Manchester City visit Lyon knowing a point will be enough to secure their passage to the last 16 of the Champions League.
However, Pep Guardiola’s side will want to do more than simply pinch a draw, with the possibility of effectively securing Group F’s top spot should they win the game.
Lyon are the only side to have beaten City this season, when the two met at the Etihad Stadium earlier in the group stage, and currently second in Ligue 1 as the best of the rest behind PSG.
HALF TIME
Half time at Old Trafford, too. And the crowd goes mild. A deafening silence as the whistle blows and Jose Mourinho trudges down the tunnel. No goals in Manchester.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 45 + 1 minutes
A massive chance just before half time for the visitors.
Djibril Sow tries a back-heel after being found six yards out. He had teammates behind him in better positions and should have done better with his effort, anyway.
HALF TIME
Half time in Lyon. The home side have had their chances with both Memphis Depay and Maxwel Cornet missing in opportune moments, but it remains 0-0.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 43 minutes
What an effort from Maxwel Cornet!
He missed a huge opportunity earlier, but this time somehow hooks the ball acrobatically with force into the ground, but agonisingly it shoots off the floor and against the crossbar, allowing Manchester City to clear.
A good ball in to find him from Memphis Depay and a stunning effort that deserved a goal. Lyon have been the bigger goal threat in the first half but it remains goalless.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 38 minutes
A lovely dummy from Marcus Rashford, completely fooling Young Boys captain Steve Von Bergen before being crowded out with a lack of support around him as he charges forward.
Von Bergen is in a little bit of bother after his attempted challenge. He slid awkwardly on his knee and a change may be being prepared.
Von Bergen isn’t keen to go off, however, and is trying to run it off. Grimacing, he trudges to the sideline for more treatment but soon rejoins affairs after Marouane Fellaini is flagged offside. Still in some discomfort, though.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 36 minutes
Better play from Young Boys and Miralem Sulejmani lines up a left-footed drive from about ten yards out on the left of the box.
Chris Smalling leaps and extends a leg as he lunges to his left, blocking the shot well, before recovering to be back in position as the Swiss side recover to help repel that movement, too.
Strong defending from the centre-half.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 29 minutes
Another huge chance for Lyon!
Superb driving play down the left from Ferland Mendy takes him beyond Kyle Walker, and his low cross finds Maxwel Cornet completely free at the far post.
The Ivorian striker opts to take a touch, which is heavy. Cornet just about latches on to it nonetheless, but his finish is wide under pressure from Aymeric Laporte. He could perhaps have taken it on first time, but even with a touch he should have had time to simply slot home.
A second huge opportunity squandered by Lyon inside the first half hour. Will they live to regret them?
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 26 minutes
A fantastic driven pass through the lines from Chris Smalling is turned on by an equally excellent touch from Jesse Lingard into Marcus Rashford’s path.
Rashford fancies a shot at goal and hits it well, low towards the bottom corner to the right of David von Ballmoos. The Swiss goalkeeper has it covered but retracts his gloves as the ball bounces wide of his post.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 24 minutes
Memphis Depay stands over a free kick about 30 yards from goal. As the cliche goes, he can hit them…
A decent effort, but he didn’t really worry Ederson who watched it beyond his right-hand post.
Still an open nature about this game. You suspect it won’t finish goalless…
YELLOW CARD
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 22 minutes
A severely underhit lay-off from Jesse Lingard in the general direction of Nemanja Matic allows Young Boys to nip in and break.
The attack breaks down after a fairly obvious pull back from Luke Shaw disrupts the momentum of a supporting player. Shaw somehow escapes caution, though Matic does go into Felix Brych’s book for his folio-through trying to retrieve Lingard’s pass.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 18 minutes
Clearly headers and volleys isn’t part of the French training regime as Marcelo becomes the second Lyon player to completely butcher an attempted volley.
We finally see a replay of that Memphis Depay missed chance and it gets worse every time you watch it.
He’s in front of Kyle Walker and not under a huge amount of pressure, while the ball is about shin high. Depay just completely misses his attempted side foot as it catches only his studs with goal agape. City fortunate to be level.
Marcus Rashford missed a good early one-on-one opportunity, his chipped effort just landing the wrong side of the crossbar.
An open and lively start between Lyon and Manchester City.
Manchester United vs Young Boys, 14 minutes
A nice move from the hosts with a number of players combining down the left results in another opening for Marcus Rashford.
Rashford shoots from the left with his weaker foot and can’t produce the requisite power to truly test David von Ballmoos in the Young Boys goal.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 13 minutes
That’s a bad miss from Memphis Depay.
Lyon work space on the right and cross towards the Dutchman who is in excellent position in the Manchester City box, but he takes his eye of his volley and it goes rather awry.
At the other end, Riyad Mahrez has an equally opportune moment but can’t beat Anthony Lopes, who holds onto his shot.
An open start in Lyon.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 8 minutes
Jean-Pierre Nsame cuts inside and fires a fairly tame shot goalwards. The Ivorian’s effort did take a deflection, and Young Boys will have a corner.
It is a little too shallow and only finds a Manchester United head.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 8 minutes
Looking more like a four now from Manchester City with Aleksandr Zinchenko at left-back, as most felt they would arrange themselves tonight..
Lyon continuing to press well, but the visitors are starting to get their possession game going.
Manchester United 0-0 Young Boys, 4 minutes
Early chance for Marcus Rashford.
Luke Shaw’s forward pass is too heavy for Jesse Lingard, but LIngard manages to just about get a toe on it which inadvertently takes it perfectly into the onrushing Rashford’s path.
Rashford is one-on-one with David von Ballmoos but finds only the top of the net with his lofted effort.
He should really have scored…
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 4 minutes
Memphis Depay nips in behind and nearly latches on to a pass over the top, forcing John Stones to clear for a corner.
The Dutchman’s resulting corner is into a dangerous area and City are perhaps fortunate to smuggle it clear from Aymeric Laporte’s powerful header.
Good start from the French side.
Lyon 0-0 Manchester City, 2 minutes
An interesting tactical option taken by Pep Guardiola tonight, with Kyle Wlaker seemingly on the right of a back three also containing John Stones and Aymeric Laporte.
Lyon have picked what is, for all intents and purposes, a back five, so Guardiola has gone like-for-like.
What time is it?
The match kicks off at 8pm GMT.
How to watch…
The game will be shown live on BT Sport 3 and can be streamed online via the BT Sport app.
Odds…
Lyon 13/2
Draw 4/1
Manchester City 4/9
Prediction…
Lyon 2-3 Manchester City.
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