Man United injury, suspension news vs. Viktoria Plzen: Will Victor Lindelof return?

Manchester United are back in action on Thursday evening when they square off against Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League.

The size of the task in hand has become apparent to Ruben Amorim over the past week with United suffering back-to-back defeats to Arsenal and Nottingham Forest respectively.

At a time when the Red Devils have dropped back down to 13th position in the Premier League table, they are a respectable 12th place in the Europa League standings courtesy of collecting nine points from their opening five fixtures.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up Man United's injury and suspension news ahead of their trip to the Czech Republic.

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Status: Out Type of injury: Fitness Possible return date: December 15 (vs. Manchester City)

Evans has not been seen on the pitch since Amorim's first game at Ipswich Town and has sat out the recent squads due to injury. Although the veteran defender has returned to training, he was not named in the travelling squad.

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Status: Out Type of injury: Hamstring Possible return date: Unknown

Shaw has only just worked his way back from a calf issue, but the England international has now picked up a hamstring problem and is set to be sidelined for several weeks; the defender has opened up on his devastation at his ongoing injury issues, but Amorim has promised to continue backing the former Southampton youngster.

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Status: Minor doubt Type of injury: Groin Possible return date: December 12 (vs. Viktoria Plzen)

Lindelof picked up a groin problem while representing Sweden during the November international break, and has remained unavailable for selection. However, with the defender having returned to training, he has been named in the travelling squad.

Man United have no players suspended for this fixture.