Manchester United vs Reading prediction 28.01.2023

• Competition: FA Cup
• Date: 28th January 2023
• Time: 20:00 UTC / 21:00 CET
• Venue: Old Trafford (Manchester)

Manchester United will play another cup competition game in just three days. After losing in the Premier League on the road against Arsenal in which they were completely outplayed, on Wednesday they beat Nottingham Forest with a convincing 3:0 in the 1/16 finals of the EFL Cup. Once again, Marcus Rashford played an excellent match, scoring one goal, which was his 10th overall in the last 10 games in all competitions. United played a very good match and did not leave room for the hosts to threaten them

Their opponent in this match is Reading, a member of the Championship. This club has not played at the elite level for 10 years, and as things stand, they will have to wait at least another season for that. At the moment, they occupy only the 14th position in the Championship table, and what is even worse for them is that they welcome this match in not-so-good shape. In the last 5 matches, Reading triumphed only once, and that was a match against Warford in the previous round of the FA Cup. In order to get a positive result here, they would have to play their best match in the past few years, which is not so likely to happen.

Manchester Utd vs Reading pick: MU WIN AND COVER AH -2

Erik ten Haag fielded his strongest team in the EFL Cup match against Nottingham, which shows that he intends to try to win every trophy. The FA Cup is a very important competition, so there is no reason why an equally strong team with all its best players should not perform in this match as well. Manchester United has so far routinely won all their Cup games (Charlton, Everton, Burnley, Nottingham) and it is hard to imagine a scenario in which Reading will not be sent home with at least 3 goals in their own net. This club has the third-worst defense in the Championship this season, and with such a style of play, they have nothing to look for at Old Trafford.