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Regarding this second match between Premier League teams in the round of 16 of English FA Cup it is quite clear that famous Manchester United is a favourite to win. The United is 2nd in the Premier League table and has even 29 points more than 17th-placed Huddersfield. It is interesting that both their head-to-head played this season had ended as victories of home teams.

Huddersfield

Right because of fact that Huddersfield plays at home its fans hope for favourable result, especially as this FA Cup match comes after two consecutive victories. In previous round of the FA Cup played around 10 days ago Huddersfield won away after extra time second-divisions Birmingham 4-1, while last weekend it won Bournemouth by the same result and again escaped the drop zone.

True, Huddersfield still has just one point more than 18th-placed Southampton and two more than penultimate Stoke, but for manager Wagner players it is the most important to restore their self-confidence after two wins in a row, which was at low level after five-game losing streak in the Premier League. Regarding the team that Huddersfield will send on Saturday to face the United we should say that due to injuries out of action are defenders Smith, Lowe, Malone and Stankovic, midfielder Mooy, and forwards Depoitre and Kachunga, while newly arrived midfielder Pritchard is not eligible yet to play in the FA Cup.

Probable lineups Huddersfield: Coleman – Hadergjonaj, Zanka, Schindler, Kongolo – Hogg, Billing – Quaner, Ince, van La Parra – Mounie

Manchester United

Unlike for their next rivals, this match of the round of 16 of FA Cup comes for Manchester United players after somewhat surprising away defeat in the league by Newcastle 1-0, which increased their backlog behind leading Manchester City to even 16 points. However, that is not the worst thing but fact that advantage that the Red Devils had over teams right behind them has reduced and right now Liverpool has two points fewer, Chelsea three, and 5th-placed Tottenham just four points.

The Spurs defeated them at Wembley three rounds ago, meaning that Mourinho’s players lost two away matches in a row, which is not good sign ahead of away match with maximally ready Huddersfield. Besides, in just four days the Red Devils will face Sevilla in the Champions League, and Morinho has announced that will rest several standard starters on Saturday, while out of action due to injuries are defenders Bailly and Blind, midfielders Fellaini and Herrera, and forwards Rashford and Ibrahimovic.

Probable lineups Manchester United: Romero – Darmian, Lindelof, Rojo, Shaw – McTominay, Carrick – Mata, Lingard, Sanchez – Lukaku

Verdict:

Of course that the guests from Manchester are rightfully regarded as great favourite to win the match, but given that they will play a very important match in the Champions League in just a couple of days and that Huddersfield plays much better at home than away throughout the whole season, we have decided to play here on interesting handicap that favours the home team.

Pick:  Asian handicap +0.75 Hudersfield 2.41 - 141/100 @1XBet