With Ten Hag already cutting a pessimistic figure over the availability of his side's international players for Wednesday's friendly, a makeshift Red Devils XI may not have it all their own way at Murrayfield.
Lyon were far from excellent in their opening pre-season battle as well, but with more experienced options available to Blanc, we can envisage the former Red Devil holding his old employers to a score draw.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Manchester United win with a probability of 50.26%. A win for Lyon had a probability of 26.24% and a draw had a probability of 23.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Manchester United win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.1%) and 2-0 (7.98%). The likeliest Lyon win was 1-2 (6.6%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.96%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 9.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Manchester United would win this match.
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