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Manchester United tackle AFC Bournemouth on the Vitality Stadium this night, in search of revenge after struggling a humiliating 0-3 defeat at Outdated Trafford earlier within the season.
There have solely been 21 conferences between the 2 sides in historical past, with the Purple Devils popping out on high in 14, drawing three and shedding the opposite 4.
Final yr, Casemiro scored a spectacular, acrobatic objective to largely safe Champions League soccer for the Purple Devils.
This time round, Erik ten Hag’s males shall be seeking to preserve their slim probabilities alive of competing in Europe’s premier competitors.
Listed here are some storylines that the travelling followers shall be debating on the lengthy journey all the way down to the south coast of England.
Diogo Dalot’s seemingly milestone
In a season of darkness, Dalot’s emergence as a dependable proper again for the membership has been a welcome ray of sunshine.
The 25 yr previous is heading in the right direction to make his one centesimal Premier League look for the Purple Devils, turning into solely the fourth Portuguese participant to take action after Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani and Bruno Fernandes. An look could be his 149th in complete for the Mancunian aspect.
In his personal phrases, he’s within the type of his life and has been very important for the membership, enjoying each proper and left again this season in a marketing campaign of horrendous defensive accidents.
In a season of flux, he has been a welcome beacon of consistency.
His play has acquired plaudits from former United captain and proper again, Gary Neville, who has claimed that the Purple Devils have discovered their proper again for the longer term.
United reportedly got here inside a whisker of signing Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen final summer time and had they achieved so, Dalot would nearly definitely haven’t reached this milestone – not less than not this season. Rumours are circulating once more about Frimpong as we head in direction of one other switch window, so regardless of the nice season, there are nonetheless query marks over the Braga man’s potential to carry down the function going ahead.
Can Rasmus Hojlund discover type once more?
This season has definitely been a rollercoaster for United’s younger Danish centre ahead.
The excessive for signing for his boyhood membership in the summertime would have been definitely tinged with the lack to attain a Premier League objective till Boxing Day.
Nonetheless, the striker scored a outstanding 5 objectives in six Champions League matches after which went on a streak of seven objectives in six league matches throughout January and February.
Nonetheless, he picked up an damage after a brace in opposition to Luton and returned on St Patrick’s Day in opposition to Liverpool. Sadly, within the 4 video games he has performed since his return from damage, he has barely been concerned.
In actual fact, in all 4 video games he has solely had one shot on the right track. What’s extra, within the three video games after the worldwide break, he has solely managed to finish a meagre complete of 41 passes, highlighting his lack of involvement in video games.
No matter occurs in regard to United’s Champions League hopes and FA Cup future, United followers shall be hoping Hojlund can add a couple of extra objectives to his complete of 13 earlier than the season is finished.
Can the Purple Devils proceed their wonderful run of type in Bournemouth?
Regardless of the loss at Outdated Trafford, United even have fairly document in opposition to the Cherries away from residence.
Within the final 5 matches on the Vitality Stadium, United have gained 4.
The final loss got here in a 1-0 defeat in November 2019 beneath Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
As talked about beforehand, the Purple Devils secured an important 0-1 win away final Could and likewise gained in all three of Jose Mourinho’s visits to the south coast throughout the Cherries’ first spell within the Premier League.
Ought to United lose, it could nearly definitely extinguish any probability they’ve of constructing the highest 5, as they’d seemingly fall 14 factors behind each Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur with six video games left to play.
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