Manchester United host Cypriot Amonia to take top spot in the Europa League

Manchester United will host its Cypriot counterpart, Amonia Nicosia, on Thursday evening, in the fourth round of the group stage of the European League for the current season 2022-2023..

Old Trafford, the stronghold of the Red Devils, will host Manchester United’s match against Ammonia at exactly nine o’clock tonight, Cairo time, led by referee Jerome Brisard.

Manchester United enters the match, and is ranked second in the group with 6 points, while Ammonia is fourth without points..

The Manchester United team hopes to beat Ammonia, taking advantage of its stadium and its fans to take the lead in the group and ensure one of the two tickets to qualify for the next round..

United lost the first match from Real Sociedad with a goal without a response, and quickly returned and beat Sheriff Club with two goals without a response, then beat Amonia in their stadium the last round with a score of 3-2, to occupy second place in the group 6 points, while Omonia lost all its three matches. The former, and languishing in the bottom of the group without any point.

It is expected that Manchester United will enter the match with the following formation ..

Goalkeeper: David de Gea

Defenders: Luke Shaw – Lisandro Martinez – Victor Lindelof – Diogo Dalot

Midfield: Christian Eriksen – Casemiro – Bruno Fernandez

Forwards: Anthony Ilanga – Anthony – Cristiano Ronaldo

Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag is waiting to follow up on the developments of Anthony Martial’s injury, who complained of back pain in the first half of yesterday’s match against Everton in the English Premier League and left the field affected by his injury..

While Donny van de Beek continues to train alone in Carrington in preparation for his return to group training, while Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire have been absent from the team since the last international break, and Raphael Varane returned to the matches by entering as a substitute in the second half of the Goodison Park match..

Less than two days ago, Manchester United managed to overturn a goal at Everton to win with two goals, signed by Anthony and Cristiano Ronaldo..

Real Sociedad leads Group E with 9 points from three matches, and the Spanish team needs one point from its next match against Sheriff Tiraspol to guarantee qualification to the playoffs.

As for United, they will not decide their qualification from the fourth round, even if they beat their guest, but in this case they will need only a point from the fifth round match against Sheriff Tiraspol to continue playing in the European League after the Christmas holiday..