In a weekend match in week 34, on Sun Apr 30th, Manchester United plays host to Aston Villa in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 4th placed Manchester United is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Neither Brighton & Hove Albion nor Manchester United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Manchester United looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while aston Villa sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Fulham. Tyrone Mings struck first for Aston Villa in the 21st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Fulham was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory. Aston Villa looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
On Nov 6th, Aston Villa hosted Manchester United at the Villa Park in their last match together. Aston Villa won by a score of 3 to 1 in front of just over 42000 fans. Leon Bailey scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 7th minute, then Lucas Digne added another in the 11th minute.
Ollie Watkins has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Aston Villa. Marcel Sabitzer has been the most effective weapon for Manchester United lately. The Austrian midfielder has netted two goals in his last five matches
Erik ten Hag’s squad will be without Lisandro Martínez, Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes and Tyrell Malacia, while Tom Heaton, Philippe Coutinho and Jed Steer are unavailable to play for Unai Emery Etxegoien’s team.