Sheriff Tiraspol vs Manchester United live stream, Thursday 15 September, 5.45pm
Manchester United travel to Moldova eager to put a disappointing loss to Real Sociedad behind them and get off the mark in their Europa League group.
After a poor start to the season, Erik ten Hag’s side were enjoying a mini-revival heading into last week’s opener but succumbed to a shock 1-0 defeat, bringing their four-game winning run to an abrupt end.
United supporters will hope that that subdued showing at Old Trafford was nothing more than a blip and they quickly regain their stride away to surprise package Sheriff Tiraspol.
Last year, Sheriff famously became the first Moldovan team to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League and picked up seven points against Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk, enough to seal third spot.
Even more impressively, Sheriff beat eventual champions Real 2-1 at the Bernabeu in perhaps the biggest upset in the competition’s history, thanks to a late winner from Luxembourg international Sébastien Thill.
After suffering the embarrassment of being on the losing side that night, new £60million signing Casemiro will be keen to assert his dominance and exact revenge.
Despite the huge difference in stature between the two clubs, Man United know that they can’t afford to underestimate their opponents as they aim to progress to the knockout rounds.
They already have some catching up to do, with Sheriff beating Neil Lennon’s AC Omonia 3-0 to take top spot following the first set of fixtures.
Kick-off is at 5.45pm BST on Thursday 15 September and is being shown on BT Sport 2. See below for international broadcast options.
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Use a VPN to watch Europa League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Europa League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
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UK TV rights
How to watch Europa League live streams for UK subscribers
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How to watch Europa League live streams for US subscribers
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