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- Manchester United vs Basel Predictions: United to Open Champions League Campaign with a Win
- Man Utd to win/over 2.5 goals — 3/4 Betway
- Home team to score in both halves — 7/10 Unibet
Match Preview
Manchester United’s long awaited return to the Champions League takes place on Tuesday evening as they welcome Swiss team Basel to Old Trafford in what should be an eventful game. Our Manchester United vs Basel preview dissects what looks on paper to be a nailed on home victory. However, nothing is ever simple in Europe’s top club competition even if the soccer odds heavily favour the English side.
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Ahead of today’s Manchester United vs Basel betting tips, Utd dropped their first Premier League points and conceded their first goals of the season at Stoke in a 2-2 draw. The point gained at the Britannia still ensured the Red Devil’s place at the top of the table. MUFC’s last Champions League game was back in 2015, where they lost 3-2 to Wolfsburg, confirming their exit at the Group Stage of that competition. They will hope to do a lot better in UEFA Champion’s League, Group A this time around.
The club from Switzerland haven’t won any of their last eight Champions League fixtures, a stat that’s worth remembering when we divulge our Manchester United vs Basel predictions later. Their recent domestic form is worrying too, they haven’t won in three matches. At the weekend, they were beaten 2-1 at home by Lausanne Sport.
When the teams last played each other in 2011 at Old Trafford, an end-to-end encounter finished 3-3. Basel beat United at their own stadium in December that year, winning 2-1 on a famous night for the club.
Manchester United vs Basel Prediction and Betting Advice
The first of today’s expert Manchester United vs Basel picks is a home win. Jose Mourinho has a squad that is relatively injury free. Only long term absentees Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are out of contention for Tuesday. However, both the home team’s first choice centre backs Phil Jones and Eric Bailly are suspended for the mid-week clash, and their absence could allow Basel to nick a goal. It must be noted that Utd haven’t lost at Old Trafford in 9 Champions League matches, a run that stretches all the way back to 2013. And despite the loss of a pair of crucial defenders, Utd should have enough power in forward areas to outscore their lesser opponents. Mourinho’s makeshift defence will have to keep an eye on Ricky Van Wolfswinkel – the Dutch striker has 7 goals in as many games this season.
The next offering in our Champions League football tips is our prediction that MUFC will score in both halves on Tuesday. The Red Devils have found the net in both halves in 3 of their first 4 matches. Mourinho will want his troops to come out firing right from the off in their first Champions League game for two years at Old Trafford and his players should be right up for the challenge. The visitors have only kept 2 clean sheets in 8 since the 2017/18 kicked off, making them almost a certainty to concede goals in Manchester this week. With Lukaku, Rashford, Martial and Pogba all having scored two or more goals each so far this campaign, they will all fancy themselves to add to their tally against a porous backline.
