September 26, 2024 3:00
Manchester United vs Twente
Let's start with Manchester United. Manchester United has been established for a long time, since 1878, and has won 20 English top league titles, 3 Champions League titles, 13 FA Cups and 6 League Cups. United manager Jens Ten Haggard is 53 years old and retired in 2002. He has led the Forward Eagles, Bayern II, Utrecht and Ajax, and won two Dutch double titles with Ajax before taking over United in 2022. He took over in 2022. In those two seasons, he took United to 1 League Cup and 1 FA Cup. In the offseason, United spent a lot of money on buying, 42.5 million euros to sign Bologna's Zylkiser, 62 million euros to buy Lille's Jolo, 60 million euros to take down Bayern's Derek Hunt and Mazrahi, and 50 million euros to sign Paris's Ugarte. Manchester United's form is still good, the last round of the league away and Crystal Palace 0-0 draw, the last 3 matches 2 wins and 1 draw without losing. The defense is not bad either, they conceded 6 goals in 7 matches in the new season, and didn't let their opponents score in 4 matches. However, there are some unfavorable points, the main defender Varane and striker Martial's contract expired and left, Van der Beck 500,000 euros to Girona, Cambuara 10 million euros to Villarreal, Wan Bissaka 17.6 million euros to West Ham United, Greenwood 26 million euros to Marseille. And Manchester United's European results in the past few years are not very good, the last 10 European matches 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, a win rate of only 30%.
Look again at Twente. Twente was founded in 1965 as a merger of two teams. They have won 2 Dutch League Championships, 3 Dutch Cups and 2 Dutch Super Cups. The head coach of Twente is Joseph Austin, 52 years old, who started to take charge of Twente in July 2023 after having taken charge of Emmen, Hardenborg, Vitesse and Waalwijk in the past. In the off-season, Twente also made some purchases, spending 2 million euros on Rangers striker Lammers, 1.5 million euros on Basel winger Ataev, 0.9 million euros on Forward Eagles winger Kouypas, and 0.6 million euros on Mechelen center back Hulenbeek. Twente won 5-0 against Almere City in the last round of the league, two consecutive victories in the league. The offense is also relatively stable, scoring in all 8 matches of the new season, with an average of 2 goals per match. But there are also bad points, the main center back Propper moved to Rangers for 3.2 million euros in the off-season, and the wing back Smaal went to Feyenoord in free agency. Twente's ability in European away games is not good, 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in the last 10 European away games, with a win rate of only 30%.
Of course, Manchester United is a big player in the EPL, but they have attracted a lot of reinforcements in the off-season, but their form is average, and they are now ranked 11th in the league, while Twente is a strong team in the league, with good offense and defense, and the ability to win games is there, but it is unstable, and they are currently ranked 4th in the league.
Recommendation: Home win
