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What can Man Utd & Arsenal expect from their Europa League draws?
Julien Laurens says the England pair are big favorites to reach the Europa League round of 16.
Manchester United met Real Betis in the Europa League round of 16 on Friday, while Arsenal meet Sporting CP.
Erik ten Hag’s side beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate in a thrilling play-off thanks to a 2-1 win in Thursday’s second leg at Old Trafford and remain in the hunt for four trophies this season.
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United are looking to secure their first trophy since their 2017 Europa League triumph under former boss Jose Mourinho.
Arsenal stormed through the Europa League group stage, winning five of their six group games and are next up against Sporting, who beat FC Midtjylland in the play-offs.
Juventus progressed through the play-offs at the expense of Nantes thanks to a hat-trick by Angel Di Maria in the second leg in France and are next up against Freiburg.
Six-time record winners Sevilla are back at it and will need to work their way past Turkish club Fenerbahce to reach the quarter-finals of this year’s competition.
The first leg of the round of 16 will be played on March 9th and the second leg on March 16th.
Later on Friday, West Ham United drew against Cypriot side AEK Larnaca in the Europa Conference League round of 16.
Elsewhere, Villarreal meets Anderlecht, while Lazio meets AZ Alkmaar.
Round of 16 of the Europa League drawn
Union Berlin versus Union Saint-Gilloise
Seville vs Fenerbahce
Juventus vs SC Freiburg
Bayer Leverkusen versus Ferencvaros
Sporting CP vs Arsenal
Manchester United vs Real Betis
AS Roma vs Real Sociedad
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Feyenoord