Are Manchester United on Course for Another Europa League Title?

Manchester United finished the Premier League season on a high, beating Leicester City 2-0 at the King Power Stadium to secure Champions League football next season. However, whilst they missed out on a place in the FA Cup final after losing to bitter rivals Chelsea in the semi-finals, they could still get their hands on the Europe’s second-tier trophy – and the odds on the winner of the Europa League are in their favour.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side – who carried on their fine pre-lockdown form when the season resumed to nick third place from Chelsea and the Foxes – are as short as 15/8 favourites to win the Europa League – which would be their second time lifting the trophy in the last three years. 

When the Europa League resumed earlier this week, the Red Devils – who beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 in the 2017 Europa League final at the Friends Arena in Stockholm – beat Austrian outfit LASK 2-1 – taking the aggregate score to a rather comfortable 7-1 - at Old Trafford to progress to the quarter-final of the tournament.

However, that was Manchester United’s last outing on home turf in the competition this season, as the remainder of the tournament will now be played out in a new format across four cities in Germany, including Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf and Gelsenkirchen.