{"id":348159,"date":"2025-05-20T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=348159"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:50:10","slug":"tottenham-vs-manchester-united-europa-league-final-picks-may-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/tottenham-vs-manchester-united-europa-league-final-picks-may-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham vs. Manchester United Europa League final picks and predictions: Back the Red Devils to win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tottenham and Manchester United look to salvage their awful seasons in the Europa League final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The Red Devils and Spurs sit 16th and 17th in the EPL table \u2014 safe from relegation but miles away from the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal. Manchester United is favoured to win this final, which would earn it qualification for the Champions League next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my best picks for the Europa League final on May 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tottenham vs. Manchester United picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Manchester United to win (-137)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This final is a laugher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tottenham and Manchester United have been two of the most disappointing teams in all of Europe this season \u2014 but someone has to win, and I think it&#8217;ll be United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As is tradition, Spurs have picked up some untimely injuries ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s final. James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are both out, and that duo has combined for 27 goal contributions this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tottenham has been shut out in back-to-back games and has lost five of its last six EPL fixtures dating back to April 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not like Manchester United has been much better, also losing five of its last six EPL games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Ruben Amorim is getting a trio of reinforcements back from injury (Diogo Dalot, Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee). That will be key in a game between two teams starved for offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, many players in this group have experience winning a one-off final after besting Manchester City in the FA Cup last season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Tottenham conceded the fourth-most xG in the EPL this season (62.2), per FotMob. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1023660912\">Europa League betting markets<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heung-min<\/strong> <strong>Son over 2.5 shots (+105)<\/strong>: This is likely Son&#8217;s last chance to win silverware with Tottenham, and I expect him to be active in Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long-time Hotspur missed most of April and early May with an injury, but got his first start in a month on Friday against Aston Villa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He only had one shot attempt in that game and was taken off after 73 minutes. But the point is, Son is fit enough to play. And he will have to shoulder the offensive burden with Maddison and Kulusevski out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Son averaged 2.48 shots per 90 in the EPL this season, which ranked in the 68th percentile of all players. He should be able to over-index against a defence which is mediocre, at best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Tottenham vs. Manchester United picks made at 1:58 p.m. on 05\/20\/25.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham and Manchester United look to salvage their awful seasons in the Europa League final. The pregame narrative: The Red Devils and Spurs sit 16th and 17th in the EPL table \u2014 safe from relegation but miles away from the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal. Manchester United is favoured to win this final, which would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":348176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-348159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-soccer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tottenham vs. Manchester United picks: Europa League final | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Tottenham vs. Manchester United picks. 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