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Manchester United are unbeaten in their 14 UEFA Europa League games this season (W9 D5), and have become only the seventh side to reach the competition’s final without losing a match en route, after Benfica (2013-14), Chelsea (2018-19), Internazionale (2019-20), Villarreal (2020-21), Eintracht Frankfurt (2021-22), and Bayer Leverkusen (2023-24).
Athletic Club are the team against which Casemiro has scored the most goals in his entire career (three, like vs Sevilla, two of them in this Europa League semi-final tie, the other in LaLiga in 2017).
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In the five previous matches between Manchester United and Athletic Club, there have been 22 goals (4.4 per game), with the Red Devils scoring 12 and conceding 10. All five of those matches have seen at least three goals scored.
Athletic Club have now lost eight of their ten previous away games against English sides in all European competitions (W1 D1), although their most recent was a 3-2 win over Manchester United in March 2012 in the UEFA Europa League.
Bruno Fernandes has contributed to 8 goals in his last 5 games in the Europa League:
- 6 goals
- 2 assists
After losing the first leg 3-0 at home, Athletic Club have lost both their home and away leg of a knockout tie in major European competition for only the third time, after the 1967-68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup quarter-final against Ferencvárosi TC, and the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League last 16 against Marseille.
Manchester United have lost just one of their last 31 home games in the UEFA Europa League (W24 D6), a 0-1 group stage defeat to Real Sociedad in September 2022. The Red Devils have never in their history lost a home game in any European competition by a margin of 3+ goals.
Manchester United have scored 35 goals in this season’s UEFA Europa League – more than any other side. Next up is 2020-21 (34) have they ever scored close in a single campaign in major European competition.
Ruben Amorim has now become the first manager to reach a major European final in his first season in charge of an English club since Thomas Tuchel with Chelsea in the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League. Only one Manchester United manager has ever achieved this feat in his debut season, with José Mourinho doing so in the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League.
