Buckle up for a show! The main roles are Manchester United and Aston Villa, a win is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the duration.
- Manchester United have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
The hosts Manchester United saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Tottenham Hotspur, so at least Manchester United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Manchester United form and stats
Manchester United have performed here at Old Trafford this season with 11 wins from 15 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. The Manchester United fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Old Trafford and will expect new points from this game. Manchester United has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.
United shared the glory with Tottenham Hotspur in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A disappointing finish for Manchester United in their match versus Tottenham Hotspur as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. The gifted forward Rashford outperformed all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.7 out of 10. Rashford scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
In the match before, 0-0 away to Brighton & Hove Albion (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties) (FA Cup). The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Manchester United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
It should be added that a glance at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The manager ten Hag will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Brighton & Hove Albion in only four days.
United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Old Trafford with 27 goals in 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Manchester United have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
6-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aston Villa in their Premier League matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Aston Villa as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
The fans enjoyed Aston Villa's previous game versus Fulham (placed 10th), a 1-0 win played at home. Konsa was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Konsa won 5 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Brentford that ended 1-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Villa when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 3 games.
Aston Villa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Villa have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Aston Villa - Manchester United 3-1. Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: five wins for Manchester United, two draws and three wins for Aston Villa. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rashford 16 goals |   O. Watkins 14 goals |  B. Borges Fernandes 5 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Manchester United | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 48 | 27 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 46 |
| 39 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | 41 |
| 94% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 77% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 44% | 48% |
| 26% | 13% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 19% | 24% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 36% |
| 16% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 17.7 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 10.6 | 11.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 28% | 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 32% | 35% |
| 12.9 | 11.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.7 | 11.8 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
- Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Manchester United have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Premier League
- Manchester United have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
- Manchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 40 | 75 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 31 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 53 | 73 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 58 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 32 | 62 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 60 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 60 | 53 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 54 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 54 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 53 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 49 |
| 9 | Brentford | 33 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 47 |
| 10 | Fulham | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 45 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 37 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -15 | 37 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 63 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 40 | -31 | 36 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 34 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 32 | -21 | 30 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 39 | -31 | 30 |
| 18 | Leicester City | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 36 | -13 | 29 |
| 19 | Everton | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -25 | 28 |
| 20 | Southampton | 33 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -30 | 24 |
- Manchester United
- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)
- Aston Villa
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
