Manchester United are currently in the lead in Group N. The Red Devils have scored nine points after four rounds and even a draw in the next match with Paris Saint-Genmen guarantees the team a ticket to the next round of competition. We must say that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s wards could have already been in the playoffs if they had played a little more fortunate on the Basaksehir field. And so, the banal underestimation of the opponent cost the British three points, they had a defeat with a score 1:2. In the last round “Manchester United” took a convincing revenge from the Turkish champion at home with a score 4:1, but you cannot roll back the first match of the confrontation. Note that in addition to the victory over Basaksehir, the Red Devils also beat Leipzig at home in the current draw and they did it crushingly with a score of 5:0. In previous Champions League draws Manchester United played less well on their home arena. In the six previous matches before this season the Mankunians have won only one meeting at home, having scored two goals during this period. They lost during this period at Old Trafford and PSG with a score of 0:2. Manchester United have practically no personnel losses in the squad. Oot of those players who were announced for the tournament only Axel Tuanzebe, who is serving a suspension, will miss the game.
Dynamo Kyiv have lost their chances to reach the Champions League playoffs, but they still have a chance to play in the second strongest European tournament, which will be a good result for the young team. As of today, the Ukrainian squad has only a draw with Ferencvaros (2:2). In the Ukrainian championship the white-blues won eight victories in 11 rounds of the current Premier League tournament and drew twice, which brought 26 points and the first line. After the defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk (0:3) hosts defeated Ingulets (2:0) on the road and last Saturday they finished with Vorskla Poltava (2:0) at home. It should be noted that despite the fact that almost the entire team had been ill with coronavirus and played for more than a month in a cut-back squad, the guests’ defense showed the best result in the league. By the way, Sergei Sidorchuk, Gerson Rodriguez, Artem Shabanov and Alexander Sirota, who recovered from COVID-19, were included in the wards of Mircea Lucescu. Midfielder Vitaly Buyalsky, Besedin, Burda, Kostevich and Rusin will not play. The exit of Andrievsky and Nisheret is in question.
