Competition: Champions League, Group Stage, 4th Day
Game: Manchester Utd – CSKA Moscow
Venue: Old Trafford
Date: 03/11/2015 @ 7.45 pm
MANCHESTER UTD
Manchester hasn’t been performing well over the last couple of weeks, evident from the fact that its 0-0 away draw against Crystal Palace in its last game, was the third consecutive 0-0 draw. It has picked up 4 points in its first 3 games in a group where as things stand, all the teams have chances to make it into the next round of the competition. The last time that Manchester has scored, was in its last game in the Champions League, in its 1-1 away draw against CSKA.
The forward Depay and the defender Valencia will not be able to offer their services to the team due to injury problems.
Possible starting line-up in a 4-2-3-1 formation: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Jones, Rojo, Carrick, Schneiderlin, Mata, Herrera, Rooney, Martial
CSKA MOSCOW
CSKA is the ultimate favourite to win the league in Russia this season; it has picked up 36 points out of the 42 available in its first 14 games in the league and has beaten Ufa at home with 2-0 in its last game for the league. Like Manchester, CSKA has picked up 4 points in its first 3 games in the group and actually the 2 teams have the same goals’ aggregate as well (4-4).
A point will be a quite good result for the team but it should be mentioned that it has had 1 win and 6 defeats in its last 7 away games in the competition. It is worth mentioning that CSKA has conceded at least 1 goal per game in its last 23 games in the competition. Today, it may be missing the services of the midfielder Natkho and the defender Berezutski.
Possible starting line-up in a 4-2-3-1 formation: Αkinfeef, Fernandes, Berezutski, Ignashevich, Schennikov, Wernbloom, Eremenko, Tosic, Dzakoev, Musa, Doumbia
Prediction
I believe that this game is a good chance for Manchester to break through in terms of getting back to scoring goals;
Bet: over 2.5 goals (1.85) BET365