Manchester United together with Juventus are for me the main favorites to win the Europa League during this season.
My favorite team to win the Europa league this season is Juventus, i know that manchester united are very strong but i don't feel they will win it. Juventus started playing really well after 15 points was deducted from them in the seria A, their good form has taken them a little bit up in the table, but i don't think it would be enough for them to qualify for the champions league. So this Europa league is like their only chance to qualify for the champions league next season, so i think Juventus are going give this tournament everything they have, and i feel they are going to win it.
The main problem with Juventus is their position in Serie A the team is playing well in both Europa League and Serie A. But, I guess they will have a hard game against Sporting because this team won the game against Arsenal in the last stage Sproting doesn't have valuable and expensive players in the team yet but they have still shown us a good performance in the recent games and if Juventus don't want to get surprised they should be careful in the next game against Sporting.
They have not issues, of not for the deduction of points, Juventus would have been right in the top four position in the Seria A League.
That aside, they have been up and doing and going still they have accumulated points some clubs around the globe haven't, they're doing a decent job. Allegri 2015 came so close to winning the champions league but they got messed up by Barcelona.
Juventus, Roma and Manchester United, likewise the reborn Bayern Leverkusen who have been a tough side since the arrival of Xabi Alonso.