- 毕尔巴鄂竞技队在本赛季赢得了全部六场主场比赛；欧洲联赛
- 曼联在90分钟内没有赢得他们最近七场比赛中的任何一场
- 两支球队都只在毕尔巴鄂竞技队的一场比赛中得分；最近八场比赛
- 伊纳基·威廉姆斯本赛季在欧联杯上已经进了五个球
曼联把所有的鸡蛋都放在了欧联篮下
这一切都归结为曼联在一个糟糕的赛季中的欧洲联赛，但鲁本·阿莫林；周四，毕尔巴鄂竞技队可能会在圣马姆斯球场取代他们的位置。
红魔本赛季甚至还没能进入英超联赛的上半场，在还剩四场比赛的情况下占据了第14位。
对于阿莫林来说，在老特拉福德扭转局面总是一项艰巨的任务，自从他从里斯本竞技队加盟以来，他一直在努力改善红魔队。
但在这场糟糕的比赛中，一个小小的希望是欧罗巴联赛，曼联本赛季还没有输。
瓦尔维德’；s运动是个很难攻克的难题
曼联在欧联杯联赛阶段获得了令人尊敬的第三名，然后在最后两场淘汰赛中击败了皇家社会和里昂。
然而，四分之一决赛对里昂的胜利绝非易事，因为曼联必须在加时赛中从4比2落后中恢复过来，以5比4战胜法甲对手。
这是一场非常有趣的比赛，但考虑到他们在正常时间放弃了最初的2比0优势，他们糟糕的防守可能会在这次遭遇战中再次困扰他们，这并没有完全覆盖曼联的荣耀。
在老东家埃内斯托·巴尔韦德的带领下，毕尔巴鄂竞技队是一个非常难对付的家伙，他们本赛季以14比2的总比分赢得了六场欧联杯主场比赛。
最近，他们在自己的地盘上击败了罗马队和流浪者队，他们在周四击败曼联应该没有问题。
圣马梅斯队当然会在本赛季举办欧联杯决赛，这给了竞技队从这场比赛中取得进步的额外动力。
伊纳基·威廉姆斯可以在第一回合留下自己的印记
巴斯克俱乐部舒适地坐落在西甲联赛中；前五名；这将确保下赛季的资格；欧洲冠军联赛；所以他们可以攻击这场比赛，是一支比曼联强大得多的球队。
他们本赛季在西班牙顶级联赛中只输了五次，而他们也可以拥有该赛区最好的防守，只丢了26个球，比巴塞罗那、皇家马德里和马德里竞技等球队少。
考虑到这一点，Athletic值得打赌赢得这场比赛，2比0的主场胜利为正确的得分提供了价值。
在伊纳基和尼科·威廉姆斯兄弟身上，他们在大范围内也有严重的进攻威胁，鉴于尼科，伊纳基·威廉姆斯是这场比赛中他在欧洲联赛中五个进球的最佳人选；最近的伤病恐慌。
预言：
毕尔巴鄂竞技队获胜
毕尔巴鄂竞技2:0
Inaki Williams随时得分
外文原文如下：
- Athletic Bilbao have won all six of their home games in this season’s Europa League
- Manchester United have failed to win any of their last seven games in 90 minutes
- Both teams have scored in just one of Athletic Bilbao’s last eight contests
- Inaki Williams has scored five goals in the Europa League this term
United put all eggs in Europa League basket
It all comes down to the Europa League for Manchester United in what has been an abject season but Ruben Amorim’s side could be put in their place by Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames on Thursday.
The Red Devils have not even been able to push for the top half in the Premier League this season, occupying 14th spot with four matches left to play.
It was always going to be a Herculean task for Amorim to turn things around at Old Trafford and he has struggled to improve the Red Devils since his arrival from Sporting Lisbon.
But one small glimmer of hope in an otherwise dreadful campaign has been the Europa League, in which United are yet to lose this season.
Valverde’s Athletic a tough nut to crack
Manchester United finished a respectable third in the league stage of the Europa League before taking down Real Sociedad and Lyon in their last two knockout ties.
The quarter-final triumph over Lyon was, however, anything but straightforward as United has to recover from 4-2 down in extra time to win 5-4 against their Ligue 1 opponents.
It was an exceptionally entertaining contest but it did not exactly cover United in glory given how they relinquished their initial 2-0 advantage in normal time and their poor defending could come back to haunt them in this encounter.
Under veteran boss Ernesto Valverde, Athletic Bilbao are a seriously tough nut to crack and they have won their six Europa League home games by an aggregate score of 14-2 this term.
Most recently they have taken down both Roma and Rangers on their own patch and they should have no issues beating United on Thursday.
The San Mames will of course host the Europa League final this season, giving Athletic extra incentive to progress from this tie.
Inaki Williams can make his mark in first leg
The Basque club are comfortably nestled inside La Liga’s top five – which will secure qualification for next season’s Champions League – so they can attack this tie and are a much stronger unit than Manchester United.
They have lost just five times in the Spanish top flight this season, while they can also boast the best defence in the division with just 26 goals conceded, fewer than the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
With that in mind, Athletic are worth a bet to win this match and a 2-0 home win offers value in the correct-score netting.
In brothers Inaki and Nico Williams, they also carry a serious attacking threat in wide areas and Inaki Williams is the pick to add to his tally of five Europa League goals in this contest given Nico’s recent injury scare.
Predictions:Athletic Bilbao to Win
Athletic Bilbao 2-0
Inaki Williams To Score Anytime
