Comments and predictions for Lyon vs MU: The Red Devils struggle to defend
The match between Lyon vs MU in Europa League takes place at 2:00 am on April 11. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, football commentary 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 being chased by many big clubs, who has scored 9 goals and assisted 18 times in 36 games this season – including 8 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 play at right-back, 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 returning to 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 the heart of defence 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 on 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-city rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford on Sunday – a dull game where neither team left any significant mark.
Ruben Amorim believes fans should not expect a dramatic derby like in the past, with both Manchester clubs – red and blue – struggling. However, Red Devils fans still expect more from a team that Amorim insists is "improving".
Qualifying for Europe via the Premier League is now almost impossible for Man United. They 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 history of the competition.
Europa League glory remains achievable, though. 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 round of 16. Captain Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 return win last month.
More broadly, Man 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 first-leg knockout games in Europe, since a 1-0 defeat to Barcelona in the 2019 Champions League.
Since a seven-game winless streak in all competitions between mid-January and early February, Lyon have won seven of their last 10 games, including six 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 scoring to help the home team come from behind to claim all three points.
Despite head coach Paulo Fonseca serving a nine-month suspension for his actions against the referee, assistant Jorge Maciel is still effectively leading the team from the technical area. Lyon currently sit fifth in Ligue 1, just two points behind the top three – the position that will qualify directly for the Champions League – with six rounds of the season 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 round of 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.
Lyon, however, have never beaten Man United in their previous four meetings. They have led but been equalised in both home games: a 2-2 draw in September 2004 and a 1-1 draw in February 2008. Lyon are also the only French team behind Barcelona in terms of unbeaten matches in Europe (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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