Young captained United in Saturday’s loss to West Ham while Herrera and Lingard did not feature. Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young and Ander Herrera will miss Manchester United’s Champions League Group H match with Valencia on Tuesday due to injury.
Defender Marcos Rojo, who is yet to play this season, is also injured. United are top of Group H after beating Young Boys in their opening match but have not won any of their three matches since in all competitions.
Manager Jose Mourinho said some of his players “care more than others” in his pre-match news conference when asked about the winless run. The match is the first of two consecutive Champions League home games for United with Juventus visiting Old Trafford on 23 October.
Spanish side Valencia, competing in the Champions League for the first time in three seasons, are third in the group after losing 2-0 at home against Juventus in their opening fixture.
They are 14th in La Liga with just one win in their opening seven games but have only lost once. “A Champions League week is always a good week, even if you expect a difficult match, a difficult opponent,” Mourinho said.
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Match facts
Manchester United have lost only once in eight previous meetings with Valencia in all competitions (W2, D5), and never in the Champions League (P6, W2, D4, L0), with this their first encounter in this competition since December 2010, a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
Valencia have only won once in 10 visits to English sides in the Champions League (D6, L3), a 1-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield in October 2002.
Manchester United have not lost back-to-back home Champions League games since March 2013, when Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge.
Manchester United have lost just one of their last 18 Champions League group stage games at Old Trafford (W12, D5), a 1-0 defeat to CFR Cluj in December 2012. They have won eight of their last nine such games since that defeat (D1).
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has never previously lost to Valencia in 10 clashes in all competitions (W6, D4), including a 3-2 aggregate victory in the quarter-finals of the 2006-07 Champions League while managing Chelsea.
Valencia have lost each of their last four Champions League games, their worst ever streak in the competition. Only two Spanish clubs have ever lost 5+ consecutive games in the history of the competition – Real Sociedad (five in October 2013) and Villarreal (seven in December 2011).
Just one of Valencia’s last 17 Champions League group stage games has ended in a draw (W8, D1, L8), a 1-1 stalemate against Bayern Munich in November 2012.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba scored as many goals in the opening game of this season’s Champions League against Young Boys (2) as he did in his previous 37 matches in the competition combined.
Paul Pogba has been directly involved in four of Manchester United’s last six Champions League goals (two goals, two assists), including all three this season (two goals, one assist).
United have high chance of progression. Sports analysts Gracenote say United have a 84% chance of progressing to the knockout stages, an increase of 16% from before their win over Young Boys.
Simon Gleave, head of sports analysis at Gracenote, said: “Manchester United’s win against Young Boys was expected but actually having the points on the board has increased the Red Devils’ chance of a place in the last-16 from 68% to 84% according to the Euro Club Index.
“To sustain this, it will be crucial to beat Valencia this week before the double-header against group favourites Juventus on matchdays three and four.”
