Thursday 4 May 2017 21:04, UK
Charlie Nicholas has given us his prediction for Manchester United's trip to Celta Vigo for their Europa League semi-final first leg.
Jose Mourinho's side travel to Spain on Thursday hoping to take a positive result back to Old Trafford for the second leg next week.
Here's what Charlie is predicting...
People are suggesting United will just go on and win this competition but they have got so much work to do now with the fixtures they've got left.
The betting obviously suggests United should come through but Celta are a decent side, with former Liverpool boy Iago Aspas a real threat.
They're a team who score a lot of goals and they don't seem to mind getting physical. They'll be patient on the ball and wait for their opportunities.
The overriding issue for United is the injuries. With the amount of games they have to play, Mourinho will set his side up to keep the first leg tight.
Jose doesn't rotate too much and that takes its toll on players.
I'm going to suggest the tie is going to be left wide open. I would still expect United to qualify but this is by no means a gimme.
Charlie predicts: 2-1 and Aspas to score first - 35/1 with Sky Bet
Previous predictions...
I'm still not convinced that Real Madrid are really clicking this year and there are still some issues, whereas Atletico are starting to pick up at the ideal time for this tie.
We all know about Antoine Griezmann but I'm also a fan of Kevin Gameiro, with his pace. Even though he has been in and out of the team, he got a couple of goals at the weekend.
Sergio Ramos ends up stealing the headlines, even more so than Cristiano Ronaldo at the moment. You look at his stats and he has 22 red cards in his career, 12 bookings this season, been involved in just three clean sheets this year, but has scored 10 goals. I've never been a fan but you could write one hell of a book on him.
All Ronaldo has is inside the box now and he won't get into the game so much. Karim Benzema's goals have dried up and Gareth Bale is out so it is going to be tough for them to break this very stubborn Atletico defence down.
Atletico will sit in and there won't be a dramatic charge, even if they go a goal down. They will go to agitate Real and turn this into a fist fight.
I'd be looking at Diego Simeone's side to leave with a decent result here and qualify in the return leg at the Vicente Calderon.
Charlie predicted: 1-1 and Gamiero to score first - 45/1 with Sky Bet
Result: Real Madrid 3-0 Atletico
Juventus are rock solid defensively but also have high-quality attacking players. They have been my dark horses and I'd love to see them win it for Gianluigi Buffon, who has not won this competition. What an extraordinary player he has been.
They will probably be well odds-on to qualify as they can defend like Altetico and have a nice balance going forward. Paulo Dybala is a proper little footballer, although he annoys me when he dives around.
We know about pace and talent in Monaco's side and everybody is talking about their young players, but they face a real test of their maturity here.
Juventus won't go there to open it up but I do expect goals with the way Monaco will approach the game and I could see that eagerness to attack backfiring.
Charlie predicted: 1-2 and Dybala to score first - 33/1 with Sky Bet
When I looked at the last 16 it was Lyon who I fancied. Alexandre Lacazette is, dare I say it, somebody Arsenal should have signed, not because he's a great all-round player but he's a fantastic finisher.
It's good to see French sides other than PSG back in the mix and I think there's enough quality in this Lyon side to go on and be the main challenge to Manchester United.
I'm actually surprised Ajax have got this far. They've always got some fine young players and they've done well to get back in the Eredivisie title race after Frank de Boer left.
Charlie predicted: 0-3 and Lacazette to score first - 90/1 with Sky Bet
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