Manchester United v CSKA

Manchester United will be looking to snap a disappointing run of form in their Champions League Group B game against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday night.

Manager Louis van Gaal will be looking for a fresh start in November after a particularly poor run of results last month in which the Red Devils won just one of six games in all competitions.

Group B is very evenly poised ahead of the second phase of fixtures, with leaders Wolfsburg and bottom-placed PSV Eindhoven separated by just three points, and United CSKA level on points between them.

Depending on the result of the other game in the group between Wolfsburg and PSV, this match could go a long way to deciding the future of both sides in this season's Champions League.

A major concern for the Premier League outfit ahead of the encounter is their lack of goals in recent fixtures. Since picking up a valuable point in Russia in the reverse of this fixture two weeks ago, United have registered three straight 0-0 draws.

Van Gaal made no attempted to hide the club's desperation to find the back of the net and start winning matches again.

"When I see their characters, I don't think they have doubts about that quality," he told the pre-match press conference. "It can change in one match - let that be CSKA, because we need victory. I have to hope we score against Moscow again because then we are talking in a different way."

Their Russia opponents have no such concerns, having beaten Ufa 2-0 on Saturday to extend their lead at the top of the league to nine points and stretch their unbeaten run to five games.

CSKA manager Leonid Slutsky will definitely be without injured midfielder Bibras Natkho, while defender Vasili Berezutski faces a late fitness test.

Manchester United still have several key players injured, including Antonio Valencia and Memphis Depay, while Luke Shaw remains unlikely to play again this season after breaking his leg in September.