Aston Villa host Manchester United at Villa Park in a huge Premier League encounter.
Victory could lift Villa up to fourth if they better Chelsea’s result elsewhere, whilst Man Utd can go 10th with a win if Nottingham Forest lose at Chelsea.
Team News
Amadou Onana is a doubt for Villa after he suffered a hamstring injury during their Champions League win over Bayern Munich.
Jacob Ramsey and Leon Bailey are both doubtful with knocks.
John McGinn (hamstring), Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings (both knee) remain sidelined.
Man Utd could again be without Mason Mount due to a head injury, after he missed their 3-3 draw at Porto in the Europa League.
Kobbie Mainoo (knock) could return but Leny Yoro (ankle), Tyrell Malacia (knee) and Luke Shaw (calf) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Villa host Man Utd at Villa Park on Sunday 6 October at 2pm BST, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Villa have won two of their last six league meetings against Man Utd (W2, D1, L3).
- Man Utd have avoided defeat in five of their last six league visits to Villa (W4, D1, L1).
- Utd’s Rasmus Højlund scored in both league meetings against Villa last season (W2).
- Ollie Watkins has scored three goals in Villa’s last two league matches at home (W2).
- With seven points from their first six league games this season, Utd are two points worse off than at this stage last season.
Prediction
Despite being totally outclassed by Bayern in the match statistics, Villa were actually superb from an organised defence to clinically sharp counter-attacking edge which should stand them in good stead here.
Villa also has the 24-hour advantage over Man Utd who just continue to stutter after they blew a 2-0 lead at Porto, yet somehow snatched a draw which really highlights how inconsistent they can be.
It is therefore difficult to call what sort of Utd side we will see but if Villa turn up with their usual attacking press as saw at Ipswich last weekend, I can see them having the edge especially with their fitness advantage.
Prediction: Aston Villa 2-1 Man Utd
Result: Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd
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