The first round of the UEFA Champions League play-offs tonight will see Barcelona start a fierce battle with Manchester United at home. Barcelona's winning streak is strong, its style is sharp, and it has always been able to strike first against United in recent years. Facing the Red Devils, who have a weak backline, you might want to look for Barcelona to break through first. (Simultaneous broadcast on Now 643 at 1:45am on Friday)
Barcelona is on a roll, winning eight straight matches in all competitions. Since the return of Ronald Anaozu from injury and the goalkeeper Dustin Sturgeon's many narrow escapes, the team's defense has become more solid, and has only conceded two goals in the last eight matches. At the same time, Barcelona has scored first in the last twelve matches in all official matches, undefeated, and won nine of them within the legal time, even if the scorer Robert Ljwendowski is suspended, but it did not affect the team's overall performance. Now that "Robert" is back, teaming up with Rafin Chabiloni, Bardi and Gavi, there is no need to worry about scoring goals.
Manchester United's recent record is not bad, but there is a downward trend in the defensive end, only two of the last five matches to keep the goal unbeaten, in the last two league matches with Leeds United encountered a thriller, the home record was broken in just 55 seconds was broken, and then the center back Hua Lani own goal, fortunate to chase down two consecutive goals to force a draw with the opponents, but the last game away from the game against the Leeds United, although a 2-0 win, but the defense is full of mistakes, if not for the goalkeeper Dikia heroic performance is difficult to predict. If it wasn't for the heroic performance of goalkeeper D'Aguiar, the victory would have been hard to predict. Looking back at the last three meetings between the two sides, Barcelona were able to score first in the first half, and all of them were ahead, and this time, with the advantage of the home field, they will surely continue to be the first to break through the goal.
