Red Devils won by a margin

Manchester United will kick off their 2024-25 Europa League campaign with a match against Eredivisie side FC Twente at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening.

This is the first time the two teams have met, and the 'Red Devils' have lost just one of their previous nine home games against Dutch sides.

Latest MU vs FC Twente team information

Manchester United are still without summer signing Leny Yoro (leg injury), while Luke Shaw (calf), Tyrell Malacia (knee) and Victor Lindelof (toe) are all doubts, although the latter two have returned to first-team training.

Despite keeping three consecutive clean sheets, Ten Hag could consider a defensive change, with Harry Maguire an option to replace Matthijs de Ligt or Lisandro Martinez at centre-back, while Manuel Ugarte or Casemiro could feature in midfield in place of Kobbie Mainoo or Christian Eriksen.

Marcus Rashford will be hoping to return to the starting line-up after being surprisingly left out of the Crystal Palace game, despite scoring three goals in his previous two games. Alejandro Garnacho, Amad Diallo and Antony will also be competing for places on the wings, while Joshua Zirkzee could continue to start up front as Ten Hag slowly works Rasmus Hojlund back into the starting line-up.

As for FC Twente, midfielder Michal Sadilek - a regular in the first team last season - is still recovering from a torn leg he suffered in a cycling accident ahead of Euro 2024, and he is joined in the treatment room by Younes Taha, who broke his leg in the Eredivisie draw with PEC Zwolle just over a week ago.

Oosting is unlikely to make many changes to his starting line-up, if any, with summer signing Bart van Rooij expected to continue on the right in a back four alongside Mees Hilgers, Max Bruns and Anass Salah-Eddine.

Sem Steijn has been one of Twente's standout performers this season, scoring seven goals in eight games in all competitions, and the 22-year-old is expected to operate in the No.10 role behind ex-Rangers striker Sam Lammers.

Latest expected lineup MU vs FC Twente

Manchester United:

Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot; Ugarte, Mainoo; Antony, Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee

FC Twente:

Unnerstall; Van Rooij, Hilgers, Bruns, Salah-Eddine; Eiting, Regger; Rots, Steijn, Van Bergen; Lammers

Latest football commentary MU vs FC Twente

Despite finishing eighth in the Premier League last season, Manchester United are participating in the Europa League for the seventh time since the competition was rebranded in 2009, after winning the FA Cup final against rivals Manchester City in May.

The Red Devils have had an uneven start to the new season, winning three, losing three and drawing one of their seven games in all competitions, after back-to-back wins over Southampton (3-0) and Barnsley (7-0), but only managing a goalless draw against Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.

Erik ten Hag claimed his side "overwhelmed Palace in the first half" at Selhurst Park, but they ultimately lacked the cutting edge in the final third and could only come away with a point, leaving them 11th in the table after five games, three points off the top four.

Manchester United will now turn their attention to the Europa League and the first of eight games in the expanded 36-team tournament, starting with a home game against FC Twente on Wednesday, followed by games against Porto, Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce, PAOK, Bodo/Glimt, Viktoria Plzen, Rangers and FCSB.

The Red Devils, who have lost just one of their last 24 home games in the Europa League, are confident of success against Twente and are among the bookmakers' favourites to win this year's competition for just the second time in their history since winning in 2016-17.

FC Twente finished third in the Eredivisie last season for the first time in a decade, and have taken 11 points from their first six top-flight games of the new campaign, winning their last two against Heerenveen and Almere City.

After a comfortable 2-0 home win over Robin van Persie's Heerenveen, the Tukkers cruised to a 5-0 thrashing away at Almere over the weekend, thanks to goals from Sem Steijn (2), Sam Lammers, Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Anass Salah-Eddine.

Sitting fourth in the Eredivisie and seven points behind leaders PSV Eindhoven, Twente are now focusing on their first European campaign since joining the 2012-13 Europa League group stages. They missed out on Champions League qualification earlier this season after losing 5-4 on aggregate to Red Bull Salzburg in the third qualifying round.

Joseph Oosting has been Twente head coach since July 2023, winning 27 of his 48 games in charge, and he is tasked with ending the club's seven-game winless run in the Europa League at the Theatre of Dreams on Wednesday.

However, success against English opposition has been elusive for the Tukkers in recent years, with them winning just one of their previous 13 meetings in all competitions – a narrow 1-0 win over Fulham in the 2011-12 Europa League group stage. FC Twente have found their scoring form again in recent weeks and could pose a threat to Manchester United's defence on Wednesday, particularly through in-form striker Steijn.

Ten Hag's side have been a bit inconsistent for a while, but we expect the 'Red Devils' to overcome their opponents and start their Europa League campaign on a positive note.

Score prediction MU vs FC Twente

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the MU vs FC Twente match:

• Sportsmole: MU 3-1 FC Twente

• WhoScore: MU 2-0 FC Twente
• Our prediction: MU 3-1 FC Twente

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