Manchester United travel to face Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday evening in what will be United’s third group stage match of the competition this season. United have a defeat to Real Sociedad and a win against Sheriff so far this season.
United were beaten 6-3 at the hands of Manchester City on Sunday in a match which saw both Phil Foden and Erling Haaland both score hat-tricks. United were 4-0 down at half time and were out of the match. However, a goal from Antony and a brace from Anthony Martial gave United fight.
It will be important for United to hit back against Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League on Thursday evening to get over that debacle against City before they visit Goodison Park to face Everton in the Premier League on Sunday evening – another must win match for United and Erik ten Hag.
Manchester United
De Gea;
Dalot, Lindelof, Martinez, Malacia;
Casemiro, Eriksen;
Antony, Fernandes, Sancho;
Ronaldo
Substitutes
Heaton, Dubravka; Shaw; Fred, Pellistri, McTominay, Iqbal; Martial, Rashford, Elanga, Garnacho
Omonia Nicosia
Fabiano;
Matthews, Miletic, Yuste, Lang, Lecjaks;
Diskerud, Charalampous, Barker;
Bruno, Ansarifard
Substitutes
Panayi, Uzoho, Loizou, Papoulis, Kitsos, Zachariou, Panagiotou, Kakoulli, Bezus
This will be the first time that United have met Omonia Nicosia in the history of both clubs. In fact, United have only played one match in Cyprus with Maccabi Haifa and United meeting in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League back in 2002.
United beat the Israeli club 5-2 at Old Trafford with goals scored by Ryan Giggs, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Juan Sebastian Veron, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Diego Forlan. The Haifa goals were scored by Yaniv Katan and Rafi Cohen.
In Cyprus, the match was played at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia, where the match will be played on Thursday evening. United lost 3-0 with Katan, Raimondas Zutautas and Yakubu Ayegbeni scoring the goals. United will be hoping that this match will bring a better result in Cyprus.
Written by John Walker
