MU and Tottenham create a strange final

MU went through a season of ups and downs.

Manchester United and Tottenham will face each other in the Europa League final on the morning of May 22. Manchester United are currently 15th in the Premier League table, while Tottenham are 16th.

If Manchester United and Tottenham retain their current Premier League positions at the end of the season, it will be the first time a team from such a lowly domestic league has won the Europa League.

According to Opta data, since the tournament was renamed Europa League in 2009/10, no team ranked lower than 12th in their domestic league has reached the final or won the title.

In all UEFA club competitions since the beginning of the 21st century, no champion has finished lower than 15th in their domestic league.

Sevilla (12th in La Liga) won the Europa League in 2023, while Fulham (also 12th in the Premier League) lost the final in 2010. When West Ham won the Conference League in 2023, they finished 14th in the Premier League that season.

This season also marks the first time a new format has been introduced in the Europa League, with third-placed teams in the Champions League group stage no longer being relegated to the Europa League, which previously made the tournament more difficult.

This clearly increases Manchester United and Tottenham's chances of reaching the final, as in the last 15 seasons, 10 Europa League finalists have come from the Champions League, and a third of the 15 Europa League winners have started the season in the Champions League.

4 goals put MU in the Europa League final. In the early morning of May 9, Mount scored a double to help MU defeat Bilbao 4-1 in the second leg of the semi-final, thereby winning a ticket to the final with a total score of 7-1.

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