The Glazers could see how far Manchester United have fallen tonight

Groundhog Day?

Punxsutawney Phil emerged on February 2 and the little groundhog must have predicted six more weeks of 1-1 draws involving Manchester United.

Brighton have drawn more Premier League games than any other side and already drawn at Chelsea, Liverpool and West Ham this season, while United are emulating Louis van Gaal's stalemate streak with their Groundhog Day grind.

Sparse surroundings?

Tonight's game kicks off at 8.15pm, is not televised live in the UK and Paris Saint-Germain versus Real Madrid is on. It is a rearranged midweek match, originally scheduled to be the final match before Christmas on a Saturday afternoon, the Manchester rain is as incessant as it is in Blade Runner and United have drawn their last three games 1-1. If you stay in, nobody would hold it against you.

The possibility of swathes of empty seats would not be a good look for a club whose 'brand' has suffered untold damage since the pandemic. United suffered a commercial hit from their dalliance with the Super League and their prowess has been on the wane, so don't expect Joel Glazer to end his near-three-year exile.

Changes?

Ralf Rangnick cannot tolerate the drop-off in Saturday's second-half by naming an unchanged side. United need to freshen up ahead of a crucial period, with them due at the Elland Road bearpit on Sunday before next Wednesday's trip to Madrid.

Marcus Rashford has regressed and Anthony Elanga or Jesse Lingard could come into the reckoning. Fred is available again and Harry Maguire avoided a demotion on Saturday and was arguably worse than he was at Burnley.

Can Ronaldo break his duck?

The last time Ronaldo was on a scoring drought this bad United were champions of England, champions of Europe and champions of the