United and City 12-1 to meet in Europa League final

By Dan Williams 11:01PM 16 FEB 2012

Manchester giants United and City both enjoyed away victories in their Europa League last-32 first legs and are 12-1 with Hills to meet in the final in Bucharest in May.

The Red Devils beat Ajax 2-0 in Amsterdam with Ashley Young and Javier Hernandez scoring the goals, while City came back from one down against Porto to win 2-1 thanks to an own goal by Alvaro Perrera and a late strike from Sergio Aguero.

Hills reacted by cutting City from 4-1 to 3-1 and United from 13-2 to 4-1, but Stoke are 100-1 to lift the trophy after they lost 1-0 at home to Valencia.

Turkey international midfielder Mehmet Topal hit a 30-yard screamer that gave Potters goalie Asmir Begovic absolutely no chance.

Match in Focus

19:45 Sa 19May ITV1

B Munich v Chelsea

Home Win	Draw	Away Win

Key stats

Chelsea have scored two goals or more in four of their last six fixtures
Bayern Munich have kept just one clean sheet in their last six matches

Expert verdict

Chelsea have battled their way through to the Champions League final against all the odds and look decent value to lift the trophy. The Blues have rediscovered a winning mentality under Roberto Di Matteo and can take advantage of an overrated Bayern Munich team who were outclassed by Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup final.

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