Scene-setter: United are trailing 2-1 after last week's first leg at the MCH Arena in Herning and will be determined to turn that scoreline around with the eventual winners of the Europa League being offered a Champions League place. It’s also a competition that the Reds have not won before in any of its guises (it was formerly the UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).
Form guide: The Reds have now recorded six wins from 11 matches in 2016 after advancing to the quarter-finals of the Emirates FA Cup on Monday night with a comfortable 3-0 win over Shrewsbury Town. Midtjylland have only played one fixture in this calendar year - their win over United - as the Danish League is currently on a winter break. Currently third in the Superliga table, they return to domestic action on Monday.
View from the dressing room: “We have to improve our game level in terms of how we played in Denmark. We have to play better and adapt to their team better. Hopefully we can go as far as we can and lift the trophy because it has a double meaning for us. It has the meaning of winning the Europa League for the first time for this club and it gives the chance to play in the Champions League.” - Juan Mata
View from the opposition: “We’ll have to play like we did in the first fight. We must be ambitious and will hopefully go home with a result after the game. It was a good fight on Thursday. We were well prepared, and we knew what they would do. But we are so happy with the result.” – Midtjylland midfielder Rilwan Hassan.
Dangerman: Attacking midfielder Pione Sisto netted in the first leg of the tie and is the top scorer for Midtjylland in the competition with 3 goals so far. The 20-year-old is reportedly on the radar of several European major clubs.
Sub-plots: Anthony Martial, Sergio Romero and Midtjylland midfielder Jakob Poulsen were previously team-mates at AS Monaco. Daley Blind and opponent Petter Andersson also played together, for FC Groningen in 2010.
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