Manchester United will be without injured captain Wayne Rooney for the second leg of their Europa League last-16 tie against FC Rostov.

Forward Anthony Martial is also ruled out, but the Frenchman, Luke Shaw and Bastian Schweinsteiger trained with a younger group of players away from the first team on Wednesday.

FC Rostov are without captain Aleksandr Gatskan, who is suspended.

The tie is level at 1-1 after the first leg in Russia.

The winners of the Europa League will earn a place in the Champions League – an attractive prospect for United, who are only sixth in the Premier League.

Midfielder Marouane Fellaini said: “All the staff want to be in Champions League next season. We will do everything to be there.”

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• The clubs met for the first time in Russia in what was Rostov’s maiden encounter with an English team.
• The journey from Rostov to Manchester is around 3,000 km.

Manchester United

• Manchester United’s record in 10 meetings with Russian sides is won two, drawn seven, lost one. The sole defeat was a 2-1 loss to Zenit St-Petersburg in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup.
• United have won all four of their Europa League home games this season, scoring 12 goals and conceding one.
• United got to the last 16 of the competition in 2015-16, but the Uefa Cup/Europa League remains the only major Uefa trophy they have never won.

Rostov

• Rostov have not won in their past five European away fixtures (drawn three, lost two).
• The Russian side are making their first appearance in the spring phase of a European competition. This is the 14th fixture of their longest European campaign to date, Champions League assignments included.

Source: bbc.co.uk

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