Europa League Group A

FC Zorya Luhansk 0:2 Manchester United

Chornomorets Stadium

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Thu, 8 December 2016 @ 6:00pm GMT
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    top1whoisman said:
    True. 685km from their home though. But guess you’re right. Their home match vs Feyenoord had total attendance of 16’855, incl. the Dutch fans, doubt the atmosphere will be too hard to handle. We’ll see.
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    I am not saying that the atmosphere will be intimidating due to fans (there won't be galatasaray stadium level atmosphere in Odessa), all I am saying is that Zorya will play for their fans. Odessa is a fairly big city in the Ukraine, so the Ukranian players will lots of fans supporying them, and will try to make history. I doubt any of their players will play against United ever again.
     
    Mciahel Goodman said:
    I guess Lingard and Rashford might start with a view towards resting Mkhitaryan and Martial for Sunday. Whether or not Mata plays will be a good indication of Jose's approach to Sunday too, I think.
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    Mkhitaryan was at the press conference yesterday, and Mourinho said that player who does it plays, right? Or maybe that was because of the launguage?
     
    Water Melon said:
    I am not saying that the atmosphere will be intimidating due to fans (there won't be galatasaray stadium level atmosphere in Odessa), all I am saying is that Zorya will play for their fans. Odessa is a fairly big city in the Ukraine, so the Ukranian players will lots of fans supporying them, and will try to make history. I doubt any of their players will play against United ever again.
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    It could also be that a lot of "locals" will be cheering on us.



    It is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion for their players, I just think they'll be relaxed in the wrong way. They'll be apparently missing their captain, their Ukraine national team LB and their brazilian CB (2nd top scorer).
     
    RedCurry said:
    Plant Zlatan and Fellaini up top, Rooney just behind, let Carrick, Blind and Pogba stay static in the midfield and play long balls. No need to run unnecessarily on this pitch.
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    Well the very best Carrick can do is to run around his house in UK.
     
    top1whoisman said:
    It could also be that a lot of "locals" will be cheering on us.



    It is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion for their players, I just think they'll be relaxed in the wrong way. They'll be apparently missing their captain, their Ukraine national team LB and their brazilian CB (2nd top scorer).
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    If by being relaxed you mean complacent, I doubt it. I just hope that they will make an early mistake while parking their bus and will go gung-ho to prove a point. Here's hoping for two nill in our favour.
     
    ivaldo said:
    I am too. Although playing a few key players tonight might seem a risk, Jose has already invested too much in advancing in this competition to leave anything to chance.
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    Yeah, I was thinking the same. We've fielded very strong lineups in this competition so far, and I can't believe Jose won't see this as a way of progressing to the CL next season. Wouldn't surprise me if he thinks this is our best bet, given our inconsistent league form.
     
    Water Melon said:
    If by being relaxed you mean complacent, I doubt it. I just hope that they will make an early mistake while parking their bus and will go gung-ho to prove a point. Here's hoping for two nill in our favour.
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    Or they could be nervous. We’ll see ;)
     
    Water Melon said:
    I am all for having that panned out as you suggest.
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    The conditions in terms of pitch and weather won’t be easy, these and as our away form in Europe suggests, could be in for a long night… Just think the quality difference between the sides might show and we get a 2-3 goal win. Probably not though :wenger:
     
    Shane88 said:
    He hates us.
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    Not as much as we hate him ;) I appreciate the pen in Moscow, the free kick vs Arsenal etc. But playing for Citeh and badmouthing our medical department (even though our injury record is abysmal)… :mad:
     
    top1whoisman said:
    Not as much as we hate him ;) I appreciate the pen in Moscow, the free kick vs Arsenal etc. But playing for Citeh and badmouthing our medical department (even though our injury record is abysmal)… :mad:
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    Pretty sure I'm one of the very very few on the caf who likes Hargreaves. Got called out for it in 'The guy above you' thread as well :nervous:
     
    Shubham Ahuja said:
    Pretty sure I'm one of the very very few on the caf who likes Hargreaves. Got called out for it in 'The guy above you' thread as well :nervous:
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    Guess not all hate him. And actually hate is too strong. At the time he signed for City and talked shite about, it was hate, but he's kind of irrelevant, grey, James Milner-ish, you know.
     
    Winning Europa League is tbh your best chance to play CL next season, so that is what this tournament is about for your part imo.
     
    is the game still going ahead or will there be confirmation closer to the time?
     
    We really need a win tonight to secure our place through to the next stages, possibly even win the group. A good performance would boost our confidence and hopefully improve our belief in the league as well.
     
    The pitch at the moment. Not icy anymore, still looks dry and hard.

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    Can't imagine Bailly will be getting any minutes tonight. Surprised he's in the squad.
     
    We only need a draw tonight don't we, no matter what happens in other games? We go ahead of anyone we finish level on points with due to H2H.

    I hope we totally hammer them though, as I'm not confident in our ability to see out a result.
     
    OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
    We only need a draw tonight don't we, no matter what happens in other games? We go ahead of anyone we finish level on points with due to H2H.

    I hope we totally hammer them though, as I'm not confident in our ability to see out a result.
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    We can go through by losing as well - how sad would that be
     
    OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
    We only need a draw tonight don't we, no matter what happens in other games? We go ahead of anyone we finish level on points with due to H2H.

    I hope we totally hammer them though, as I'm not confident in our ability to see out a result.
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    Draw and we're through, win we might go top, lose we might go out.
     
    OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
    BBC say he's "set to return". He was on the bench on Sunday, so it sounds like they think he's playing. No idea how much they know though.
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    Yeah well he's in the squad, it just seems like a bit of a daft idea if his first game back is on a concrete pitch.
     
    Pexbo said:
    Yeah well he's in the squad, it just seems like a bit of a daft idea if his first game back is on a concrete pitch.
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    Exactly, two months out with a knee injury, playing on a bone-hard pitch will do him no good at all, although United only have 5 defenders in the squad (Young can play fullback obviously also).
     
    Pexbo said:
    Yeah well he's in the squad, it just seems like a bit of a daft idea if his first game back is on a concrete pitch.
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    Agreed, I had him in my line-up until I heard about the pitch, it would be madness to play him on it in his first game back.
     
    can't work out what he has against us. He arrived with a record of bad injuries. Went to City and got the same treatment.
     
    What I fear: we win this game, and we draw or lose the EPL game again.
     
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan image Henrikh Mkhitaryan 76% of 606 votes

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Score Predictions

395,44,100
  • Man Utd win
  • Zorya win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 23% Zorya 0:2 Man Utd
  • 14% Zorya 0:3 Man Utd
  • 12% Zorya 1:1 Man Utd
  • 10% Zorya 0:1 Man Utd
  • 8% Zorya 1:2 Man Utd
  • 8% Zorya 1:3 Man Utd
  • 6% Zorya 0:0 Man Utd
  • 4% Zorya 0:4 Man Utd
  • 4% Zorya 0:5 Man Utd
  • 3% Zorya 5:0 Man Utd
  • 3% Zorya 1:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Zorya 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Zorya 2:1 Man Utd
  • 1% Zorya 2:2 Man Utd
  • 1% Zorya 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Zorya 4:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Zorya 2:3 Man Utd
  • 0% Zorya 2:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Zorya 4:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Zorya 5:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Zorya 3:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Zorya 1:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Zorya 3:5 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. Zorya
  2. Man Utd
Possession
29% 71%
Shots
6 19
Shots on Target
2 7
Corners
2 9
Fouls
5 8

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Tamás Bognar

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