Villa Park: Aston Villa vs Manchester United Premier League preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 13:05 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Aston Villa have their presumed home advantage while Manchester United are ahead 19 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United is in the best form (5-1-0)

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game, against Roma, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Manchester United.

United are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Aston Villa have collected 21 points from their Premier League home games so far after 6-3-7.

Happy days for Villa in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Everton (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the match before that, Villa hosted West Bromwich Albion and drew the game 2-2.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Everton are coming to town in four days.

Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Villa Park with 26 goals in 16 league matches. Villa have conceded 23 in these home matches.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Manchester United collect 37 points from their 17 away matches in the Premier League. 10 victories and 7 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Things are running smoothly for United who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Sheffield United.

It might be tough going out on the road again for United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Roma. Prior to that match, a home win 6-2 against Roma.

United goalkeeper David De Gea had a great day against Roma, but despite making ten saves the loss could not be avoided.

A new game in only two days for United, the Premier League home match versus Leicester City. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy United's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 17 league matches away. United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Manchester United - Aston Villa 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Aston Villa won one, Manchester United won seven and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
16 goals
VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
14 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
10 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Manchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Aston Villa Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 17 33
14 6 0 Won W 1 10 19
6 3 0 Drew D 4 7 10
13 7 4 Lost L 0 0 4
48 26 3 Scored S 3 30 64
38 23 9 Conceded C 1 14 35
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 20% 71% 79%
70% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 65% 64%
55% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 53% 58%
18% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 47% 45%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 24% 24%
45% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 59% 58%
42% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 41% 39%
21% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 80% 29% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.5 1.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.8 15.2 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 12.6 13.8
5.1 5.4 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 5.5 5.8
29% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 32% 34%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have not yet lost a game away.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Manchester United have the most points from losing position (28) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in Premier League
  • Manchester United is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 34 25 5 4 71 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 17 13 3 1 34 9 47 80
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 34 19 6 9 61 39 17 9 1 7 30 22 17 10 5 2 31 17 22 63
4 Chelsea 34 17 10 7 53 31 17 8 6 3 29 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 22 61
5 West Ham United 34 17 7 10 55 44 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 8 3 6 26 23 11 58
6 Tottenham Hotspur 34 16 8 10 60 38 17 9 3 5 32 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 22 56
7 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
8 Everton 33 15 7 11 45 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 16 10 3 3 22 15 3 52
9 Arsenal 34 14 7 13 46 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 17 8 3 6 27 17 9 49
10 Aston Villa 33 14 6 13 48 38 16 6 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 22 15 10 48
11 Leeds United 34 14 5 15 50 52 17 6 5 6 22 19 17 8 0 9 28 33 -2 47
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 11 9 14 33 46 17 6 4 7 18 22 17 5 5 7 15 24 -13 42
13 Crystal Palace 33 10 8 15 34 56 17 5 5 7 16 27 16 5 3 8 18 29 -22 38
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 8 13 13 35 39 17 3 8 6 18 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -4 37
15 Southampton 33 10 7 16 41 59 16 6 3 7 22 21 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 37
16 Burnley 34 9 9 16 31 47 17 4 6 7 14 20 17 5 3 9 17 27 -16 36
17 Newcastle United 34 9 9 16 36 56 17 5 5 7 22 29 17 4 4 9 14 27 -20 36
18 Fulham 34 5 12 17 25 45 17 2 4 11 9 24 17 3 8 6 16 21 -20 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 34 5 11 18 31 65 17 3 6 8 13 34 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 26
20 Sheffield United 34 5 2 27 18 60 17 4 1 12 11 25 17 1 1 15 7 35 -42 17

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Table
  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 34 25 5 4 71 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 17 13 3 1 34 9 47 80
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 34 19 6 9 61 39 17 9 1 7 30 22 17 10 5 2 31 17 22 63
4 Chelsea 34 17 10 7 53 31 17 8 6 3 29 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 22 61
5 West Ham United 34 17 7 10 55 44 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 8 3 6 26 23 11 58
6 Tottenham Hotspur 34 16 8 10 60 38 17 9 3 5 32 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 22 56
7 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
8 Everton 33 15 7 11 45 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 16 10 3 3 22 15 3 52
9 Arsenal 34 14 7 13 46 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 17 8 3 6 27 17 9 49
10 Aston Villa 33 14 6 13 48 38 16 6 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 22 15 10 48
11 Leeds United 34 14 5 15 50 52 17 6 5 6 22 19 17 8 0 9 28 33 -2 47
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 11 9 14 33 46 17 6 4 7 18 22 17 5 5 7 15 24 -13 42
13 Crystal Palace 33 10 8 15 34 56 17 5 5 7 16 27 16 5 3 8 18 29 -22 38
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 8 13 13 35 39 17 3 8 6 18 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -4 37
15 Southampton 33 10 7 16 41 59 16 6 3 7 22 21 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 37
16 Burnley 34 9 9 16 31 47 17 4 6 7 14 20 17 5 3 9 17 27 -16 36
17 Newcastle United 34 9 9 16 36 56 17 5 5 7 22 29 17 4 4 9 14 27 -20 36
18 Fulham 34 5 12 17 25 45 17 2 4 11 9 24 17 3 8 6 16 21 -20 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 34 5 11 18 31 65 17 3 6 8 13 34 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 26
20 Sheffield United 34 5 2 27 18 60 17 4 1 12 11 25 17 1 1 15 7 35 -42 17

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.