Given the general narrative around Manchester United and their manager Erik ten Hag, it came as a surprise to discover they are actually in decent form.
Victor Lindelof's second-half goal against Luton Town means United have now won four league games out of five, which is their best return of the campaign.
In addition, they have also kept consecutive top-flight clean sheets for the first time since the beginning of May.
This is despite a period which has seen then suffer successive 3-0 home defeats by Manchester City and Newcastle, blow a two-goal lead in Copenhagen to leave their Champions League hopes dangling by a thread, and be knocked out of the League Cup.