Istanbul vs Manchester United
Nature of competition: UEFA Champions League Group H
Competition time: Beijing time 1 1.05+0.55.
Venue: Triem Stadium, fatih, Bar Saksell.
Injury information:
Istanbul: Clever, Skrtel, Keisala, Tedmir, Chudleigh, Frey, Demir.
Manchester United: Tres, Bailly, Lingard, phil jones.
As a upstart in recent years, Istanbul finally defeated Trabzon Sports and Besiktas to win the first local super championship in the team's history after failing to win the championship for three consecutive seasons. This team has many veterans who have played in five major leagues, such as Demba, Raphael, Skrtel, Chudleigh and others. The average age of the team is also too large, and many starting players are over 30 years old.
This is Istanbul's first time to participate in the Champions League. The first two teams entered the Champions League and both fell in the qualifiers. Istanbul, as a new force in the Champions League, unfortunately entered the death group of Group H. The performance in the first two rounds also showed their serious lack of strength and experience, and they lost 2-0 to Red Bull Leipzig and Barley cleanly.
Under the intensive schedule, the problem of aging of the main lineup is becoming more and more prominent. Defender Skrtel and main striker Cleverley were both injured in the last round of the league and missed this game. In addition, the captain Ted Mill, 32, and the main right-back Keisala, 365,438+0, were both injured in previous games, so this team needs to attack with disabled soldiers.
Istanbul can only rely on Bosnian winger visca to lead the team. This season, he made 9 appearances in various competitions, scored 3 goals and sent out 1 assist. The biggest problem Istanbul faces this season is the weakness of strikers. Clifford and Dembaba, who scored 29 goals together last season, only scored 1 goal this season. The team averaged 1.9 1 goals in the league last season to 1.29 goals this season. This has also led to a lot of decline in Istanbul League results. In 7 rounds, the league only achieved 3 wins 1 draw and 3 losses, ranking seventh in the league.
Manchester United have had a wonderful season. They killed the quartet in the champions league, but they repeatedly hit a wall in the league. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team was runner-up and semi-final in the Champions League last season. Among them, the last 5-0 slaughter of Red Bull in Leipzig at home surprised many people. However, back in the league, Manchester United first beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-6, then narrowly beat Chelsea 0-0, and lost to Arsenal 0- 1 last weekend; Two wins 1 draw and three losses in the six rounds of the league ranked first 15, creating a series of humiliating team history.
Of course, the strength of Manchester United is still above Istanbul. Manchester United's lineup is also relatively complete. In addition to tellez, who has just been found to be infected with COVID-19, and Lingard, who is injured and cannot play with the team, Bailly and Jones are both old injuries; Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a lot of players. Vanderbilt, cavani and Mashal didn't start last weekend, and they are expected to take turns to keep the team alive.
In addition to the characteristics of "strong Champions League and weak league", Manchester United's recent away game is also very prominent. The Red Devils haven't won any of the last six Premier League home games, but they have won all the last six Premier League away games. They have been unbeaten in 18 games (15 wins and 3 draws) since they lost to Liverpool in June this year. Recently, they have won 10 games in a row, setting a record for the team. However, they lost to the Turkish team in the last two European wars, namely Galatasaray 20 1 1 in October and Fenerbahce 201-2 in October.
Although the Red Devils' recent situation is not very good, in the face of Istanbul full of wounded soldiers, Manchester United still hopes to take away 3 points away from home. And Istanbul has lost two games in a row. In the absence of an audience at home, the focus of the team may need to shift back to the league. But if Manchester United win this game, it will win three consecutive victories and lead in this group of death. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his disciples will certainly not miss this opportunity. Manchester United can win this game.
Leipzig Red Bull VS Paris Saint-Germain
Nature of competition: UEFA Champions League Group H
Competition time: Beijing time1October 5 1 14:00.
Venue: Red Bull Arena
Injury information:
Leipzig Red Bull: Remo, Clostermann, Hallstan Borg, Hartman.
Paris Saint-Germain: Neymar, Mbappé, icardi, Villati and Drachsler.
The two teams met again less than three months later, and Red Bull Leipzig returned to home, aiming to avenge the 0-3 defeat in the Champions League last season.
Red Bull Leipzig reached the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, which made people shine. Unfortunately, in the semi-final, we met goals from Paris, Di Maria, beernaert and Marchioni Aosi, which made the game lose suspense only in the 56th minute. However, Red Bull Leipzig has really reached the limit of the semi-finals, and the strength of the team lineup is obviously different from that of Paris or Bayern.
After Leipzig Red Bull lost Werner, the team's weak front has shown signs of rising recently. Although they brought Huang Xican and Sollott to make up for Werner's departure, their performance after joining was not satisfactory. The former scored only one goal in the German Cup, while the latter failed to score a goal in six games, which also led Red Bull coach nagel Mann to replace Werner with attacking midfielder Forsberg and partner with high center Paulson, and the effect was not bad. Forsberg scored 2 goals 1 assists in 9 games, but forsberg is not a serious striker after all and lacks stable output ability. As a result, in the last two games, Red Bull Leipzig shot 24 shots, but there was still no grain left.
Of course, before these two defeats, Red Bull Leipzig started the season very well. The team started with 6 wins, 1 in all competitions, and kept a clean sheet in 4 games, and the performance at both ends of the attack and defense was still very stable. The 0-5 defeat at Old Trafford in the last round was a bit overconfident, which was related to the 3-5-2 formation of nagel Mann away from home. However, against Manchester United, he just fell into the most comfortable defensive counterattack rhythm of Manchester United. Therefore, when Manchester United changed into counter-attack weapons such as La Herford and B-fly in the second half, the Leipzig defense line with declining physical fitness was penetrated twice. Finally, they conceded two goals in the last five minutes, and finally suffered a 0-5 defeat.
This time, I believe nagel Mann will learn from the previous lessons and choose to be steady and steady in the face of Greater Paris. Another soldier was injured in this battle. Halstenberg, the centre-back, is out due to injury, while Lemmer, Clostermann and Hartman are all old injured players, which has little influence. Leipzig has a certain rotation in the weekend league. This campaign does not rule out that the team will continue to use the four-guard formation, tighten the fence first, and then consider attacking.
In Greater Paris, the team rebounded quickly after losing to Manchester United at 1-2. The team won three games in a row, and the opponents were all zero, but the opponents in these three games were indeed slightly weaker. Worst of all, in the final round of the group match against Istanbul, Neymar was substituted due to injury, and he will be absent after the international competition week. It never rains but it pours. After Neymar was injured, Mbappé was also injured. Mbappé, who contributed and created points in the last round of league matches, reported a hamstring discomfort in his right leg before the match with Leipzig, and did not make the squad.
At present, all three strikers in Paris are injured, while Villacht and Drachsler in midfield are both old injuries. Moise Keane, a teenager on loan from Everton, will once again be the starting player of the Grand Paris manager. Little Keane has also performed well recently. It was he who scored twice against Istanbul in the last round, which helped the team take away 3 points away from home. He also scored 2 goals in 3 league appearances. In addition, Salabia, Di Maria and right-back Florenzi on the front line have been in good shape recently, and they will take on more offensive responsibilities.
However, in Bali, Neymar+Mbappé and Neymar+Mbappé are two completely different teams. The team's two-game losing streak at the beginning of this season is largely due to the absence of these two players. Although the lineup of Greater Paris is very luxurious now, without the breakthrough and speed of Neymar and Mbappé, it is difficult for the team to create enough offensive space for a group of attackers. Therefore, at the beginning of the season, the team's two defeats were all blocked by their opponents, and Keane Jr., Salabia and others could play well without the help of Mbappé or Neymar to attract opponents' firepower. This time in Leipzig, I'm afraid it's difficult for Tuchel to solve the influence of the absence of two core players. Fortunately, the team's midfield and backcourt are still relatively complete. They can only hope that the team can remain intact and find ways to stay away from home. After all, the return of the two core players in the second round is still very advantageous for them.
Because Manchester United basically locked in nine points in the first three rounds, now Barley and Leipzig have a great chance to become direct competitors, so the two rounds of confrontation between the two teams are very important. Neither team can afford to lose this game, but both teams' attack lines are damaged to some extent. Leipzig is expected to score points at home in Paris, optimistic about the unbeaten home of Red Bull Leipzig.