Check out our 5/1 and 6/1 Omonia Nicosia vs Manchester United predictions below
Manchester United are playing catch-up in Europa League Group E so they cannot afford any slip-ups in Cyprus on Thursday night.
Not that the layers expect any - United are 2/9 with Betway to take three points back to Manchester while the hosts are 10/1 to spring an upset in the GSP Stadium. And it really would be an upset because Nicosia, who are now managed by former Celtic boss Neil Lennon, were thumped 3-0 by FC Sheriff on their own patch on matchday 1 , a Sheriff side that United didn't come out of second gear to beat last month.
United will almost certainly make changes from the side that was savaged in the Manchester derby on Sunday which may mean a return to the starting eleven for Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire, providing he is fit enough.
Some harsh lessons were dished out by rampant City, who are capable of doing that to any side in the world, but United's front three let themselves down badly, failing to make the most of several potentially promising openings, and the output from players like Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Anthony (goal aside) really needs to be a good deal more meaningful than that.
Lennon's side sit fourth in the Cypriot first division after a mixed bag of results in their opening five matches and although they go into this fixture on the back of two wins and two clean sheets, they play in one of the weakest top divisions in Europe and Omomia need to be judged on how they perform in this competition.
They didn't win a single Europa Conference League game last season and have struggled to create big chance in either of their Europa League games so far this term (xGF of 0.6 and 0.5 respectively), which suggests they might just struggle to get at United irrespective of who starts in defence.
Omonia Nicosia vs Manchester United prediction
United are likely to put out a strong side given they cannot afford to drop any more points if they are to overhaul Real Sociedad, so expect United to negotiate this without any major dramas.
Backing United to win to nil at a shade of odds-on looks a solid wager but a better value option is to split stakes between 2-0 (5/1) and 3-0 (6/1) United wins.
Omonia Nicosia vs Manchester United prediction: Back United to win 2-0 (5/1) and 3-0 (6/1)
Omonia Nicosia vs Manchester United odds with Betway
- Omonia Nicosia - 10/1
- Draw - 19/4
- Manchester United - 2/9
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