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See the numbers behind Manchester Utd's 3-2 victory over AC Omonia

Manchester Utd created an impressive 3.0 expected goals, considerably more than their season average of 1.5 xG per 90 minutes. United took eight shots on target while limiting Omoniato to four.

Manchester Utd dominated possession, completing 664 passes to AC Omonia's 190. United were also adventurous in possession, taking only 17% of their touches in the defensive third. Omonia held 46% of their possession in the defensive third.<div><br></div>

United completed an impressive 65 passes into the final third (14 for AC Omonia), made 20 successful passes into the opponent's box (five for Omonia) and carried the ball into the opponent's box 10 times (three for Omonia).

<div>United won 28 aerial duels in this match, considerably more than the four they won in their last game (against Manchester City).</div>

Lisandro Martinez, our man of the match, successfuly completed 90 passes (more than any other player on the pitch).

Lisandro Martinez has completed the third most passes per 90 minutes (85) of any player in the Europa League, behind Marius Hoibraten of <span style="text-align: center;">Bodø/Glimt</span> (100 passes per 90) and Marius Lode of <span style="text-align: center;">Bodø/Glimt</span> (145).

Lisandro Martinez made 788 yards worth of progressive passes, more than anyone else on the pitch, while Christian Eriksen successfully passed the ball 492 yards towards the opponent's goal.

<div>Lisandro Martinez has the joint-second-highest progressive pass distance per 90 in the Europa League (624 yards, alongside Mark Flekken of Freiburg). Sahruddin Maqomedovic of Qarabağ has the highest with 656 yards.</div>

Christian Eriksen has the highest progressive pass distance per 90 among midfielders in the Europa League (402 yards).

Martinez carried the ball a total of 247 yards towards the opponent's goal - farther than any other player on the pitch.

<div>Martinez has the third-highest progressive carry distance in the Europa League (876 yards), behind Aritz Elustondo of Real Sociedad (916 yards) and Marius Lode of Bodø/Glimt (1,048 yards).</div>