MU Vs Copenhagen Champions League Preview: First Victory?

Manchester United will host Copenhagen in the Champions League continued. (Photo: Twitter @ManUtd)

JAKARTA Manchester United (MU) will play a home match against Copenhagen on the third matchday of the 2023/2024 European Champions League group phase.

The Red Devils will welcome their guests for the continued Group A preliminary match at Old Trafford, Wednesday, October 25 at 02.00 WIB. The hosts need a win in this match.

Erik ten Hag's team still haven't got a single point in the preliminary round after playing two matches. These results make MU languish in the bottom position of the group standings.

Meanwhile, Copenhagen has already got one point thanks to the results of the series against Galatasaray on the first matchday. That's enough to put them in a better place than United.

Both teams came to this match after both losing in the group's second game. MU was beaten by Galatasaray at Old Trafford, while Copenhagen was beaten by Bayern Munich.

Even though they haven't got points yet, MU is the only fourth-placed team in the standings to score five goals in the first two matches of the prestigious group phase between European clubs.

However, their fragile backline is a difficult matter. So far, MU has conceded a total of seven goals in two defeats, each against Bayern (3-4) and Galatasaray (2-3).

The latest painful defeat is of course against Galatasaray at home. In that match the Red Devils won twice through two goals from Rasmus Hojlund, but in the end it was in vain.

The result against Galatasaray extends MU's poor record in the European Champions League to five games without a win. Even in the last three games, everything ended in defeat.

In addition, three of their last five games at Old Trafford ended in defeat. That note allows Copenhagen to be a nightmare for the Dutch tactician's squad.

Moreover, previously both teams shared a win in two meetings in the 2006/2007 Champions League group stage. At that time the Red Devils won 3-0 home wins before losing 0-1 away.

The two then met in the 2019/2020 Europa League quarter-finals. At that time, Manchester United narrowly won through Bruno Fernandes' single goal from the twelve fit point.

Prediction Of Lineup

Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Onana; Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Reguilon; Eriksen, McTominay; Antony, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund

Copenhagen (4-3-3): Grabara; Jelert, Diks, Vavro, Sorensen; Leager, Falk, Claesson; Achouri, Larsson, Elyounoussi