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Manchester United will face Kitchee today in Hong Kong as part of the reds` asian tour.
Kitchee is the current vice-champion of Hong Kong, they are also in the pre-season preparation phase. They are an offensive minded team, last year there was an average of 3,45 goals scored in their games in the league. Kitchee has a solid offense with a lot of spanish and African players, they are not scrubs. There`s not much else to say about the hosts, the quality difference is huge in this game, but of course the asian tour reserves many surprises. Last year Kitchee played a similar friendly against Arsenal, it ended 2-2.
Manchester United is a new team this year after Sir Alex`s retirement. They are still looking to find themselves under David Moyes, their results in the friendlies so far have been very bad, including losing to Thailand Stars (0-1) and Yokohama Marinos (2-3) or drawing with Cerezo Osaka (2-2). They did beat the A-League stars, 5-1. With the season fast approaching (the community shield is just 2 weeks away), United needs to step it up a bit and try to make thinks work. Moyes will field a strong first eleven today, looking to solve the passing lanes, offensive movement and team cohesion.
Games in the Asian tour are always rich in goals and I expect nothing different today. Two Kitchee players that were interviewed by ManchesterUnited.com stated that they don`t want to lose, but they have to attack and score some goals in order to please the fans that paid for the tickets. Both Zhu Zhao Ji and Lin Jia Wei anticipate a high-scoring game, with 2-2 being the most probable result in their opinion.
An over 4 goals seems like a safe bet here, it`s a game played for the fans, for the asian supporters, and scoring is almost a part of the contract between the two teams. It will be an open game, both teams concentrating more on offense, there will be a lot of spaces. Surely Kitchee will have its chances against a not so focused Manchester site, while the visitors will score because of their superior quality and because of the poor defense of the Asian side. I`m looking for a result in the region of 2-3, 2-4.
The field will be a little tough, with many matches played on this stadium recently, that is not usually a good thing for the over bet, but I don`t think that in this case it`s enough to influence the result because there will not be a midfield battle, it will be an open approach by both teams. I`m going with over 4 goals, I think worst case scenario is we-ll get our stakes back, but I`m really expecting 5 or more here.
Pick: over 4 goals
Odds: 1.68 @ Sbobet
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 6.12
Event date: 29 July
