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Manchester United and Sunderland play at Old Trafford in an 18th round Barclays Premier League duel. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 4 wins and 1 loss in the last 5 games. Indeed, the last time they met at this stadium was on 26-09-2015, in a game for the Barclays Premier League that ended with the victory of Manchester United by (3-0). The goals of the match were scored by M. Depay (45 ‘), W. Rooney (46’) and Mata (90 ‘) for Manchester United. Although this is a game between 6º and 18º of the overall classification, it is actually a game between the 13th place in home games and the 16th as a visitor.
Manchester United
The home team is currently in 6th place with 30 points earned after 8 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, he won away to Crystal Palace by (1-2). In the last match, he won out for West Bromwich by (0-2). Curiously, this is a team that has achieved better results outside of the home, having won 17 points as a visitor and only 13 in their stadium. In the last eight home games for the championship, Manchester United have recorded 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat, having won 13 points out of 24 possible.
In this competition, you have not lost any of the last 6 games in your stadium. In his home games there are some frequent markers: at 0-0 intervals (3 in 8 games) and at the end of game 1-1 (3 in 8 games). His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 6 of the last 8 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 17 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the four games in which he suffered the first goal.
Manchester United are back at home for the English Premiership, trying to extend their unbeaten run in the eight-game competition, packed with a run of wins, two of them away from home. In the last round, the team went to the home of West Bromwich and managed to leave there with a victory by 0x2, thus reaching its third consecutive victory. Before, the team had faced Crystal Palace, also away from home, and left the field victorious by 1×2. After seventeen rounds, the club accumulate eight wins, six draws and three defeats, thus occupying sixth place in the table. For that game, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3.
Sunderland
The visiting team is currently in 18th place with 14 points, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost at home to Chelsea by (0-1). In the last match, won at home to Watford by (1-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 10 points, against only 4 in their games as a visitor. In the championship, Sunderland won 4 points in 24 chances, after 1 win, 1 draw and 6 defeats in the last 8 games they played as a visitor. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 5 of his 9 matches. The team conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 5 of their last 8 matches in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 17 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. There are 1 highlights in the last 12 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: scored 4 of his 7 goals in minutes (61’-75 ‘).
Sunderland enter the field for their eighteenth English League game a little more relieved after having rediscovered the way to victory in the competition, preventing the negative sequence from lingering. In the last round, the team received Watford at home and managed to leave the field with the victory by 1×0. Before, the team had suffered a bad result when receiving Chelsea at home and leave the field defeated by 0x1. After seventeen rounds, the club accumulated eleven losses, two draws and four victories, occupying the eighteenth place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team in 3-4-3 or 4-5-1.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.62