Manchester United 5-4 Lyon — Result, Statistics & Match Review — UEFA Europa League, 17 Apr 2025

📅17/04/2025 · 🕒22:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
45%
1.64
Draw
26%
3.8
Away
29%
4.15
Under/Over 2.5
Under
45%
2.21
Over Pick
55%
1.6
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
1.66
No
47%
2.09
Total Goals
0-1
25%
4.28
2-3
37%
1.88
4-5
25%
2.9
6+
13%
8.49
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
2.12
1/2
6%
35.0
1/X
6%
14.1
X/1
19%
4.41
X/2
10%
10.05
X/X
13%
5.96
2/1
8%
20.95
2/2
12%
7.46
2/X
7%
15.6
Value flag · 2/1 at 20.95 — our 8% vs market 2.6%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our Pick
Over 2.5 — 55%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our Pick is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Home Win BTTS Yes — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
45%
Home Win
56%
-11.5pp
26%
Draw
23%
+3.2pp
29%
Away Win
21%
+8.3pp
45%
Under 2.5
41%
+3.5pp
55%
Over 2.5
59%
-3.5pp
53%
BTTS Yes
56%
-3.7pp
47%
BTTS No
44%
+3.7pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Manchester United EU Bookmakers 61%
Head to Head
AWAY Lyon EU Bookmakers 24%
+6% / +6% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +17% / +17%
2.82/1.07 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.36/1.01
+42% / -1% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -51% / +150%
57% Ball Possession 43%
15 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 4
426 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 304 · 78%
32.1 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 28.8
17.6 Crosses 15.1
1.2 Yellow Cards 3.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Manchester United
3W-3D-0L
AWAY Lyon
1.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
1.25 xG 1.05
51% Ball Possession 49%
14 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 4
412 Passes 403
87% Pass Accuracy 86%
26 Box Touches 18
17 Crosses 12
4 Yellow Cards 1
10.04.2025 Lyon Lyon 2-2 HT 1-1 Manchester United Manchester United AVL
19.07.2023 Manchester United Manchester United 1-0 HT 0-0 Lyon Lyon HAZ
04.03.2008 Manchester United Manchester United 1-0 HT 1-0 Lyon Lyon ŞMP
20.02.2008 Lyon Lyon 1-1 HT 0-0 Manchester United Manchester United ŞMP
23.11.2004 Manchester United Manchester United 2-1 HT 1-1 Lyon Lyon ŞMP
15.09.2004 Lyon Lyon 2-2 HT 2-0 Manchester United Manchester United ŞMP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Manchester United
5-4
AWAY Lyon
3.42 xG 2.58
41% Ball Possession 59%
21 Total Shots 21
8 Shots on Target 9
7 Corners 3
408 Passes 601
84% Pass Accuracy 87%
39 Box Touches 38
16 Crosses 21
3 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Manchester United vs Lyon
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Manchester United nicked a narrow win over Lyon 5-4. Half-time: 2-0. 9 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Manchester United as the likeliest winner at 45%, and the 5-4 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (55%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Manchester United had 41% of the ball to Lyon's 59%, shots finished 21-21, expected goals 3.42 to 2.58.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Manchester United had the better of it with 3 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.50 goals for Manchester United and 1.00 for Lyon.

What was the final score of Manchester United vs Lyon?

Manchester United 5-4 Lyon in the UEFA Europa League on 17/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Manchester United vs Lyon?

Before kick-off our model rated a Manchester United win the most likely single outcome at about 45%, with the full match-result split Manchester United 45%, draw 26%, Lyon 29%. The final score 5-4 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Manchester United), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Manchester United) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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