Comments and predictions for Lyon vs MU: The Red Devils struggle to defend
The match between Lyon vs MU in the Europa League takes place at 2:00 a.m. on April 11. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Lyon vs MU squad information
Lyon suffered a major blow ahead of Thursday's game as winger Ernest Nuamah suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in the opening seven minutes of last week's win over Lille and will miss the rest of the season. Malick Fofana is also out with a knee injury.
Nuamah is replaced by Rayan Cherki – a player wanted by many big clubs, who has scored nine goals and assisted 18 times in 36 games this season – including eight in the Europa League. He is likely to continue to start alongside Thiago Almada and either Lacazette or Georges Mikautadze in attack.
Former Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic will partner Corentin Tolisso and Tanner Tessmann in midfield, while former Arsenal player Ainsley Maitland-Niles will take the right-back position, alongside Clinton Mata, Moussa Niakhate and either Nicolas Tagliafico or Abner Vinicius in defence.
For United, Lisandro Martinez (knee), Amad Diallo, Ayden Heaven (ankle) and Jonny Evans (back) remain sidelined through injury. Matthijs de Ligt (ankle) and Kobbie Mainoo (calf) will be assessed ahead of the game, with Mainoo back in training.
Luke Shaw is available after four months out with a hamstring injury, but Patrick Dorgu is likely to remain at left-back. Harry Maguire could still start at centre-back despite coming off early in the Manchester derby.
Mason Mount could also feature in midfield or attack. Alejandro Garnacho is likely to remain in attack, despite having scored just once in his last 27 games. Amorim will have to decide whether to continue with Rasmus Hojlund or give Joshua Zirkzee a chance again.
Latest expected lineup Lyon vs MU
Lyon:
Perri; Maitland-Niles, Mata, Niakhate, Tagliafico; Tessmann, Matic; Cherki, Tolisso, Almada; Mikautadze
Manchester United:
Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Yoro; Dalot, Ugarte, Casemiro, Dorgu; Fernandes, Garnacho; Zirkzee
Latest football commentary Lyon vs MU
Five days after a 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, Man United continued to disappoint when they drew goalless with cross-town rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford on Sunday – a dull game in which neither team made a significant impact.
Ruben Amorim believes fans should not expect a derby as dramatic as in the past, with both Manchester clubs – red and blue – struggling. However, Red Devils fans are still expecting more from a team that Amorim insists is “improving”.
Qualifying for Europe through the Premier League is now an almost impossible goal for United, who are 13th in the table with just 38 points from 31 games, seven points behind the top half and on track for their worst season in the competition's history.
Still, Europa League glory remains achievable. United are the only team yet to lose a game in the competition this season (W6 D4), most recently a 5-2 win over Real Sociedad in the last 16. Captain Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 return win last month.
More broadly, United have lost just one of their last 21 Europa League games – a 3-0 defeat to Sevilla in April 2023, the only time they have failed to score in that run. They are also unbeaten in their last 11 European knockout first-leg games, since a 1-0 defeat to Barcelona in the 2019 Champions League.
Since a seven-match winless streak in all competitions from mid-January to early February, Lyon have won seven of their last 10 games, including six wins in their last seven outings, scoring a total of 19 goals.
After a 4-2 defeat to Strasbourg in Ligue 1, Lyon bounced back with a 2-1 home win over Lille on Saturday, with Alexandre Lacazette and Rayan Cherki on target to help the home side come from behind to claim all three points.
Despite head coach Paulo Fonseca serving a nine-month touchline ban for protesting against a referee, assistant Jorge Maciel is still effectively leading the team from the technical area. Lyon are currently fifth in Ligue 1, just two points behind the top three – the position that will qualify directly for the Champions League – with six games remaining.
Lyon finished sixth in their Europa League group of 36 – three places below Man United – but then thrashed FCSB 7-1 on aggregate in the last 16. They are now aiming to reach the semi-finals of a major European competition for the first time since the 2019–20 Champions League.
However, Lyon have never beaten Man United in their previous four meetings. They have led but been equalised in both home games: 2-2 in September 2004 and 1-1 in February 2008. Lyon are also the only French team behind Barcelona in terms of the number of games without a win in European competitions (8 games without a win against Barca). In addition, they have lost all three of their most recent matches against English opponents.
Latest Lyon vs MU score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Lyon vs MUas follows:
- Sportsmole:Lyon 1-1 MU
- WhoScore:Lyon 1-2 MU
- Our newspaper predicts:Lyon 1-1 MU
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