Manchester United 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 17 April 2025

Result

Manchester United 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais

Europa League · Thursday 17 April 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Manchester United drew with Olympique Lyonnais 2-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 April 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Manuel Ugarte opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Manuel Ugarte (10'), Diogo Dalot (45+1'), Bruno Fernandes (114', penalty), Kobbie Mainoo (120') and Harry Maguire (120+1'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Corentin Tolisso (71'), Nicolás Tagliafico (77'), Rayan Cherki (104') and Alexandre Lacazette (109', penalty).

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 7th on 23 points from 11 and Olympique Lyonnais 11th on 22 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Casemiro of Manchester United (9.0), ahead of Harry Maguire (8.1).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

10'Goal · Manuel UgarteManchester United · 1-0
18'Yellow card · Jordan VeretoutOlympique Lyonnais
45+1'Yellow card · Corentin TolissoOlympique Lyonnais
45+1'Goal · Diogo DalotManchester United · 2-0
50'Yellow card · Alejandro GarnachoManchester United
63'Yellow card · Nicolás TagliaficoOlympique Lyonnais
71'Goal · Corentin TolissoOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
77'Goal · Nicolás TagliaficoOlympique Lyonnais · 2-2
89'Second yellow · Corentin TolissoOlympique Lyonnais
93'Yellow card · Harry MaguireManchester United
104'Goal · Rayan CherkiOlympique Lyonnais · 2-3
108'Yellow card · Leny Jean-Luc YoroManchester United
109'Penalty goal · Alexandre LacazetteOlympique Lyonnais · 2-4
114'Penalty goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 3-4
120'Goal · Kobbie MainooManchester United · 4-4
120+1'Yellow card · AbnerOlympique Lyonnais
120+1'Goal · Harry MaguireManchester United · 5-4

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 3, Olympique Lyonnais 0.

Olympique Lyonnais 2-2 Manchester UnitedEuropa League · 10 Apr 2025
Manchester United 1-0 Olympique LyonnaisChampions League · 4 Mar 2008
Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 Manchester UnitedChampions League · 20 Feb 2008
Manchester United 2-1 Olympique LyonnaisChampions League · 22 Nov 2004
Olympique Lyonnais 2-2 Manchester UnitedChampions League · 14 Sep 2004

Team news

Unavailable

Jonny EvansManchester United · injury (Muscle Injury)
Lisandro MartínezManchester United · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Amad DialloManchester United · injury (Ankle Injury)
Ayden HeavenManchester United · injury (Foot Injury)
Ernest NuamahOlympique Lyonnais · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Toby CollyerManchester United · injury (Leg Injury)
Matthijs de LigtManchester United · injury (Foot Injury)
Joshua ZirkzeeManchester United · injury (Thigh Problems)
Chido ObiManchester United · suspension (No Eligibility)

Manchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)

André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Harry Maguire, Leny Yoro, Diogo Dalot, Casemiro, Manuel Ugarte, Patrick Dorgu, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Højlund

Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lucas Perri, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Moussa Niakhaté, Nicolás Tagliafico, Jordan Veretout, Corentin Tolisso, Paul Akouokou, Thiago Almada, Rayan Cherki, Georges Mikautadze