Europa League when final. Europa League Final Marseille (France) - Atlético (Spain)
On May 24, 2017, the final match of the UEFA Europa League between Ajax and Manchester United. Intelbet covers everything that surrounds this final: past head-to-head results between Ajax and Manchester United in European competition, their statistics in this season's Europa League, bets that have often been played in past UEFA Champions League finals, as well as other facts about European competition and current Europa League finalists.
The Europa League is the successor tournament of the UEFA Cup, and it is wrong to consider the history of these two competitions in isolation from each other. Therefore, in the suburbs of Stockholm, the city of Solna, the 46th draw of the Europa League final will take place in a row. At the 50,000-strong new stadium "Friends Arena" (the stadium was put into operation in 2012), the Dutch club "Ajax" and the English "Manchester United" will meet.
Past head-to-head meetings in European competition
For the clubs, this will be the fifth face-to-face meeting between them within the framework of European competitions, and while the pair has parity in terms of outcomes - the same number of wins and losses in head-to-head meetings. But it is impossible not to notice something else: Ajax has never in its history passed Manchester United in European competition.
About the statistics of the finalists in the LE-2016/2017
Ajax Amsterdam have made a name for themselves as a home team in the Europa League. At their native Amsterdam Arena, the Dutch won absolutely all 7 matches of the second most important European tournament. Away things are noticeably worse: Ajax cannot win 6 matches in a row on the road, while conceding 8 goals in 4 away matches at the playoff stage. Manchester United, after the defeat in Turkey from Fenerbahce on November 3, 2016, did not lose a single match in the Europa League out of 10. Jose Mourinho's team plays a little better at home, but also knows how to impose its football on the road.
Both teams are not the best goals scored in the Europa League 2016/2017. Manchester United managed to find their way to the opponent's goal 23 times, Ajax - 24 times. In terms of goals conceded, the British are noticeably ahead of the Dutch: 8 to 15.
Paul Pogba is the best in the current Europa League season in terms of the number and quality of passes (953 made, 840 accurate).
Ajax Amsterdam goalkeeper Ande Onana spent the most time on the football field in the Europa League - 1200 minutes. It is unlikely that Amin Younes (1197) and Paul Pogba (1173) will overtake him.
Compare achievements in European Cup finals
Ajax reach the European Cup final for the tenth anniversary time. By the way, it is exactly 22 years since the last victory of Ajax in the Champions League final today - it was on May 24, 1995 that Milan was beaten. In 1996, the Amsterdam club played for the last time before this season in the final of the European Cup (Champions League against Juventus). For Peter Bosch, the 2016/2017 Europa League final will be his first coaching career.
Ajax results in European Cup finals
Manchester United will play their seventh European Cup final, excluding the UEFA Super Cup final. The last two final matches on the European arena were unsuccessful for Manchester United - defeats from Barcelona in the Champions League finals in 2009 and 2011.
Manchester United results in European Cup finals
Here one cannot ignore another participant in this confrontation, which many consider to be almost the main character. Jose Mourinho. This will be the fourth European Cup final in his coaching career. His statistics are impeccable: he participated in the finals 3 times, won them 3 times.
What is unique about the 2016/2017 Europa League final?
The upcoming Europa League final can indeed be called unique, because some of the records will be recorded exactly, and another part can only be recorded under certain circumstances.Records that will definitely be
- Manchester United will set the Europa League record for national representation of clubs in the final. José Mourinho's guys will become the 4th club from England to reach the final of the Europa League. Spain and Portugal played three representatives each.
- Ajax are the first club from the Netherlands to reach the Europa League final in the current format.
- For the Europa League in its current format, the 2017 final will be an almost unique event. In the entire 7-year history of the new type of trophy, only two times in the final there were no Spanish clubs. The last such case was in the 2013 final, when the title went to the English Chelsea in the confrontation with the Portuguese Benfica.
- José Mourinho or Peter Bosch will definitely set Rafael Benítez's record as the oldest coach to win the Europa League.
- Manchester United has a player who could become the oldest participant in the Europa League final: Mike Carrick, if he enters the Friends Arena lawn, will overtake Frank Lampadr and set the record bar at around 35 years and 300 days.
- As part of the young Ajax, several players at once can break the record as the youngest participants in the Europa League final. Now it is 19 years and 303 days.
- If Manchester United wins, they will add one missing unit to their rich collection of trophies - the Red Devils have never won the Europa League. In addition, if they win, Manchester United will become only the fifth club in history. European football, who managed to win all three main trophies of the continent (Champions League, Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup). Ajax, by the way, is in this top five.
- Ajax can become unique club in case of victory. Only the Dutch will be able, after their success in the 2016/2017 Europa League final, to boast of having in their museum all the trophies of the main continental tournaments in absolutely all formats (European Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup, Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup). Manchester United have not won the UEFA Cup.
- The last fact about Mourinho in terms of the Europa League final. The Portuguese can only become the second manager to win both the UEFA Cup and the Europa League. So far, only Rafael Benitez has achieved such a result.
What to bet on the Europa League final? Some statistics
In the Europa League over the past 7 years (this is how long the tournament exists in its current format) there have been different finals. Some justified the expectations of the fans, some were failures in terms of the quality of football. The statistics accumulated over 7 years can be useful for betting on the Europa League final 2016/2017.The favorites of the Europa League final won the match in regular time 4 times out of 7. The underdogs managed to either win the match altogether or send it to extra time 3 times.
Twice the outsiders of the Europa League final managed to win their matches. In these two cases, odds from 2.10 to 2.50 went to their victory. The most you could win on the victory of Sevilla in the last Europa League final against Liverpool.
In 2 cases out of 7, additional time was required to determine the winner. Only once it came to a penalty shootout.
4 times out of 7 in the matches of the Europa League finals 3 goals or more were scored, respectively, the bet on TB 2.5 goals was held. It is worth noting that the last two finals of the Europa League ended effectively.
Only one Europa League final out of 7 turned out to be devastating for the losing opponent. Also, only once the winner won with a difference of two goals. 5 finals out of 7 underdogs, at least, managed to keep the head start at +1 goal.
In 4 cases, the first halves of the Europa League finals turned out to be more productive than the second. Once there was a draw in the performance of the halves.
In only two finals of the Europa League, the bookmakers were wrong in the quotes for the totals, and it was possible to win with odds greater than 2.0.
About odds of bookmakers
You don't have to be a football expert to understand that in the pair of Europa League finalists Ajax - Manchester United, the club from England is the favorite. The maximum quote for the victory of Manchester United can be found in the bookmaker 888.ru - 1.87
. The best odds for the victory of Ajax are presented by the bookmaker " 1xStake » - 4.82
.
| Ajax win | Draw | Manchester United win | |
In equal proportions, bookmakers initially set the line for the total number of goals in the Europa League final. Initially, TB 2.5 and TM 2.5 could be taken at 1.95. This market has changed significantly: during the season spent under the leadership of Jose Mourinho, Manchester United taught not to expect a large number of goals in matches involving this team. Therefore, now bookmakers are ready to give odds from 2.10 to 2.30 on Total Over 2.5 goals. And, accordingly, the odds are from 1.64 to 1.75 on Total Under 2.5 goals. In connection with the injury of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, bookmakers are now waiting for goals in the Europa League final from the following performers:
What outcome of the Europa League final Intelbet users expect and why, you can find out in a separate post with results of our survey. |
Antoine Griezmann doubles in the Europa League final 2017/2018!
The teams' path to the 2017/2018 Europa League final was different. The club from Madrid started it in the Champions League, got into the group along with the English Chelsea and the Italian Roma, and could not cope with them, left the tournament after the group stage and continued to fight for another European Cup. The "mattress" reached the semi-finals of the Europa League without any problems, showing off and scoring a lot. In the semi-finals, the Spaniards were waiting for the London Arsenal, but Atlético also passed, experiencing personnel problems. Marseille began its journey before Atlético - from the third qualifying round League of Europe. Moreover, at no stage the French were considered clear favorites, but a little luck and a lot of dedication helped them reach the final match.
The opponents approached the final of the Europa League 2017/2018 in combat squads, although the Madrid team had one disqualification and a significant one - head coach Diego Semione.
Europa League Final 2018/2017
The first dangerous moment of the final was created by the French, midfielder Marcel Payet launched his team's attack with lightning speed - from the center he laid the ball in Germain's foot, leaving the defenders behind. But the attacker hit on goal unsuccessfully - past the Spanish goalkeeper Jan Oblak, but also much past the gate. Marseille played as fast as possible in the first minutes of the match, but Atlético had such a vast experience in playing in the finals that they easily predicted all the moves of the French without even increasing their speed.
The first goal of the final was scored by Atlético Madrid in the 21st minute. Antoine Griezmann became the author of the goal, and the co-author can be safely written down by Marseille footballer Zambo Anguiss, who grossly made a mistake when receiving the ball from the goalkeeper, Gaby immediately intercepted the ball and passed it forward to Griezmann, who easily outplayed the goalkeeper.
Another highlight of the first half was the replacement of Marseille captain Dimitri Payet, who was injured and left the field in tears. Indeed, life is a boomerang. Many remember that it was in a skirmish with Payet that Cristiano Ronaldo was injured in the 2016 European Championship final. After this, the Frenchman should take an example from the Portuguese, who, although he left the field in that final, actively supported and inspired his team until the winning goal.
Less than five minutes into the second half, and Atlético have already doubled their lead. And again, Antoine Griezmann was at the forefront of the attack after a cutting pass Koke, approached the goalkeeper and threw the ball over him into the far corner - 2:0. Marseille drooped a little, a goal from the locker room affects the team no less than a goal in the locker room.
At the end of the final, Marseille managed to create a couple of dangerous chances, hit the post and… conceded again. The third goal against the French was sent by Atlético captain Gaby. "Mattress" did everything as it should, rolling the Marseillais into someone else's penalty area. Gabi hit from the right half of the penalty area without interference and laid the ball exactly under the far post! At the 90th minute of the match there was a long-awaited change. Fernando Torres entered the field to win his trophy with his home club, and Griezmann, who most likely also won the last trophy with Atlético, made way for him.
Atletico became a three-time winner of the Europa League (2010, 2012, 2018).
Atlético celebrate victory!
Final statistics
goals
Griezmann, 21 (0:1). Griezmann, 49 (0:2). Gabi, 89 (0:3).
Team line-ups
Marseille: Mandanda, Sarr, Rami, Louise Gustavou, Amavi, Thauvin, Sanson, Zambo, Payet (Lopez 32), Ocampos (Nji 55), Germain (Mitroglou 74).
Atlético: Oblak, Vrsaljko (Juanfran 46), Godin, Jimenez, Hernandez, Correa (Partei 88), Saul, Gabi, Koke, Diego Costa, Griezmann (Fernando Torres 90).
Warnings
Vrsalko, 23. Amavi, 38. Luiz Gustavu, 75. Nzhi, 78. Hernandez, 78.
Judges
KYPERS, van Roekel, Zeinstra, van Bukel, Makkeli (all Holland).
16th of May. Lyon. Stadium Parc Olympique lyonnais (Stade des Lumieres). 55,768 spectators (capacity 59,000).
