The Red Devils may be enjoying a resurgence but, ahead of Sunday's trip to Nottingham Forest, their results on the road are a major cause for concern

Manchester United may be having their most exciting season in a decade, but their home form is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Their record on the road is more than a little worrying, particularly against the top sides.

And unless they get a grip on it, they risk losing out on a place in the Premier League top four.

As Erik ten Hag's team prepare to visit struggling Nottingham Forest on Sunday, GOAL takes a deeper look at United's away-days issues, which have led to heavy losses and points being dropped because of late lapses in concentration…

GettyUnstoppable at home, easily beaten away

It's a great time to have a United season ticket, as Ten Hag's side are unbeaten at Old Trafford in all competitions since early-September.

They have the third-best home record in the Premier League, with 11 wins from 15 matches and only one defeat, in their opening match against Brighton.

United's impressive home results have taken them to Carabao Cup glory and the semi-finals of the FA Cup as well as the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

They have also enjoyed hugely satisfying league wins over Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal, plus memorable European triumphs over Barcelona and Real Betis.

However, it's an entirely different story on their travels, where they have won only 11 of 20 games, and suffered some traumatic defeats along the way.

AdvertisementGetty ImagesA rude awakening at Brentford and a derby beating

Ten Hag's side's worst away results have come in the Premier League, beginning with their shock 4-0 thrashing at Brentford in August, their second game of the campaign.

Hope that they might have turned a corner with narrow 1-0 wins at Southampton and Leicester were sent crashing by the embarrassing 6-3 loss at Manchester City in October.

The team gave a decent response to the debacle at the Etihad Stadium and salvaged a late 1-1 draw at Chelsea, a place they have always found tough to go.

But given how bad the Blues have been this season, on reflection a draw at Stamford Bridge feels like an opportunity missed.

United soon enough sank to another disappointing away defeat, losing 3-1 at struggling Aston Villa in Unai Emery's first game in charge.

GettyScoring late goals, conceding late goals

United earned back-to-back away wins at Fulham and Wolves either side of the World Cup, with the help of last-minute winners from Alejandro Garnacho and Marcus Rashford, respectively.

But they had the familiar feeling of away disappointment in two trips to London in January, conceding an injury-time equaliser to draw 1-1 with Crystal Palace.

And then, three days later at Arsenal, they were sunk by another last-gasp goal as Eddie Nketiah clinched a 3-2 win for the Gunners.

Their travelling band of away fans did enjoy the hard-fought 2-0 win at Leeds in February, which they followed up with an impressive 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou.

Getty ImagesThe Anfield annihilation

But everything fell to pieces in their next away game, the historic 7-0 humiliation at Anfield.

It was the club's heaviest defeat since 1931 and their joint-worst result of all time.

Usually robust characters like Casemiro and Lisandro Martinez melted as Liverpool smelt blood, and Bruno Fernandes was at his petulant worst.

Ten Hag was furious with the players' lack of fight and courage, declaring: "I don't think it's Manchester United."

But, looking at the previous away results this season, it was perhaps not that surprising.