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Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Feb 23, 2012 at 08:41:04 AM
[u]Manchester United v Ajax, Thursday 20:05, Five
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The Manchester United starting line up might not be quite as strong, given that this second leg comes three days shy of a Premier League trip to Norwich, rather than on the brink of a free weekend as with the first, but the outcome should be the same.
The 2-0 victory achieved at the Amsterdam ArenA last week, and the fact that the likes of David de Gea, Rio Ferdinand, Nani and Wayne Rooney started there, supported Sir Alex Ferguson's claim that "it is a tournament we will try and win".
There is a school of thought is that Manchester United are worth laying in this return fixture due to the perceived danger in trusting a team who don't actually need to win, however the stats suggest that they will justify odds of 1.38.
Complacency...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Feb 16, 2012 at 08:12:15 AM
How badly do Manchester United want Europa League success? That's the question that punters tempted to lay them at odds-on at the Amsterdam Arena will be posing, but the same can be asked of Ajax.
They too are Champions League dropouts who surrendered a position of strength on matchday six, and have even more work to do domestically over the next few months, slumped in sixth in the Eredivisie and far from certain of qualifying for this competition again let alone the big one.
Frank de Boer's side won away to NAC Breda last weekend, but the fact that it was their first victory in five outings demonstrates just how shorn of confidence and momentum they have been recently, a problem exacerbated by internal unrest.
Judging by his squad selection, Sir Alex Ferguson will field a strong...