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Manchester United have won five of their six meetings with Romanian sides in all competitions.

However, their last such match ended in a 1-0 home defeat to CFR Cluj in the 2012-13 Champions League.

This is FCSB’s first ever meeting with Manchester United.

They’ve lost each of their last seven games against English sides by an aggregate score of 20-2.

Manchester United and Marcus Rashford are facing up to a period where one of their best-paid stars is in the cold for months, as a suitable move has yet to present itself and only Juventus looks like a possible option this January.

The club have fielded a number of informal enquiries for the forward since he announced he was open to leaving in December, but Rashford wants to ensure any move is one that fits his preferences.

Of tonight’s opponents, the Man Utd coach said: I know they're a strong team and can score a lot of goals from set-pieces.

“They can win matches without much possession. They're a really smart team and we have to perform well to win the game.

“We study the team to prepare for this game. Like I said, sometimes it's a team that's a little bit different in Europe.

“Without so much possession, they can score from set-pieces, with one striker who is really fast in transition.

“[David] Miculescu, left foot, is really strong. The two centre-backs are very strong on duels and the two full-backs go up and down until the 90 minutes.

“We'll be prepared for that, I'm sure my team are prepared to fight for the win."

FCSB XI: Tarnovanu; Popescu, Ngezana, Dawa; Cretu, Edjouma, Sut, Radunovic; Tanase, Birlgea, Miculescu

Subs: Udrea, Stefanescu, Popa, Chiriches, Toma, Baluta, Pantea, Musi, Alhassan

Man Utd XI: Bayindir; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Martinez; Dalot, Mainoo, Collyer, Malacia; Eriksen, Fernandes; Hojlund

Subs: Heaton, Onana, Lindelof, Maguire, Yoro, Casemiro, Ugarte, Amad, Garnacho, Zirkzee

Manchester United sit fourth in the Europa League table with 15 points from their seven games.

FCSB are slightly further behind in eighth on 14 points.

A win for either side will see them secure an automatic place in the last-16 while defeat for either side could mean they end up on a play-off round.

Seven weeks have passed since Rashford last played for the Red Devils and his wait continues.

The forward trained with his team-mates on the eve of their match against FCSB, but was omitted from the 21-man squad seeking to secure a last-16 spot in Romania.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday (29 January), Amorim said: “When I feel that it is the right moment, I will put any player to play and, I will say it again, we are a better team with Marcus Rashford.”

Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim revealed that the reason for Marcus Rashford’s continued absence from the matchday squad is the lack of effort he is seeing in training and said he will put 63-year-old goalkeeping coach Jorge Vital on the bench before the England international.

Rashford, who has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford during the January transfer window, has not featured for United since a 2-1 victory over Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League back in December.

Despite rumours linking the club with the likes of Mathys Tel, Ruben Amorim says he is focused on improving the current members of the Man Utd squad.

“Our focus is to work with the players that we have,” Amorim added.

“I think it is clear we can improve as a team, all of us, if we have time to train and if we put some wins together. So, it will be so much easier.

“We had so many games compared to training, that is how, for me, it is the biggest problem to start [my job] in the middle of a season, especially, in that moment, with a lot of games.”