Nobby Stiles goal. However, it wasn’t enough to reach the final as Partizan won 2-1 on aggregate. Partizan have won just one of their nine away games against English sides in all competitions (D1 L7), beating Newcastle 1-0 in a Champions League qualifier in 2003. Manchester United are one of just two sides yet to concede in the Europa League this season (along with Sevilla). However, only four sides have scored fewer goals so far than United (2). FK Partizan are looking to win consecutive away games in major European competition for the very first time (excluding qualifiers), with this being their 82nd match on the road. Manchester United have managed just one shot on target in their last two Europa League games, with that effort being Anthony Martial’s penalty against FK Partizan in the reverse fixture.
The other games on Thursday
Thursday, 07-11-2019 @6:50pm
-Astana vs AZ Alkmaar
Thursday, 07-11-2019 @8:55pm
-Lazio vs Celtic
-CFR Cluj vs Rennes
-Standard Liege vs Frankfurt
-APOEL vs Qarabag
-Dudelange vs Sevilla
-Copenhagen vs Dynamo Kiev
-Lugano vs Malmo
-Basel vs Getafe
-Krasnodar vs Trabzonspor
-Rosenborg vs Sporting Lisbon
-LASK vs PSV
Thursday, 07-11-2019 @11pm
-Feyenoord vs Young Boys
-Rangers vs Porto
-Wolfsberg vs Gent
-Oleksandria vs Saint Etienne
-Espanyol vs Ludogorates
-Ferencvaros vs CSKA Moscow
-Gladbach vs Rome
-Wolfsburger vs Istanbul BB
-Braga vs Besiktas
-Wolves vs Slovan Bratislava
