Omonia Nicosia vs Manchester United LIVE Europa League updates, early team news and score predictions

Manchester United take on Omonia Nicosia away in Cyprus in the Europa League on Thursday night.

United were defeated in their opening Europa League group match against Real Sociedad, but Erik ten Hag's side bounced back to comfortably beat FC Sheriff 2-0 last month thanks to goals from Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo in Chisinau.

Ten Hag will be aware of the importance of winning the Europa League group and he is expected to play a strong side, with Ronaldo and Casemiro in contention to start the game against Omonia, who are managed by former Celtic boss Neil Lennon.

Omonia are currently fourth in the Cypriot first division and they have lost both of their Europa League matches this season. Regarding team news, Raphael Varane, Harry Maguire, Donny van de Beek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are all sidelined with injuries.

That quartet have not travelled to Cyprus, which means Victor Lindelof and Lisandro Martinez are the only centre-backs in the squad.

Follow the blog below for live updates throughout the match.

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