Become a guest, the Reds are favored

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Liverpool will indeed be Manchester United's guests in the FA Cup quarter-finals, Sunday (17/3/2024) starting at 22.30 WIB. However, the club nicknamed The Reds that is more favored in this match at Old Trafford Stadium.

This fact makes sense considering the recent performance of both teams. Liverpool's performance shows an increasing graph ahead of the meeting between the two teams whose colors are red.

Jurgen Klopp's team still has the chance to win four championships. They have won the English League Cup or Carabao Cup trophy after beating Chelsea in the final. They also still have the opportunity to compete in four other championships, namely the English League, FA Cup and Europa League.

In the Premier League, The Reds sits in second place with the same value as league leaders Arsenal. They drew 1-1 against another Premier League champion candidate, Manchester City.

Klopp's troops also crushed Sparta Prague 6-1 in the Europa League in their last action. Liverpool will meet Atalanta in the quarter-finals of this championship.

This is different at Manchester United whose performance is unstable. The Red Devils, nicknamed MU, managed to beat bottom team Everton 2-0 in their last league match. However, previously they were humiliated by neighbors Manchester City.

It is not surprising that their position in the Premier League standings also fluctuates. At the moment, squad Erik ten Hag's team finished sixth in the Premier League.

They are also threatened with paying quite large fines to sponsors apparel Adidas if it fails to occupy the top four positions or Champions League tickets this season. It is not surprising that Liverpool are favorites to win this match.

In another quarter-final which was held on Saturday (16/3/2024), Wolverhampton Wanderers failed to advance to the top four after giving up with a narrow score of 2-3 against second level club Coventry City.

Coventry advanced to the semifinals thanks to the actions of Ellis Sims who scored two goals in the 53rd minute and 90+7, and Haji Wright (90+10). Wolves took the lead thanks to goals from Ait-Npuri in the 83rd minute and Hugo Bueno (88th).

Manchester City also won the semi-final ticket, which beat Newcastle United 2-0. Two winning goals for Pep Guardiola's team were scored by Bernardo Silva in the 13th and 31st minutes.