How Manchester United should line up in crucial Europa League fixture vs Real Sociedad

Manchester United will be looking to keep their season alive when they face Real Sociedad in the second leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie tonight.

The tie is finely poised at 1-1 after last week's first leg in San Sebastián, meaning everything is to play for. United took the lead through Joshua Zirkzee in last week's game but were later pegged back by a Mikel Oyarzabal penalty.

United drew 1-1 for the third game running on Sunday, playing out a stalemate with Arsenal at Old Trafford. Despite producing a flat first half showing, their second half performance provided plenty of encouragement.

Ahead of the visit of Sociedad, head coach Ruben Amorim has confirmed Manuel Ugarte is in contention to return from injury, but Leny Yoro and Harry Maguire will miss out. The contest has come too soon for Mason Mount to be involved.

Below, our writers have had their say on how they would like to see United line up:

Victor Lindelof will start but he shouldn't. Ayden Heaven is raw but has had two good games for United and Matthijs de Ligt should be in the middle of the back three.

Manuel Ugarte is the more mobile of the defensive midfielders and will have known for a while he was coming back for this tie. He is also developing a promising partnership with Bruno Fernandes in midfield.

Patrick Dorgu should come back in and so should Rasmus Hojlund after Joshua Zirkzee failed as a No.9 against Arsenal. Hojlund made a pig's ear of his first chance off the bench but his movement for the second chance is a modicum of encouragement.

Injuries are still an issue for Amorim and with Yoro not fit he is close to being at the stage where the squad picks itself. You wouldn't worry about starting Heaven after his performance on Sunday, but