Aston Villa and Manchester United will meet for the second time in less than a week when they face-off in the Premier League this weekend.
Venue: Villa Park (Birmingham)
Key Statistics
Aston Villa have kept just one clean sheet in their last six home games.
They have gotten 59% of their total league points from home games.
The hosts have scored 60% of their league goals at home (15 goals).
Steven Gerrard‘s men have taken the lead in the league ten times.
Manchester United are unbeaten in their last four away games in all competitions (W2, D2).
The visitors have averaged 1.58 goals in the league this season.
They have lost just one of their last ten competitive games (W6, D3).
Head to head
Both teams have met 53 times in the Premier League with Aston Villa winning just four of those games. Manchester United have a whopping 37 wins from those games while 12 games ended in a draw.
Latest performances in all competitions
Aston Villa: L-L-L-W-L
Man United: W-L-W-D-W
Aston Villa
Aston Villa will look to avenge their FA Cup loss at the hands of Manchester United when they welcome the Old Trafford side to Villa Park this weekend. The Red Devils beat the midlands side 1-0 in a contentious game that saw a Danny Ings goal for Aston Villa ruled out by VAR.
The result was Villa’s third consecutive loss in all competitions. In the Premier League, Steven Gerrard’s men have lost three of their last four games and come into this tie sitting in 14th place, nine points behind Man United in seventh.
Despite the loss, the hosts left Old Trafford with their heads held high, as they were clearly the better side for much of the game.
And now, with former Liverpool and Barcelona playmaker Philippe Coutinho and Everton left-back Lucas Digne added to their ranks, Villa will come into this game with even more quality and confidence.
They will fancy their chances of beating this Manchester United side, who are currently plagued by discontent among their squad members.
Possible Aston Villa starting line-ups
Emi Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne; Jacob Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, Morgan Sanson; Philippe Coutinho, Ollie Watkins, Danny Ings.
Injured: Leon Bailey, Marvelous Nakamba, Ashley Young
Unavailable (AFCON): Bertrand Traore, Trezeguet
Suspended: John McGinn
Manchester United
Manchester United will look to make it two wins in two games against Aston Villa when they face each other this weekend.
Ralf Rangnick’s side were lucky to have won the previous game after VAR favored them. They may not be lucky this time unless they can put in a good performance.
The Red Devils are currently seventh in the league table, six points behind fourth-placed West Ham with two games in hand on the Hammers. And so their chances of a top-four finish remains high.
Despite the talk of a crisis in the club, Rangnick’s side are still one of the most in-form teams in the league, judging by league points in the past five games. They have won six of their last ten games in all competitions, losing just once in that period.
However, when compared to last season, the 31 points the visitors have picked up this season is nine points less than what they had at this point last season when they finished second behind Man City.
Possible Manchester United starting line-ups
David de Gea; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Phil Jones, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles; Fred, Scott McTominay, Donny van de Beek, Jadon Sancho, Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani.
Injured: Paul Pogba
Doubtful: Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Dalot
Suspended: Luke Shaw
Prediction
Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United
