Marcus Rashford has scored eight goals in 10 matches in European competition this season - excluding qualifiers, this is the most by a Manchester United player since Cristiano Ronaldo (eight goals) in 2007-08, while the last player to net more was Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2002-03 (12).
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Slavia Prague vs Arsenal
The first leg did not as planned for Mikel Arteta & co. as they struggled to find the back of the net for large parts of the game. And when Nicolas Pepe did score one late on, Arsenal allowed Slavia Prague to equalise in stoppage time, meaning the contest ended in a 1-1 draw with the Czech giants coming away with a crucial away goal.
Following that disappointing outcome, Arsenal did bounce back strongly to register an impressive 3-0 win over Sheffield United in the Premier League to end a four-game streak without a victory. And, they will be hoping to carry that momentum forward.
Slavia Prague, meanwhile, beat local rivals Sparta Prague 2-0 at the weekend to make it 23 games unbeaten across all competitions. Indeed, the last time they lost a match was back in December 2020 to Bayer Leverkusen in the group stages of the Europa League. And Jindrich Trpisovsky’s men will back themselves to come out on top at home this midweek.
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Slavia Prague vs Arsenal Team News
Ondrej Kudela is back from suspension while Ondrej Kolar and Ibrahim Traore have both recovered from injury, leaving David Hovorka as the only absentee.
Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will all face late fitness tests, with David Luiz and Kieran Tierney sure to miss out.
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Slavia Prague are looking to reach a European semi-final for the first time since 1995-96 when they made it to the last four of the UEFA Cup before losing to Bordeaux.
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Arsenal are without a clean sheet in their last seven games in European competition, their longest run without a shutout since September 2017 - they last went eight without a clean sheet in Europe in a run of 15 ending in March 2002.
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On the last eight occasions where Arsenal drew the first leg of a two-legged European knockout tie, the Gunners progressed to the next round just four times, while they have been eliminated the last three times they drew a first leg at home (v Liverpool in 2008 and Barcelona in 2010 in Champions League quarter-finals and v Atletico Madrid in 2018 in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals).
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Slavia Prague have lost just one of their last 10 European games (W6 D3), after losing six of their eight before that (incl. qualifiers).
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Ajax VS AS Roma
Ajax take on AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico today. Both teams have been exceptional this season and have a point to prove going into this game.
Ajax and AS Roma have faced each other on only three occasions on the European front in the past. Both teams have managed one victory each and will want to pull ahead.
Both the teams have performed exceptionally well this tournament having a cross completion percentage of 46% each.
AS Roma has scored an average of 2.28 goals per match and conceded an average of 0.7 goals per match whereas, Ajax has an average of 2 and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per match. Ajax
has a lot of control over the game having 59% of possession of the ball, on the other hand AS Roma have 54% of possession of the ball. Ajax have a better defence having 39 successful tackles and over 210 balls recovered.
In my opinion Ajax will keep the ball in possession and will score first but, if AS Roma pull ahead they will have a tough time recovering.
My Prediction: Ajax will win 1-0
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Roma XI: Pau López; Mancini, Cristante, Ibañez; Karsdorp, Veretout, Diawara, Calafiori; Pellegrini, Mkhitaryan; Dzeko.
Ajax XI: Stekelenburg; Klaiber, Timber, Martínez, Tagliafico; Klaassen, Álvarez, Gravenberch; Antony, Tadic, Neres. #UEL
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Slavia Praha XI: Kolár; Bah, Zima, Holes, Boril; Sevcik, Stanciu, Hromada, Provod, Olayinka; Kuchta.
Arsenal XI: Leno; Chambers, Holding, Pablo Marí; Smith Rowe, Xhaka, Ceballos, Thomas, Saka; Lacazette, Pépé.
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Man Utd XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelöf, Tuanzebe, Telles; Fred, Matic, Pogba; Bruno Fernandes; Greenwood, Cavani.
Granada XI: Rui Silva; Foulquier, Germán, Vallejo, Neva; Yangel Herrera, Gonalons; Kenedy, Montoro, Machís; Soldado.
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Edinson Cavani puts Man Utd ahead against Granada after six minutes.
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Edinson Cavani has scored in Europe for the first time since 2019, when he scored for PSG against Galatasaray in the Champions League.
His 50th goal in UEFA competitions. 
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11 - Edinson Cavani has scored in European competition for the 11th consecutive season, with this being his first goal in the UEFA Europa League since December 2012 (for Napoli v PSV). Permanent.
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vs. Brighton
vs. Granada
vs. Tottenham
vs. Granada
Paul Pogba has now provided an assist in three of his last four games for Manchester United.
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Nicolas Pépé opens the scoring for Arsenal and now the Gunners do have an away goal against Slavia Prague.
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18’: Slavia Prague 0-1 Arsenal
20’: Slavia Prague 0-2 Arsenal
They took the VAR decision personally.
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18’ Slavia Prague 0-1 Arsenal
20’ Slavia Prague 0-2 Arsenal
24’ Slavia Prague 0-3 Arsenal
The Gunners are storming into the Europa League semifinals 
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- Arsenal lead 4-1 on aggregate
- Villarreal lead 3-0 on aggregate
They’ll meet in the semi-finals as things stand 
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