Statistics very rarely lie.
Okay, they can be moulded to suit a purpose but, generally, they tell the true story.
Ahead of our fixture tonight, against Valencia in the Champions League, we’ve delved into the record and form books and come up with a quartet of statistics that could be a good indication of how the game might turn out tonight.
The game tonight, at the Mestalla, will be the eighth time the two clubs have met in the Champions’ League, Manchester United have enjoyed the better of those meetings have not lost any of those eight fixtures, winning 2 and drawing the other 5, hopefully, that run will continue this evening.
Meetings between the two sides are invariably tight games with the last six meetings seeing a meagre 5 goals scored, does this point towards a narrow Manchester United win tonight or perhaps a low-scoring draw?
The reciprocating fixture, at Old Trafford, illustrates perfectly the above point with the game ending 0-0.
If Manchester United fail to score tonight, at the Mestalla, it will be the first time since 2008 / 2009 that they have failed to score in the home and the away legs in the group stages against an opponent. The opposition on that occasion were another Spanish side, Villarreal.
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