Football Today
·14 de março de 2025
Five key stats worth knowing after Man United’s Europa League win over Real Sociedad

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·14 de março de 2025
Manchester United have progressed to the Europa League quarter-final, beating Real Sociedad 5-2 on aggregate.
Read on as we take a look at key statistics from the game.
The Red Devils registered 25 shots – 10 of which were on target – the most they have registered under Ruben Amorim.
They also created 4.02 Expected Goals (xG) – the highest they have recorded under the Portuguese tactician.
The United captain scored a hat-trick to take his goal involvements in the competition to six this season. He has tallied four goals and two assists in nine games.
He has now scored 24 goals and 17 assists in the Europa League, the most by any player in the competition’s history.
The 30-year-old has also scored nine penalties, which is the most for any player.
Before Fernandes’ hat-trick against Sociedad, no Man United player had scored three goals in a European competition for nearly five years.
Marcus Rashford was the last player to do so, scoring a hat-trick in the 5-0 victory over RB Leipzig in the 2020/2021 Champions League.
United have extended their unbeaten record at home in the Europa League to 16 games. They last lost a match on their own patch in 2012, losing 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao.
United have now advanced to the quarter-finals of European competitions on 28 occasions, the most of any English club.
Stats from OptaJoe.