Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes to continue Manchester United‘s improved from as his side take on AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League tonight.
United are now unbeaten in seven matches in a run which includes statement victories over Tottenham and Manchester City.
If they can avoid defeat tonight, United will secure top spot in the group ahead of AZ after both teams sealed their qualification from Group L to the round of 32 in the last round of fixtures. Follow all the action live:
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
51 mins: Great work from Greenwood. Garner passes the ball out to him on the right wing. He brings it into the box, fools the defenders with a couple of nifty step overs and finds Martial with a pass. Martial takes and touch and then hits the ball over the bar!
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
48 mins: Big chance for Alkmaar. They play the ball out quickly to the left wing where the ball is sent past Young into the box. Stengs makes a run but doesn’t expect the ball to reach him. When it does he only manages to tap it to Romero.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
Second half: No changes in personnel at half time. Man Utd get the game restarted, more creativity is needed from Man Utd’s midfielders, a goal could be enough for them to seal this game with a win.
As it stands Man Utd will be going through to the round of 32 by topping Group L. Earlier Arsenal fought back for a draw against Standard Liege to finish the top of their own group.
Here’s what happened:
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
42 mins: Half chance for de Wit to put AZ Alkmaar into the lead. Svensson puts the ball into the box and de Wit gets to it but puts his shot over the crossbar.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
39 mins: Idrissi puts a low ball into the six-yard box that de Wit tries to tap goalwards but he’s held off by Harry Maguire who lets the ball run. Romero doesn’t cover it and the ball almost sneaks into the far corner of the net.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
36 mins: Pereira whips a corner into the box. Maguire fights his way to the ball and wins the header. The connection isn’t great and Bizot smothers the ball low down.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
33 mins: Good counter attack from Man Utd. Greenwood gets the ball to Mata who sends Young free to run forward down the right hand side. Young pulls the ball back to the middle as he gets into the box and Mata shoots but has his shot blocked.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
30 mins: Claise gets put in the book after taking out Martial as he breaks forward. He takes one for the team but Man Utd have a free kick in a decent area.
Pereira and Mata stand over the wall but Pereira takes the shot on and hits the wall.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
27 mins: Young floats a ball into the box were Greenwood attempts a run in behind. Greenwood wins the header and heads it back to Mata who shoots first time, completely miscues the ball and spoons it wide of goal.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
24 mins: Garner fouls de Wit after losing the ball. Clasie tries to send the ball down the right wing but overhits his pass and the ball goes out for a goalkick.
A rare Man Utd attack sees Ashley Young whip the ball into the box only for Wuytens to clear it.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
21 mins: AZ Alkmaar are the more confident team in possession. They’re controlling the play of the ball and are asking United to do quite a bit of defending. They’ve certainly started the better of the two teams.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
18 mins: The first corner of the game goes to the visitors and is played short to Svensson. He puts the cross into the box but Young heads it out. Clasie collects it and has a shot from 45-yards out but it doesn’t trouble Romero.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
15 mins: AZ have had a couple of decent attacks. Idrissi targeting Ashley Young on Man Utd’s right hand side. United have lost their counter-attacking flair with both Rashford and James sitting this one out.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
12 mins: Idrissi brings the ball into the box from the left wing. He gets past Young and shoots but hits it straight at Romero who saves it.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
9 mins: Ashley Young takes some liberties in trying to play the ball out of his own box. He turns away from de Wit but into the path of Idrissi who almost wins the ball off him before he can clear it.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
6 mins: Andreas Pereira picks up a fortuitous ball in the middle of the pitch and runs it into the right side of the penalty area. Martial is up with him but he goes it alone and shoots forcing Bizot into a low save.
Man Utd 0 – 0 AZ Alkmaar
3 mins: Poor play between Romero and Tuanzebe as the Man Utd goalkeeper passes the ball pas the defender and out for a deep throw in for Alkmaar.
The ball comes in the middle of the pitch and Sugawara shoots on the half turn but Romero makes the save.
What TV channel is it on and is there a live stream?
The match will be broadcast on BT Sport 2, coverage starts at 8pm and follows Standard Liege vs Arsenal.
It can also be streamed live by subscribers on the BT Sport app on desktop and mobile devices.
What’s the team news?
Paul Pogba remains out with a foot problem but Solskjaer provided an encouraging update on his recovery. Diogo Dalot is back in training, as is Nemanja Matic. Marcos Rojo remains out but could join Eric Bailly and Timothy Fosu-Mensah when they link up with the group from next week.
AZ are without suspended forward Myron Boadu as well as Greek defender Pantelis Hatzidiakos (knee).
Predicted XIs
Man United: Romero; Dalot, Lindelof, Tuanzebe, Williams; Matic, Garner, Chong, Pereira, Mata, Greenwood
AZ: Bizot; Svensson, Wuytens, Vlaar, Wijndal; Wit, Clasie, Koopmeiners; Stengs, Druijf, Idrissi