With their win against Sheriff Tiraspol, Manchester United confirmed their qualification for the next round of the Europa League. However, their clash with Real Sociedad on Thursday will determine whether they have to play an extra round of fixtures.
This season, UEFA have added an extra round into the Europa League, with the second-placed team from each group entering a play-off round where they will face one of the teams to have dropped down from the Champions League.
United currently sit second in their group and Erik ten Hag will be desperate to avoid the risk of being dumped out of the Europa League along with the extra games in an already congested fixture list.