Current form more worrying than Maguire and Varane absence for Manchester United

A welcome back from the break will be a trip to the King Power Stadium to face a Leicester City side, whom they have not beaten in each of their last three meetings, losing two times.

That will be followed by a mid-week Champions league visit of Atalanta, another side who have been creating a good reputation for themselves in recent times.

Liverpoool [home], Tottheham [away], a Champions League trip to Bergamo and the Manchester derby at Old Trafford all come up in succession before the next international break next month.

These fixtures look more challenging than United’s last six games, where they only managed just two wins and lost three times.

Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane absence could be faulted if the club performed woefully in the upcoming games but that will be taking a lot away from the duo of Victor Lindelof and Eric Bailey, who look set to come in for the injured duo.

The club have struggled defensively this season and have just one clean sheet after 10 games played. In recent games, they have also struggle to score goals, not expected of a team with lots of firepower.

The club continues to back Ole Gunnar Solskjær but it is just a matter of time he will eventually be shown the exit door, if results like this persist.

The game against Leicester City will be huge for Manchester United and Solskjær will be hoping that after a successful international break, where the players have good outings, they can transform that into positive results for the club.

The run of unbeaten away record in the league will be another boost for United chances but the maximum points rather than a draw will be the target when they kikcoff against Brendan Rodger’s side on Saturday afternoon.