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Manchester United v Lyon : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 17th Apr, 20:00 BST, Old Trafford, Manchester

the Old Trafford faithful welcome Lyon's supporters on Thursday night, as Ruben Amorim's Manchester United clash with Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca's troops in the Europa League. You'll find statistics supporting our top of over 2.5 goals below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Europa League performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As you can see, our prediction for Thursday's fixture is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect Man Utd and Lyon to score 3 goals or more between them during the traditional 90 minutes. 2 goals or fewer would mean it's a losing tip but, with statistics below suggesting there will be plenty of firepower on the pitch, we think it looks like a great bet.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Man Utd are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 58% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Man Utd 58%	7/10 3%	-
Draw 21%	3/1 5%	-
Lyon 21%	7/2 4%	-
Man Utd 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1 7%	-
Man Utd 2-0 9%	17/2 6%	-
Man Utd 1-0 9%	8/1 6%	-
Man Utd 3-1 7%	11/1 8%	-
Man Utd 3-0 6%	12/1 13%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Lyon 2-1 6%	14/1	-
Lyon 1-0 5%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 4%	14/1 15%	-
Man Utd 3-2 4%	20/1 9%	-
Man Utd 4-1 3%	22/1 12%	-
Man Utd 4-0 3%	25/1	-
Lyon 2-0 3%	25/1 13%	-
Lyon 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	8/13 6%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	13/10 10%	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	4/9 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	7/4	-
No 1st Goal 3%	14/1 15%	-
BTTS - Yes 59%	8/13 5%	-
BTTS - No 41%	6/5 7%	-
BTTS - Home Win 30%	11/5 6%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	15/4	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	13/2	-
Home/draw 79%	2/11 2%	-
Away/draw 42%	11/10 5%	-
Home/away 79%	2/9 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	1/5 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	7/2 4%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	6/4 9%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	8/15 6%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	7/2 10%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/5 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	8/1 10%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/14 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1 15%	-
Home DNB 72%	2/7 1%	-
Away DNB 36%	5/2 3%	-
Man Utd win to nil 28%	9/4	-
Lyon win to nil 9%	9/1 11%	-
Man Utd / Man Utd 32%	13/8 5%	-
Man Utd / Lyon 2%	33/1	-
Man Utd / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Man Utd 17%	15/4	-
Draw / Lyon 8%	9/1 5%	-
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2 8%	-
Lyon / Man Utd 4%	18/1 10%	-
Lyon / Lyon 11%	13/2	-
Lyon / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Europa League table

Man Utd have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Europa League league table. Man Utd are unbeaten in 11 games against teams below them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 11 games. Man Utd are unbeaten at home after 5 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 5 and lost no matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Both Man Utd and Lyon have scored 16 goals this season.

Home League Performance

Man Utd have played 5 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 5 goals at home.

Lyon are in 6th position in the Europa League on 15 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Lyon are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games. Lyon are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Away League Performance

zero of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 5 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 0 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Lyon have conceded 4 goals, scored 5, scored in every game and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Man Utd Lyon
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lazio	8	6	1	1	12	19	-	-	-	-
2	A.Bilbao	8	6	1	1	8	19	-	-	-	-
3	Man Utd Home	8	5	3	0	7	18	-	-	d 2-2F	Apr 17
4	Spurs	8	5	2	1	8	17	-	-	-	-
5	E.Frankfurt	8	5	1	2	4	16	-	-	-	-
6	Lyon Away	8	4	3	1	8	15	Apr 17	d 2-2A	-	-
7	Olympiakos	8	4	3	1	6	15	-	-	-	-
8	Rangers	8	4	2	2	6	14	-	-	-	-
9	Bodø	8	4	2	2	3	14	-	-	-	-
10	Anderlecht	8	4	2	2	2	14	-	-	-	-
11	FCSB	8	4	2	2	1	14	-	-	w 4-0F	w 1-3F
12	Ajax	8	4	1	3	8	13	-	-	-	-
13	R.Sociedad	8	4	1	3	4	13	w 4-1A	d 1-1F	-	-
14	Galatasaray	8	3	4	1	3	13	-	-	-	-
15	Roma	8	3	3	2	4	12	-	-	-	-
16	Plzen	8	3	3	2	1	12	-	-	-	-
17	Ferencvaros	8	4	0	4	0	12	-	-	-	-
18	Porto	8	3	2	3	2	11	-	-	-	-
19	AZ Alkmaar	8	3	2	3	0	11	-	-	-	-
20	Midtjylland	8	3	2	3	0	11	-	-	-	-
21	Union SG	8	3	2	3	0	11	-	-	-	-
22	PAOK	8	3	1	4	2	10	-	-	-	-
23	Twente	8	2	4	2	-1	10	-	-	-	-
24	Fenerbahce	8	2	4	2	-2	10	-	-	-	-
25	Braga	8	3	1	4	-3	10	-	-	-	-
26	Elfsborg	8	3	1	4	-5	10	-	-	-	-
27	Hoffenheim	8	2	3	3	-3	9	-	-	-	-
28	Besiktas	8	3	0	5	-5	9	-	-	-	-
29	M. Tel-Aviv	8	2	0	6	-9	6	-	-	-	-
30	Slavia	8	1	2	5	-4	5	-	-	-	-
31	Malmö	8	1	2	5	-7	5	-	-	-	-
32	Rigas Futbola Skola	8	1	2	5	-7	5	-	-	-	-
33	Ludogorets	8	0	4	4	-7	4	-	-	-	-
34	Dynamo Kyiv	8	1	1	6	-13	4	-	-	-	-
35	Nice	8	0	3	5	-9	3	-	-	-	-
36	Qarabag	8	1	0	7	-14	3	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Man Utd have won 4 consecutive home european games

Man Utd have not lost in 11 consecutive european games

Lyon have not lost in 11 consecutive away european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man Utd	4 - 1	R.Sociedad
Man Utd	2 - 1	Rangers
Man Utd	3 - 2	Bodø
Man Utd	2 - 0	PAOK
Man Utd	1 - 1	Twente
Man Utd	0 - 1	Bayern
Man Utd	1 - 0	Kobenhavn
Man Utd	2 - 3	Galatasaray
Man Utd	2 - 2	Sevilla
Man Utd	4 - 1	Real Betis
Man Utd	2 - 1	Barcelona
Man Utd	3 - 0	Sheriff
Man Utd	1 - 0	Omnia Nicosia
Man Utd	0 - 1	R.Sociedad
Man Utd	0 - 1	A.Madrid
Man Utd	1 - 1	Young Boys
Man Utd	3 - 2	Atalanta
Man Utd	2 - 1	Villarreal
Man Utd	6 - 2	Roma
Man Utd	2 - 0	Granada

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Man Utd	2 - 2	Lyon
H	Man Utd	4 - 1	R.Sociedad
A	Man Utd	1 - 1	R.Sociedad
A	Man Utd	2 - 0	FCSB
H	Man Utd	2 - 1	Rangers
A	Man Utd	2 - 1	Plzen
H	Man Utd	3 - 2	Bodø
H	Man Utd	2 - 0	PAOK
A	Man Utd	1 - 1	Fenerbahce
A	Man Utd	3 - 3	Porto
H	Man Utd	1 - 1	Twente
H	Man Utd	0 - 1	Bayern
A	Man Utd	3 - 3	Galatasaray
A	Man Utd	3 - 4	Kobenhavn
H	Man Utd	1 - 0	Kobenhavn
H	Man Utd	2 - 3	Galatasaray
A	Man Utd	3 - 4	Bayern
A	Man Utd	0 - 3	Sevilla
H	Man Utd	2 - 2	Sevilla
A	Man Utd	1 - 0	Real Betis

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
FCSB	1 - 3	Lyon
Fenerbahce	0 - 0	Lyon
Qarabag	1 - 4	Lyon
Hoffenheim	2 - 2	Lyon
Rangers	1 - 4	Lyon
West Ham	1 - 1	Lyon
Porto	0 - 1	Lyon
Brondby	1 - 3	Lyon
Sparta	3 - 4	Lyon
Rangers	0 - 2	Lyon
Man City	1 - 3	Lyon
Juventus	2 - 1	Lyon
Zenit	2 - 0	Lyon
Benfica	2 - 1	Lyon
RB Leipzig	0 - 2	Lyon
Barcelona	5 - 1	Lyon
Shakhtar	1 - 1	Lyon
Hoffenheim	3 - 3	Lyon
Man City	1 - 2	Lyon
CSKA M	0 - 1	Lyon

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Lyon	2 - 2	Man Utd
H	Lyon	4 - 0	FCSB
A	Lyon	3 - 1	FCSB
H	Lyon	1 - 1	Ludogorets
A	Lyon	0 - 0	Fenerbahce
H	Lyon	3 - 2	E.Frankfurt
A	Lyon	4 - 1	Qarabag
A	Lyon	2 - 2	Hoffenheim
H	Lyon	0 - 1	Besiktas
A	Lyon	4 - 1	Rangers
H	Lyon	2 - 0	Olympiakos
H	Lyon	0 - 3	West Ham
A	Lyon	1 - 1	West Ham
H	Lyon	1 - 1	Porto
A	Lyon	1 - 0	Porto
H	Lyon	1 - 1	Rangers
A	Lyon	3 - 1	Brondby
H	Lyon	3 - 0	Sparta
A	Lyon	4 - 3	Sparta
H	Lyon	3 - 0	Brondby

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Man Utd

Lyon

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 2

1 / 2

Clean sheets

1 / 2

0 / 2

MNU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man Utd
Man Utd		1 - 0
Man Utd		2 - 1

Lyon

Man Utd

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 3

Clean sheets

0 / 3

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is fairly strong for Manchester United in their clash with Lyon, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 44 consecutive Europa League matches.

	Man Utd 3rd	Lyon 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 13% 1 27% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 14% There is a 60% probability that Man Utd will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Lyon will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-10 Man Utd’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+49 Lyon have scored 49% more goals when away than predicted
	2.1 average goals scored	2.0 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2024/2024 season

MNU

LYN

25%

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Games scored	15		17
Failed to score	4		2
Scored first	7		11
Goals scored	29		39
Avg. goals scored	1.5		2
Avg. shots per game	10		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	15		20
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.8
KickOff rating		+25%

MNU

LYN

10%

better

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Games conceded	15		13
Clean sheets	4		6
Conceded first	11		6
Goals conceded	21		24
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	13%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+10%

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Man Utd Europa League squad statistics 2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	5	3	3
D Dalot	R Höjlund	A Garnacho	B Fernandes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Dalot DEF	10	2		-
A Garnacho FWD	10	1	3	-
R Höjlund FWD	10	5	2	-
N Mazraoui DEF	9		1	1 -
B Fernandes MID	9	4	2	2 1
J Zirkzee FWD	9	1	1	-
A Onana GLK	8			1 -
M Ligt DEF	8			2 -
L Martínez DEF	8		1	1 -
C Eriksen MID	8	2	2	-
Casemiro MID	8			2 -
A Diallo FWD	8	2		-
M Ugarte MID	6		1	1 -
T. Collyer MID	4			1 -
M Mount MID	4			-
L Yoro DEF	3			-
V Lindelöf DEF	3			-
H Maguire DEF	3	1		-
K Mainoo MID	3	1	1	-
A Bayındır GLK	2			-
P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu DEF	2			-
L Shaw DEF	1			-
J Evans DEF	1			-
A. Heaven DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	3	16
R Höjlund	A Garnacho	A Garnacho	C Eriksen

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Höjlund FWD	5	10	2	5
B Fernandes MID	4	9	2	12
D Dalot DEF	2	3		10
C Eriksen MID	2	4	2	16
A Diallo FWD	2	6		9
J Zirkzee FWD	1	4	1	5
K Mainoo MID	1	2	1	3
A Garnacho FWD	1	10	3	9
H Maguire DEF	1	3		1
P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu DEF		1		1
M Ugarte MID		1	1	2
M Mount MID		2		1
Casemiro MID		2		8
L Martínez DEF		1	1	4
M Ligt DEF		2		2
N Mazraoui DEF		2	1	4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
595	29	52
B Fernandes	N Mazraoui	N Mazraoui

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Fernandes MID	595	19	45
N Mazraoui DEF	582	29	52
L Martínez DEF	558	8	29
M Ligt DEF	491	7	34
D Dalot DEF	461	15	43
Casemiro MID	345	20	38
A Onana GLK	258	2	6
C Eriksen MID	255	6	13
M Ugarte MID	240	12	21
A Garnacho FWD	222	5	35
A Diallo FWD	209	12	35
J Zirkzee FWD	133	2	24
H Maguire DEF	115	1	11
V Lindelöf DEF	109	2	14
L Yoro DEF	105	4	7
T. Collyer MID	96	1	9
J Evans DEF	85	5	10
R Höjlund FWD	81	3	27
P. Chinazaekpere Dorgu DEF	63	3	15
K Mainoo MID	61	2	9
M Mount MID	54	2	3
A Bayındır GLK	52		2
L Shaw DEF	47
A. Heaven DEF	47	3	4

Lyon Europa League squad statistics 2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	6	8	3
R Cherki	M Fofana	R Cherki	N Tagliafico

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Tolisso MID	10	2	2	2 -
R Cherki MID	10	2	8	1 -
L Perri GLK	9			-
A Maitland-Niles DEF	9		2	1 -
M Fofana FWD	9	6	1	1 -
E Nuamah FWD	9	3	1	1 -
G Mikautadze FWD	9	4	4	-
D Caleta-Car DEF	8		1	1 -
N Matić MID	8			-
T Tessmann MID	8			1 -
A Lacazette FWD	8	3		2 -
M Niakhaté DEF	7			1 -
N Tagliafico DEF	7	1		3 -
C Mata DEF	7			1 -
J Veretout MID	7		1	1 -
Abner DEF	5	1		-
S Kumbedi DEF	4			1 -
W Omari DEF	2			-
T Almada MID	2			-
R Descamps GLK	1			-
P Akouokou MID	1			-
E. Honoré Molébé FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	11	8	20
M Fofana	E Nuamah	R Cherki	R Cherki

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Fofana FWD	6	9	1	7
G Mikautadze FWD	4	8	4	6
E Nuamah FWD	3	11	1	6
A Lacazette FWD	3	10		6
C Tolisso MID	2	10	2	5
R Cherki MID	2	9	8	20
Abner DEF	1	1		3
N Tagliafico DEF	1	3		2
S Kumbedi DEF				1
M Niakhaté DEF				2
J Veretout MID			1	3
T Tessmann MID		2		4
N Matić MID				2
D Caleta-Car DEF			1	1
A Maitland-Niles DEF		2	2	7

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
513	27	58
C Tolisso	A Maitland-Niles	C Tolisso

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Tolisso MID	513	16	58
A Maitland-Niles DEF	471	27	55
R Cherki MID	442	3	44
C Mata DEF	395	3	22
M Niakhaté DEF	383	5	22
D Caleta-Car DEF	354	13	32
N Matić MID	336	6	16
L Perri GLK	289		3
N Tagliafico DEF	277	13	39
J Veretout MID	262	9	13
T Tessmann MID	256	9	23
Abner DEF	217	14	19
E Nuamah FWD	195	10	38
M Fofana FWD	158	11	30
G Mikautadze FWD	132		25
A Lacazette FWD	130	6	18
W Omari DEF	82	5	9
S Kumbedi DEF	66	6	11
T Almada MID	49
R Descamps GLK	36
P Akouokou MID	5	1	1
E. Honoré Molébé FWD	1

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Manchester United v Lyon : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Lyon are in 6th position in the Europa League on 15 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Lyon are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games. Lyon are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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