Manchester United kicked off the new Premier League season in style winning 4-0 home against West Ham. Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic brilliant performance justify Mourinho\’s title talk. The former Everton striker scored a brace on his league debut and showed his great skills, speed and power. Nemanja Matic showed on his debut that he is exactly what the Red Devils were missing, the brain from the midfield, a player with special qualities, with a great control of the ball and great passing skills. United will try to continue their campaign on a positive note and win their 1st away fixture when they will travel to play Swansea.
Swansea earned one point from their away goalless draw at Southampton but they hardly arrived in their opponents half showing big problems in their attack. The Swans have improved considerably under Paul Clement but without Sigurdsson and Llorente they will struggle to find the back of the net in their future fixtures. Sigurdsson, the man who covered more ground than any other EPL player last season, will be a record signing for Everton who are willing to pay about £45m to transfer him. Llorente has returned to training but is still recovering from a broken arm he suffered on vacation and he will not be used by his manager for the match against the Red Devils. Considering that both players are strikers with Llorente finishing Swansea\’s top scorer with 15 goals last season, this match will not be easy for the hosts. Without a good striker, Swansea will be forced to defend, give the possession to the Red Devils and hope they will not concede. But when you are facing Lukaku, Rashford helped by Pogba or Matic you should lower your expectations.
Most of the people are betting the both teams to score market. Looking at the stats, both teams have scored in 10 of the last 11 matches between them with Manchester United winning just three from their last eight mutual encounters. Personally, I am not touching the “both teams to score” market cause of Swansea’s big squad issues. We are talking about a huge improvement in Manchester United’s team and we can finally admit that Mourinho has an eye for important players.
An away win is priced at 1.36 with the green listed bookmaker Bet365, but we expect Manchester United to dominate from start to finish and cover the -1.5 Asian Handicap. We should see another exciting match with the Red Devils being capable to score three goals on their own.
Best picks for the match:
Manchester United to win with -1.5 AH at 2.16 with BetVictor
Over 2.5 goals in the match at 1.85 with Betfair
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