Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester United & Aston Villa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Manchester United form and stats
Last season, Manchester United's FA Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Manchester United have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.
The United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers here at Old Trafford in a Premier League match. Jones was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Jones won 7 of 8 duels.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Burnley.A decent goal production from United in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. United have conceded 15 from these games.
Aston Villa form and stats
Villa's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Aston Villa have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-0-7 (10 played).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Villa, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Brentford. Buendía, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.83. Buendía served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 41 successful passes (of 48 total).
The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Chelsea.Villa have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. As for defending, Villa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (United wins - draws - Aston Villa wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Ronaldo 8 goals |  B. Borges Fernandes 5 goals |   O. Watkins 5 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Manchester United | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.6 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| 14 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 53 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 43 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 34 | 42 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Brentford | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Southampton | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Everton | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 17 | Watford | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 11 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -34 | 10 |
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- Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
- Man U News - (news aggregator)
- Aston Villa
- Birmingham Mail - (local newspaper)
