UEFA Europa League

Omonia Nicosia vs Manchester United, 2022-23 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
Omonia Nicosia
  • 34': Karim Ansarifard
  • 85': Nikolas Panagiotou
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Manchester United
  • 53': Marcus Rashford
  • 63': Anthony Martial
  • 84': Marcus Rashford

Marcus Rashford double helps Man United beat Omonia Nicosia 3-2 in Europa League

Marcus Rashford helped Manchester United overcome a half-time deficit and beat Omonia Nicosia 2-1 in the Europa League in Cyprus on Thursday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diogo Dalot with a cross.
  • 3': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Nemanja Miletic.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Jadon Sancho (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jadon Sancho.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antony.
  • 13': Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 13': Foul by Héctor Yuste (Omonia Nicosia).
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jadon Sancho.
  • 15': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ádám Lang.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross following a corner.
  • 17': Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United).
  • 17': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  • 17': Dangerous play by Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United).
  • 17': Héctor Yuste (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Offside, Omonia Nicosia. Jan Lecjaks tries a through ball, but Bruno Felipe is caught offside.
  • 21': Offside, Manchester United. Antony tries a through ball, but Christian Eriksen is caught offside.
  • 24': Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Foul by Nemanja Miletic (Omonia Nicosia).
  • 25': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 27': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Brandon Barker (Omonia Nicosia).
  • 27': Attempt saved. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  • 27': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Fabiano.
  • 32': Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 32': Foul by Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United).
  • 32': Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Diogo Dalot.
  • 33': Antony (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 33': Foul by Mikkel Diskerud (Omonia Nicosia).
  • 34': Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Manchester United 0. Karim Ansarifard (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Bruno Felipe following a fast break.
  • 37': Foul by Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United).
  • 37': Karim Ansarifard (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Brandon Barker (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Felipe.
  • 40': Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Lisandro Martínez.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Jan Lecjaks (Omonia Nicosia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bruno Felipe with a cross following a corner.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Christian Eriksen (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Casemiro.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 43': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ádám Lang.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Lisandro Martínez.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Felipe following a corner.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Omonia Nicosia 1, Manchester United 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Omonia Nicosia 1, Manchester United 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Manchester United. Luke Shaw replaces Tyrell Malacia.
  • 45': Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Jadon Sancho.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  • 50': Foul by Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia).
  • 50': Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Foul by Héctor Yuste (Omonia Nicosia).
  • 52': Attempt saved. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 53': Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Manchester United 1. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Christian Eriksen (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
  • 59': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ádám Lang.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  • 61': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Andronikos Kakoulli replaces Karim Ansarifard.
  • 61': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Fotios Papoulis replaces Brandon Barker.
  • 61': Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  • 62': Casemiro (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Foul by Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia).
  • 62': Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Manchester United 2. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
  • 66': Offside, Manchester United. Lisandro Martínez tries a through ball, but Anthony Martial is caught offside.
  • 66': Adam Matthews (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
  • 68': Attempt saved. Bruno Felipe (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fotios Papoulis with a through ball.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
  • 70': Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 70': Foul by Christian Eriksen (Manchester United).
  • 71': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Loizos Loizou replaces Bruno Felipe.
  • 72': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Nikolas Panagiotou replaces Mikkel Diskerud.
  • 73': Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Anthony Martial (Manchester United).
  • 74': Substitution, Manchester United. Fred replaces Antony.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andronikos Kakoulli.
  • 78': Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Andronikos Kakoulli (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 81': Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Lisandro Martínez.
  • 82': Substitution, Manchester United. Scott McTominay replaces Casemiro.
  • 82': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Roman Bezus replaces Nemanja Miletic.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Rashford following a fast break.
  • 84': Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Manchester United 3. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo following a fast break.
  • 85': Goal! Omonia Nicosia 2, Manchester United 3. Nikolas Panagiotou (Omonia Nicosia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Andronikos Kakoulli.
  • 87': Foul by Andronikos Kakoulli (Omonia Nicosia).
  • 87': Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Andronikos Kakoulli (Omonia Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Fred (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United).
  • 90'+4': Loizos Loizou (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+5': Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Omonia Nicosia 2, Manchester United 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Omonia Nicosia 2, Manchester United 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Omonia Nicosia 2, Manchester United 3.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
5 Corner Kicks 4
2 Saves 5
73.2 Possession 26.8
28 SHOTS 8
8 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
627 Accurate Passes 178
714 Passes 262
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
3 Accurate Crosses 1
15 Crosses 7
0.2 Cross % 0.1
53 Long Balls 59
30 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
7 Blocked Shots 1
9 Effective Tackles 5
16 Tackles 10
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
4 Interceptions 10
10 Effective Clearances 21
10 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: GSP Stadium
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Attendance: 20,011

Line-Ups

OMON Omonia Nicosia (5-3-2)

No. Name
40 Fabiano (GK)
6 Hector Yuste
22 Ádám Lang
73 Nemanja Miletic
17 Jan Lecjaks
3 Adam Matthews
76 Charalampos Charalampous Yellow Card
11 Brandon Barker
42 Mix Diskerud
18 Karim Ansarifard
7 Bruno
Omonia Nicosia Substitutes:
Konstantinos Panagi, Panayiotis Zachariou, Fotis Papoulis, Roman Bezus, Loizos Loizou, Francis Uzoho, Andronikos Kakoulis, Fotios Kitsos, Nikolas Panagiotou.

MAN Manchester United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 David de Gea (GK)
6 Lisandro Martínez Yellow Card
2 Victor Lindelöf
12 Tyrell Malacia
20 Diogo Dalot
8 Bruno Fernandes
14 Christian Eriksen
18 Casemiro
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
25 Jadon Sancho
21 Antony
Manchester United Substitutes:
Scott McTominay, Facundo Pellistri, Anthony Martial, Luke Shaw, Fred, Marcus Rashford, Tom Heaton, Martin Dúbravka, Zidane Iqbal, Anthony Elanga, Alejandro Garnacho.

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