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St Etienne vs Manchester United as it happened: Henrikh Mkhitaryan goal enough for second leg win
Re-live updates from the Europa League last-32 second leg at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Manchester United’s Europa League campaign continues in France with a last-32 second leg at Saint-Etienne.
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Your support makes all the difference.Jose Mourinho’s side lead 3-0 on aggregate, courtesy of a Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat-trick in last week’s first leg at Old Trafford.
Wayne Rooney is one of three players left at home for this trip, with Luke Shaw and Matteo Darmian also omitted from Mourinho’s 20-man squad.
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What time is kick-off?
The match will kick off at 5.00pm on Wednesday 22 February.
Where can I watch it?
It will be shown live on BT Sport 3, with coverage starting at 4.30pm.
It’s a big game for…
Marcus Rashford: It’s almost a year to the day since the youngster broke into United’s first-team with that hat-trick against Midtjylland at the same stage of this competition.
Rashford’s progression has slowed somewhat, but following suggestions that Mourinho sees him as Ibrahimovic’s long-term replacement and a goal against Blackburn, he will enter this fixture confident.
Remember when…
These two sides previously met in the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1977. The leg in Saint-Etienne is remembered for violence in the stands, which was so bad, the return leg had to be played 400km away from Old Trafford, at Plymouth’s Home Park.
Past three-meetings
Manchester United 3 Saint-Etienne 0
Europa League, February 2017
Manchester United 2 Saint-Etienne 0
Cup Winners’ Cup, October 1977
Saint-Etienne 1 Manchester United 1
Cup Winners’ Cup, September 1977
Form guide
Saint-Etienne: WLWLL
Manchester United: DWWWW
Odds
Provided by 888.com
Saint-Etienne: 47/20
Manchester United: 11/9
Draw: 9/4
43 mins: It's been an entertainingly end-to-end few moments.
Ibrahimovic is guilty of dawdling on the ball and is robbed by Saivet, who spots the run of Monnet-Paquet down the right. He cuts inside but Romero is quick off his line to meet him and although he fails to properly claim the ball, United are able to scramble it away.
44 mins: Ibrahimovic really isn't endearing himself any further to the supporters at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
He collides with Hamouma and appears to catch the midfielder with an arm as the two fall to the turf, but the referee is unmoved.
Half-time: Saint-Étienne 0-1 (0-4) Manchester United
The home side win a corner in the second minute of injury-time but it fails to beat the first man and Ashley Young heads it clear.
Mourinho will be delighted with the performance of his side so far, although that hamstring injury to Mkhitaryan is a concern.
46 mins: Saint-Étienne get us underway for the second-half. Veretout immediately tries to bisect the United defence with an ambitious through-ball, but overhits it.
49 mins: The home side have made a bright start to the second-half and win themselves a corner, but it's a poor delivery and United clear. Smalling and Bailly exchange a few passes as the English side seek to slow the tempo a little,
53 mins: Pogba sends a deep cross into the box looking for the head of Beric, but the impressive Bailly beats him to the ball and heads away.
The home side make their first change: Jorginho replaces Saivet.