The 2024-25 UEFA Europa League closing would be the sixth all-English main European competitors closing, and the third of these to contain Tottenham Hotspur, after the 1971-72 UEFA Cup closing (gained 3-2 on combination v Wolves) and the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League closing (misplaced 0-2 to Liverpool).
This would be the fourth UEFA Europa League closing to be contested between two sides from the identical nation, after 2011 (Porto 1-0 Sporting Braga), 2012 (Atlético Madrid 3-0 Athletic Membership), and 2019 (Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal).
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United’s solely earlier assembly in main European competitors got here within the 1963-64 Cup Winners’ Cup final 16, with the Pink Devils progressing 4-3 on combination over two legs below Matt Busby.
Tottenham Hotspur have gained all three of their conferences with Manchester United in all competitions to this point this season, twice within the Premier League (3-0 away, 1-0 residence) and as soon as within the League Cup (4-3 at residence). The one opponent Spurs have ever gained 4 video games in opposition to in a single marketing campaign had been Manchester Metropolis in 1992-93, whereas the one aspect to beat the Pink Devils 4 instances in a single season had been Everton in 1985-86.
Manchester United are winless of their final six conferences with Tottenham Hotspur in all competitions (D2 L4), shedding their final three in a row. The Pink Devils have by no means gone seven with out a win in opposition to Spurs earlier than, and have additionally by no means misplaced 4 successive matches in opposition to them.
Manchester United stay the one unbeaten aspect in main European competitors this season, successful 9 and drawing 5 of their 14 UEFA Europa League video games. They wish to turn into solely the fourth aspect to win the Europa League with out shedding a single match that marketing campaign, after Chelsea in 2018-19, Villarreal in 2020-21, and Eintracht Frankfurt in 2021-22.
Tottenham Hotspur wish to win their first main trophy for the reason that 2007-08 League Cup below Juande Ramos, 17 years and 86 days previous to this UEFA Europa League closing. Spurs’ final main European title was the 1983-84 UEFA Cup below Keith Burkinshaw, 40 years and 363 days in the past.
This will likely be Manchester United’s ninth main European closing, with solely Liverpool (15) reaching extra amongst English golf equipment. The Pink Devils have didn’t win three of their final 4 such finals – Barcelona within the 2008-09 and 2010-11 UEFA Champions Leagues, and Villarreal within the 2020-21 UEFA Europa League – successful the opposite 2-0 in opposition to Ajax within the 2016-17 Europa League.
Tottenham Hotspur have gained the UEFA Cup/Europa League twice beforehand (1972, 1984), whereas victory right here would see them turn into the second English membership to win it 3 times, together with Liverpool. The one aspect to win the competitors on greater than three events are Sevilla (7).
Tottenham Hotspur have gained 9 of their 14 matches on this season’s UEFA Europa League (D3 L2), their most ever wins in a single marketing campaign in main European competitors, overtaking their eight in 1971-72, 1973-74, and 2006-07 (all UEFA Cup).
Manchester United have scored 35 targets on this season’s UEFA Europa League; the one sides ever to attain extra in a single UEFA Cup/Europa League marketing campaign are Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1972-73 (36), Porto in 2010-11 (37), and Chelsea in 2018-19 (36).
Solely Athletic Membership (30) have had extra pictures following excessive turnovers than each Manchester United (23) and Tottenham Hotspur (22) on this season’s UEFA Europa League. In the meantime, the Pink Devils are additionally joint-top of the 2024-25 competitors for direct assaults (32, degree with Lyon).
Ruben Amorim is trying to turn into solely the third supervisor to win a significant trophy in his first season in control of Manchester United, after José Mourinho in 2016-17 (League Cup & UEFA Europa League) and Erik ten Hag in 2022-23 (League Cup). Amorim additionally might turn into solely the third supervisor to win a significant European title with an English membership whereas aged 40 or youthful, after Howard Kendall (1984-85 Cup Winners’ Cup with Everton, 38) and Gianluca Vialli (1997-98 Cup Winners’ Cup with Chelsea, 33).
Tottenham’s Ange Postecoglou is the primary Australian supervisor ever to steer a aspect to a significant European closing. It’s the primary time a supervisor from a selected nation has taken cost of a significant European closing for the primary time since Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjær misplaced the 2021 UEFA Europa League closing on penalties to Villarreal with Manchester United.
Solely Rayan Cherki (12) has been instantly concerned in additional UEFA Europa League targets this season than Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes (11 – 7 targets, 4 assists). Certainly, the one participant to be concerned in additional for an English membership in a single marketing campaign within the competitors was Olivier Giroud for Chelsea in 2018-19 (15 – 11 targets, 4 assists).
Tottenham Hotspur ahead Dominic Solanke has scored in every of his final 4 appearances in opposition to Manchester United in all competitions (5 targets). Since Alex Ferguson left the Pink Devils in 2013, just one participant has scored in 5+ consecutive appearances in opposition to them, with Mo Salah doing so in six in a row from January 2021 to March 2023.
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes (7 targets, 4 assists), and Tottenham Hotspur’s Dominic Solanke (5 targets, 4 assists) every require one help to document each 5+ targets and 5+ assists on this season’s UEFA Europa League, a feat solely two gamers have achieved beforehand: Kevin De Bruyne in 2014-15 (5 targets, 5 assists), and Giuliano in 2016-17 (8 targets, 6 assists).
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes has made 35 passes which have damaged the opposition’s line of defense, and 24 line-breaking passes into the opposition’s penalty space on this season’s UEFA Europa League, each competition-high quantities.
