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·29 July 2024
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Man Utd head to San Diego amid pre-season injury worries
Manchester United face their penultimate friendly of the summer when they meet Real Betis in San Diego on Wednesday night.
Erik ten Hag’s side were beaten by Arsenal to kick off their pre-season tour of the United States over the weekend.
It has been a bit of a mixed summer for the Red Devils, who lost to Rosenborg in an underwhelming opener before a win over Rangers.
Injury issues are once again cropping up and this week’s game provides one of the final chances to get themselves into gear before the Community Shield against Manchester City.
Betis are fresh off a narrow defeat to Liverpool, who United play on Saturday night, with this the third of the Spanish team’s seven pre-season friendlies.
Man Utd vs Real Betis is scheduled for a 3am BST kick-off in the early hours of Thursday August 1, 2024.
The match will take place at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego.
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on MUTV.
Live stream: Fans can catch the contest live online via the official club app and website.
Ten Hag has once again seen his squad hampered by injuries with a nervous wait over new signing Leny Yoro after he suffered an issue against Arsenal.
Rasmus Hojlund also picked up a knock in Los Angeles but Victor Lindelof is back in full training in a rare boost.
Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee have been spotted in the USA, raising hopes that they will be back early from their summer breaks to join the tour. However they are, as it happens, simply on holiday nearby and will begin their pre-seasons after United return home.
Betis will offer up a sturdy test but United are now fairly deep into their preparations for the new season and can expect a good result.
Man Utd to win, 2-0.
The only competitive meetings between these teams came in the Europa League last-16 in the 2022-23 season - United won both legs for an 5-1 aggregate victory.