Bournemouth-Manchester United is a match valid for the thirty-third day of the Premier League and is played on Saturday at 6:30pm: live TV, probable formations, predictions.
For the second time in the space of a month, Manchester United managed to avoid defeat to Premier League leaders Liverpool. Last March the Red Devils came out on top at the last second in the FA Cup, avoiding penalty kicks in extremis. Last Sunday, on the other hand, in the league match Erik ten Hag’s men came close to another success, but only narrowly escaped it: in the second half, after turning over the Reds first through Bruno Fernandes and then Mainoo, they let themselves be reeled back in six minutes from the end by a penalty kick by Salah.
Victory has now been missing for exactly one month: in the last three games United has picked up only 2 points, a meager haul that makes a comeback over Tottenham and Aston Villa, the two teams that are vying for the last Champions spot, almost impossible. The Red Devils have 11 points less than Spurs and Villans but even their sixth place is threatened by West Ham, Newcastle and Chelsea, as inconstant as they are but always breathing down their necks. With no European commitments and a calendar that becomes favorable from now on, ten Hag’s team can no longer make mistakes. Starting with the challenge with Bournemouth, an opponent that has already achieved salvation and is without concrete goals. The absence of great motivation in the last round played a bad trick on Andoni Iraola’s Cherries, defeated 2-1 at home to third-last Luton Town.
The Prediction
There are no easy games for this Manchester United side, especially when they play away from Old Trafford. The Red Devils even against Liverpool showed that they suffer in the non-possession phase of the ball – the absences of Lindelof, Varane, Lisandro Martinez and Evans weigh heavily – and in Bournemouth they might not even have Rashford, who came off injured from the challenge with the Reds. Difficult, in short, for United to keep their goal unbroken in an away match anyway full of pitfalls.
Bournemouth-Manchester United
likely lineups.
BOURNEMOUTH (4-2-3-1): Neto; Smith, Mepham, Zabarnyi, Kelly; Cook, Christie; Semenyo, Billing, Kluivert; Solanke.
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Kambwala, Dalot; McTominay, Mainoo; Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Garnacho; Hojlund.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
