Copenhagen Vs Man United: The Krucial Match Determines The Next Step

Manchester United will have an important match against Copenhagen (photo: dock Manunited)

JAKARTA Manchester United (MU) and Copenhagen will play a crucial match when the two meet on the fourth matchday of Group A of the European Champions League 2023/2024.

The duel between the two teams will take place at Copenhagen headquarters at Parken Stadium, Denmark, Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 03.00 WIB. Both teams need to win in order to keep the chance to the knockout stages.

Copenhagen as the host has so far not secured victory from three matches that have been undertaken. They sit at the bottom of the standings with a collection of one point.

From those three matches, they lost twice and drew once. The latest defeat was against Manchester United at Old Trafford on October 25.

At that time, the Danish representative lost through a single goal from Harry Maguire's header. Thus, the hosts will certainly try to avenge their defeat to the Red Devils.

In addition to the mission of revenge, victory over MU in the home game will be very important for the hosts. Adding three points will automatically keep their chances of qualifying for the knockout round.

Just making a point so far makes the Lions' chances of finishing in the top two positions of the group obviously very heavy. They are now two points adrift of Manchester United, three points from Galatasaray, and eight from Bayern Munich in the top position.

However, Copenhagen is now preparing to welcome United for the first time since the impressive 1-0 home win over the Red Devils in the 2006/2007 Champions League group stage.

Incidentally, victory at that time occurred in the fourth match of the group stage. However, repeating that success at this meeting would be a tough challenge for Jacob Neestrup's side.

The reason is, the Danish champions failed to win any of their last 10 meetings with English clubs in European competitions as well as their last six home games in the European Champions League.

On the other hand, MU came to this match with a capital of one win of two defeats in the last three matches. The results are not very good for their away capital this time.

Overall, Manchester United enjoyed their previous visit to Denmark on record of winning seven of their last 10 European matches in Scandinavian countries.

However, two defeats occurred in their last three away games. Regardless, they have to win this match in order to keep the chance to the knockout round too.

Formation Estimated

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

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