PSV - Manchester United

English teams naturally are stronger than Dutch teams. Depay was the best player for PSV last season, now he is just one of many top players in this Man Utd team.

It would be easy to plump for an away win and I think that is the most likely outcome.

But in terms of motivation, both sides will certainly be up for this having been out of the competition for some time.

Rooney is out, but that is not a big miss, since he was playing like **** anyway. Hopefully it will be Martial as a striker and not Fellaini again.

LVG said a draw would be fine but I still feel United will create a few chances, it's just a matter of taking them.

The defence has been really solid, Schneiderlin didn't play at the weekend so he'll play today, and he makes the whole team much more solid. De Gea is back which is huge. I doubt United are going to concede.

There is value in a United win, that's for sure. This team is only going to get better.

I'm biased, but United to win is a decent bet. Well I am pretty sure Manchester United will win this match. The Red Devils are much stronger than PSV and even they haven't played really well against Liverpool I think the odd of 2.20 contains value. PSV isn't very strong atm and I think we will see the same difference in quality as against Club Brugge. Maybe not a 0-4, but at least a 1-2 / 1-3.

Possible starting lineups:

PSV: Zoet – Willems, Isimat-Mirin, Bruma, Arias – Guardado, Hendrix, Pröpper – Narsingh, Lestienne, de Jong. (4-3-3)

Manchester United: De Gea – Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw – Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin – Mata, Herrera, Depay – Fellaini. (4-2-3-1)

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli from Italy.

September 14, 2015 - Peter Michalski