Omonia Nicosia vs Manchester United, 2022-23 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage
· UEFA Europa League
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2 - 3
2 - 3
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
 MAN |
OMON |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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
Venue: GSP Stadium
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Attendance: 20,011
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Line-Ups
Omonia Nicosia (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 40 | Fabiano (GK) |
| 6 | Hector Yuste |
| 22 | Adam Lang |
| 73 | Nemanja Miletic |
| 17 | Jan Lecjaks |
| 3 | Adam Matthews |
| 76 | Charalampos Charalampous  |
| 11 | Brandon Barker |
| 42 | Mix Diskerud |
| 18 | Karim Ansarifard |
| 7 | Bruno |
Manchester United (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | David de Gea (GK) |
| 6 | Lisandro Martínez |
| 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 |
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