Manchester United, 9:15 p.m. December 17: Ugly victory

Man United have been playing more and more austerely recently. The absence of Paul Pogba has made the Red Devils' playing style more rigid. In that situation, if they beat West Brom tonight, it will certainly be another ugly victory for coach Jose Mourinho and his team.

As the season progresses, MU gradually reveals its limitations in playing style. In the past month, the Red Devils' lack of stability has become obvious. In the Champions League, they lost 0-1 to Basel. In the last group stage match at home, MU also had to struggle to come back to defeat CSKA Moscow with a score of 2-1.

Their Premier League form hasn’t been much better. They were lucky to beat Brighton 1-0 thanks to Ashley Young’s deflected shot. They won 3-1 at Arsenal. But it was certainly a victory in panic and confusion for the Red Devils.

MU let Arsenal fire 33 shots and if it weren't for De Gea's brilliance, the Red Devils would have definitely suffered a reverse defeat despite leading by 2 goals after just over 10 minutes of play. After that, Jose Mourinho's army continued to lose 1-2 to Man City and most recently had a very hard-fought 1-0 victory against Bournemouth in the middle of the week.

MU is now a team with many problems. The attack has clearly declined when Romelu Lukaku has not maintained his high performance in the past 2 months as at the beginning of the season. It was thought that the defense would be the strength of Mourinho's teams, but with MU, that is not true, at least at this time. Because the Red Devils cannot be called a good defensive team when every match has to rely on De Gea's excellence to keep a clean sheet. The attack is dull, the defense lacks safety, clearly Mourinho has many reasons to worry about his team.

MU's difficulties also come from the absence of Paul Pogba. Without the French midfielder, the Red Devils' creativity is already weak and now it is even weaker. Pogba will continue to be unable to play tonight due to suspension.

However, it is still lucky for MU because at a time when they are not in good form, the schedule brings them a very weak opponent, West Brom. Although not at the bottom of the table, West Brom is the worst team in the Premier League since September.

The proof is that in the last 15 rounds, West Brom has not won any matches, suffering 7 defeats. Coach Tony Pulis was fired. Alan Pardew was brought in to replace him but has not brought many positive signs for West Brom.

West Brom played very resiliently in the middle of the week when they held Liverpool to a 0-0 draw away from home. But with the lack of consistency since the start of the season, it would not be surprising if West Brom fell again tonight.

History also favors MU because in the last 10 times they traveled to The Hawthorns, the Red Devils won 7 times and only lost once. MU's winning streak against West Brom will most likely help them get 3 points, although it will likely continue to be a very difficult victory.

INFORMATION

- West Brom lost 11/20 recent matches according to Asia.

- 5/6 of West Brom's recent matches have had an even number of total goals.

- 13/20 of MU's recent matches have had an odd number of total goals.

- MU won 12/20 recent matches according to Asia.

SPECIAL

Maximum 2 goals: 13/20 recent matches of West Brom have had a maximum of 2 goals. All 5 recent confrontations between the 2 teams have had a similar scenario. This match will also have difficulty having more than 2 goals.

FORECAST: 0-2

According to Bongdaplus