Manchester United will want a Europa League win to rescue this wretched season, but they won't have it easy against Real Sociedad.

Manchester United are sweating on the fitness of Harry Maguire ahead of their Europa League clash with Real Sociedad. After crashing out of the FA Cup on Sunday against Fulham, the Europa League is United’s last chance to salvage some silverware from a disastrous season.

Real Sociedad are in the midst of a challenging run of fixtures and they enter Thursday's contest on the back of successive losses to Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, losing 1-0 at home to the former in the Copa del Rey just five days before being thrashed 4-0 by the latter in La Liga on Sunday.

Manchester United are sweating over the fitness of a number of key stars ahead of their trip to Real Sociedad Ruben Amorim’s start to life at Manchester United went from bad to worse as his team failed to defend their FA Cup crown by falling to a round-of-16 defeat to Premier League rivals Fulham in another dismal performance in front of their own supporters.