Plzen vs Manchester Utd Prediction & Betting Tips (12 December)

A rather modest club on a European scale, Viktoria Plzen nonetheless remains one of the satisfactions of this phase of the league for the moment. Particularly difficult to negotiate, this team has still not experienced defeat in this competition after the first 5 days. The Czechs were first able to hold on to Eintracht Frankfurt 3-3, Ludogorets 0-0 and PAOK Salonika 2-2 before accelerating in the final days by getting the better of Real Sociedad 2-1 and Dynamo kyiv 1-2. Following these good performances, they climbed to 13th place in the ranking, only a small point from the top 8. At the same time, Viktoria occupies a good 2nd place in the Czech League although still quite significantly behind the leader, Slavia Prague. The players from Plzen will be aiming for a 4th victory in a row in the league next weekend against Teplice. Despite its status as a European giant, Manchester United cannot qualify this Europa League as a walk in the park at the moment.

The English have indeed experienced some failures in this competition, seeing themselves held in check by Twente 1-1, Porto 3-3 and Fenerbahce 1-1 during the first days. They were then able to pass the second by dominating PAOK Salonika 2-0 then, not without difficulty, Bodo Glimt 3-2 15 days ago, to count the same number of points as their opponent of the day. These difficulties on the European scene are not so surprising for the Red Devils who are only in 9th position in the Premier League. That said, things seemed to be going a little better for the residents of Old Trafford since the arrival of very good coach Ruben Amorim who crushed Everton 4-0. However, they suffered the law of Arsenal 2-0 in the middle of last week and could recover in style on Saturday against Nottingham Forest.

Viktoria Plzen should tackle this shock deprived of a few elements. The very unimportant ones this season Durosinmi, Sykora, Kabongo and Valenta are in fact on the floor. More annoying, the important scorer Adu (4 goals in the league) must also give up this week. That said, the Czechs will however be able to present themselves with some of their great offensive assets like the midfielders Sulc (6 goals in the league) and Jirka (3 goals and the striker Vydra (3 goals). Also pay attention to the interesting Daniel Vasulin who found the fault 3 times in this C3.

Manchester United, for their part, should make the trip to the Czech Republic without defender Lindelof The Swede could be the only element. missing for this English team Back at a good level since the arrival of his new coach, Marcus Rashford (4 goals in PL) should be operational in the same way as striker Zirkzee (3 goals in PL). ) and that the Danish center forward Hojlund who has 3 goals to his credit in the Europa League The distributors Diallo (5 assists in PL) and Bruno Fernandes (2 goals and 5 assists in PL) should also be able to be on the trip.