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Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid Head to Head
Ralf Rangnick’s Man United have been drawn against Spanish giants Atletico Madrid following a re-do of the Champions League last 16 draw. Is Atletico Madrid better than Manchester United? Let’s look at Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid Head to Head (h2h).
Currently Manchester United has a better 1 vs 1 performance index with 72. While Atletico Madrid has quality coach in Diego Simeone , SportsFila thinks Manchester United is a better team than Atleti at the moment
PSG would have attacked Man United a lot more than what Atletico may do, leaving gaps for United to catch them on the counter-attack.
However, Atletico are a side renowned for soaking up pressure and making life difficult for opponents.
Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid Head to Head Table
Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United – who has better midfielders?
Evaluating the strength of a team’s midfield is not easy. 1vs1 stats look at a value called Pass Progression Value (PPV). It measures the ability of players to play the pass into dangerous zones and to create chances. Manchester United has a PPV value of 0.19 while Atletico Madrid has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes has a total value of 0.67 and in the team of Atletico Madrid the best player is Koke.
Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United – who has the better attackers?
To analyse the best strikers of Man U vs Atletico, we look at the number of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value (Xg value – measure who the probability of a chance to turn into a goal.)
The two best players of Atletico Madrid are Luis Suarez with 7 goals and Angel Correa with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 5.33 and 2.84.
The two best players of Manchester United are Cristiano Ronaldo with 7 goals and Bruno Fernandes with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 0.31 and 4.3. Manchester United has the better offensive players than Atletico Madrid.
Atletico Madrid vs Man Utd head-to-head (h2h): Diego Simeone record against United
Atleti boss Simeone has not faced Man United in a major tournament with the Laliga winners. The last time United played Atletico was in 1991.
Diego Simeone presides over the Spanish champions Atletico Madrid. He can count not one, but two, La Liga titles from his spell in charge, as well as two Europa League triumphs and a couple of Champions League final appearances, with Atleti so cruelly denied by city rivals Real in Lisbon back in 2014.
It’s an impressive CV which deservedly ranks Simeone as a member of Europe’s coaching elite, but younger readers, especially, might not realize that the uncompromising manager known for wearing all black on the touchline had a very successful playing career of his own.
He can look back on plenty of history with United too, as his Atleti side prepare for a first meeting with the Reds in over 30 years.
How much do you know about Atletico coach Diego Simeone?
Simeone made his first appearance as a pro at Velez Sarsfield in his native country and was already a full international by the time he made his move to Europe, with Serie A side Pisa, in 1990.
A spell with Sevilla followed and he was still with the Andalusians when he won a second successive Copa America with Argentina in 1993.
Domestic success came at his next club – a double with Atletico in 1996 – before a move back to Italy with Internazionale, the time around which Simeone’s links to United revolve.
The midfielder captained his country at the 1998 World Cup finals and the South Americans had been paired with England in a repeat of the famous grudge match of 12 years earlier.
“Quite apart from all the political history, the desire of the whole country is to defeat England,” Simeone told The Observer, four years after the event.
“So we knew that in 1998, and we knew that the hearts of the Argentine people were with us. And, every time we meet, this desire to win is bigger and more heartfelt. This is a classic. And we play it as a classic because we are all conscious of how happy we can make our country by winning.”
Simeone retired in 2006, instantly embarking on the coaching career which has now provided another chance for him to do that thing he enjoys so much: defeating English sides.
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There is NO REASON for Gareth Southgate to be linked with the Manchester United job
Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time
The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best
The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss
Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.
ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time
Soccer Football – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo
I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.
Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
SportsFila reflect on Manchester United’s 4-3 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup Quarterfinals and look ahead to the semifinals where Erik ten Hag’s side will take on Coventry.
How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.
Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.
I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
