Man United face LASK in the first-ever competitive meeting between these two sides as the two battle it out for a place in the Europa League Quarter-Finals. Elsewhere in Europe Wolves travel to Greece to face an Olympiakos side that has already knocked out Arsenal and Steven Gerrard's Rangers host Bayer Leverkusen. We've previewed all the British Europa League games below where you can also take advantage of some of Paddy Power's Power Prices specials tonight.
LASK vs. Man United
Man United have a solid record when it comes to facing Austrian teams in European competitions. In fact the Red Devils are unbeaten in the eight games in which they have played against Austrian opponents, winning seven and drawing the eighth. That being said LASK will certainly not be a rollover for Ole Gunnar Solskjær's men, Die Schwarz-Weißen are currently on their longest-ever unbeaten run in European competitions, winning four and drawing two of their last six Europa League games.
Bruno Fernandes has been a revelation for Man United since his £67.6m move from Sporting CP in January. The Portuguese midfielder has been directly involved in more goals than any other United player in this time, scoring three and assisting three in the eight games he has played. LASK on the other hand have themselves their own dangerman in Brazilian striker João Klauss, who is currently on loan at the club from Hoffenheim. The 23-year old is the club's top scorer this season, netting an impressive seventeen goals in his thirty-four games and adding another four assists to that count too.
Bookmakers Paddy Power have Man United to qualify at 2/9 with LASK at 16/5.
Team News
LASK are missing midfielder pairing Thomas Goiginger and Marvin Potzmann due to knee injuries. Elsewhere defenders Petar Filipovic and Philipp Wiesinger have both picked up too many cautions and will subsequently be suspended tonight.
Man United are still without Marcus Rashford, who is currently recovering from a back injury that he picked up against Wolves back in January. Paul Pogba, who is nearing recovery from his ongoing ankle problems, looks set also to miss this fixture. However Juan Mata, Eric Bailly and Odion Ighalo are likely to be in contention with starts.
Rangers vs. Bayer Leverkusen
You'd have to go back to 1998/99 for the last time these two sides met, Rangers progressed in the UEFA Cup that year after beating the German's 2-1 at the BayArena followed by a 1-1 draw in Scotland. Evidently that is Bayer Leverkusen's only-ever trip to Scotland in a European Competition and former Ajax and Dortmund manager Peter Bosz will most certainly be aiming for a more positive outcome this time round. Since dropping down from the Champions League the team has a 100% win rate in the Europa League, beating Porto in both legs of their Round of 32 clash.
Alfredo Morelos is having another stunning season, the Colombian striker has been directly involved in more goals than any other player for Rangers, scoring a staggering twenty-nine goals and assisting a further ten. The Rangers' front man is currently the joint-top scorer in the Europa League this season with his six goals. Steven Gerrard will no doubt be cautious of Bayer Leverkusen's wonderkid Kai Havertz, the twenty-year old was directly involved in four of the five goals the club scored against Porto in the previous round.
Bookmakers Paddy Power have Rangers to qualify at 14/5 with Leverkusen at 1/4.
Team News
Veteran striker Jermain Defoe will have to sit this fixture out as he is suffering from a calf issue. Steven Gerrard will also have to cope tonight without Scott Arfield who picked up a hamstring problem against Hearts in February. James Tavernier and Ryan Jack are both struggling with knee problems but will most likely be given late fitness tests.
Peter Bosz will be without Sven Bender, who is out for up to six weeks after picking up a knee injury. They will also miss German striker Kevin Volland due to a foot injury.
Olympiakos vs. Wolves
Olympiakos are on quite the run against English sides, in fact the last two sides from England that they have faced in the Europa League they have eliminated; that's Arsenal in the last round and Burnley in 2018/19. Nuno Espírito Santo will be looking to make sure that run comes to an end as his side attempt to reach a first European Cup Quarter-Final since 1971/72, a run which evidently saw them reach the Final of the UEFA Cup only to lose 3-2 to Tottenham. Wolves' have been free-scoring this tournament, indeed no side has scored more goals than the seventeen they have netted so far.
Diogo Jota is looking to make European history tonight after his hat-tricks against Espanyol and Besiktas he could become the first player ever to score three straight hat-tricks in a UEFA competition. In fact his six goals so far in the competition stand him as the joint-top scorer alongside Alfredo Morelos and Daichi Kamada. Wolves will have to be wary of Moroccan forward Youssef El-Arabi, who scored the winner in their previous round against Arsenal. The thirty-three year old has twenty-three goals and six assists in the thirty-seven games that he has played for the Greek side this season.
Bookmakers Paddy Power have Olympiakos to qualify at 15/8 with Wolves at 2/5.
Team News
Olympiakos are boosted by the return of Ruben Semedo, who picked up a one-match suspension last round however the Greek side will be without Algerian forward Hillal Soudani due to a knee problem. Pedro Martins' side will also have to cope without right-back Bruno Gaspar and goalkeeper Bobby Allain.
Wolves will be boosted by the return of Adama Traoré, the pacey winger recently picked up a shoulder injury but returned to the bench on the weekend and should be in contention of featuring tonight. Jonny Otto remains the only other major casualty as the defender is sidelined with a knee ligament injury.
You can also take advantage of Paddy Power's Power Prices special tonight as they have Leverkusen and Wolves to win tonight, which was originally at 10/3 boosted to a massive 9/2.
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