FC Barcelona will take on Manchester United in a preview.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

The first leg of the Europa League play-off round begins at 6:45pm on Thursday. CET and promises to be an interesting competition.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

In the Europa League play-offs, FC Barcelona will face Manchester United on Thursday at 6:45pm. HEC. As the current leaders of La Liga and the team that have reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, they will also have a completely different focus.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

Spotify For Barca to successfully defend the title at Old Trafford after seven days, a victory at Camp Nou is very important. Not to mention the broadcasters may not be the same as in the Champions League and the match will start earlier than usual for a European match. You can get around properly with the help of our tips.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

team news

For this, Xavi Hernández has two serious injury concerns. Captain Sergio Busquets and talented winger Ousmane Dembélé are injured, the latter having a hamstring problem. However, the unbelievable 1-0 victory over Villarreal on Sunday showed that this team is more than capable of dealing with even two such heavy defeats. Meanwhile, Manchester United have more to worry about with Eriksen, Martial, McTominay or Van de Beek not playing, and the fitness of new Brazilian star Anthony is having problems.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

unity in form

Two of Europe's biggest and most famous clubs entered the match under very similar circumstances. Neither has gone as planned in recent years. Barca does not collect as many trophies as it does now, but it has been 5 years since Old Trafford's trophy cabinet has more silver trophies.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

But while things have improved a lot for Barca since Xavi took over as manager, the Red Devils are also starting to improve, and after a slow start under Ten Hag, they finished in second place. 17 in the end. He just lost a game of chess. Arsenal and Manchester City may be the league leaders, but United are far from over and are still alive and kicking in the FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Europa League.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

Despite losing to Real Sociedad at home in the Europa League season, they have won their remaining 5 matches (Sheriff and Omonia are the remaining teams in the group). to block groups.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

So they entered the knockout stages this week. In this round, the second team will face the third place team in their group in the Champions League. Barça fell to the second division because they outperformed Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

Face to face

United and Barca have faced each other six times in the Champions League this century.

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

Champions League semi-finals 07-2008

Barca 0-0 MU

MU 1-0 Barca

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

Champions League Final 08-2009

Barca 2-0 United

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

October 2011 Champions League Semi-Final

Barca 3-1 MU

FC Barcelona will face Manchester United in the preview.

Champions League quarter-finals 18-19

MU 0-1 Barca

Barca 3-0 United