These lot are fighting for their lives. Won't be easy.
FA Premier League
Aston Villa 0:3 Manchester United
Villa Park
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- Thu, 9 July 2020 @ 8:15pm BST
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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I think we'll struggle here, mainly because Grealish creates so much. Luckily their strikers are dog shit but I'm counting on a mistake from the backline/De Gea for their goal.
2-1 UnitedIf Grealish plans to come to United, then it’s actually not in his Best interests to play very well this time - any points lost may deprive us (and Grealish if he joins) of CL...
What in tarnation?They're rubbish but they desperately need to find a result from somewhere. They have Liverpool before us and so they're running out of games they can write off. We need to score early and hopefully their heads will drop.
Team should be the same again, including Bailly (assuming Lindelof isn't able to play). Get the ball to Mason Greenwood in the penalty area.We could be six points behind Leicester and five behind Chelsea by the time we kick off here.
We must win!
So he should turn around and score some own goals to help us with GD? I hope he plays his best.
He’ll be bang up for it and will try to perform to his highest possible standard. Anything else would be a massive slight on his character and a right turn off anywayWe need to start resting and rotating. We have games coming up real fast in a short space of time. Hopefully we start like we did against Brighton and the big players get taken off at HT.Full strength again it’s Party timeWe don't need to rest anybody.. keep going.
We will most likely be further away from top 4 going into this so we need to keep pushing first for the W and second to improving our GD.
Why?
I am guessing they have earlier kickoff times than we do.
cnuts, it's all rigged against us. But the good will prevail somehow.On the other hand, Chelsea and Leicester may drop points and will give us the motivation to catch them.
I can see Leicester dropping points maybe with the way Arsenal are playing. But not Chelsea with the way they and Palace are playing.Smash them 0-1
Miracles do happen
Yes - Chelsea and Leicester play their two games on Tuesday, while we play Villa on Thursday. Looking at the sequence of games, we are playing catch-up for a while now.
As you say, it could well be that one/both of them drop points somewhere, but it could also be that we're under constant pressure to stop the gap stretching out to six points. Squeeky bum time, as a great man once said.Bailly for Lindelof. Rest of the team the same.
Smash them 3 0 first half, 4 changes at half time. Finish them with 2 more goals and get the last sub in at 80mins.
Kind Regards.Them needing result goes in our favour imo.Thursday is eons away. Plenty of time to rest up and play a strong XI to get the job done.
You having a laugh? Why would we drop Lindelof for a child in a must win league game?Everyone can beat everyone in the Premier League. We're not winning this unless we show up ready to fight for it. We're certainly favorites but by no means should anyone consider this a walkover
Because Fifa and Football Manager.
Because Lindelof is injured, as per OGS. If he recovers, of course he should startVilla Park has always been a happy hunting ground for us so it's odd but I'm worried. Once again, it depends how we start. If it's like against Brighton fine but if we let them get comfortable, and give them confidence, we might struggle to break them down. Villa are, in my mind, better defensively than Bournemouth and Brighton so I can't see this being a walkover. And we certainly will need to defend better than we did on Saturday8-0 to United - Greenwood (7) Maguire (1) Shaw (1)
Put your mortgage on it.Plenty of rest before this one, so hopefully same again.
I'd like Mengi to get on the bench.... Garner and Mejbri would be pushing it
But if we're to take a substantial lead, it'd be nice to see some of the lads get a run out
I don’t think Mengi is even on Fifa
Ah ok fair enough. I’d still favor Bailly though, despite his eccentricities.It'll be interesting to see what Old does at CB if Lindelof is out, does he risk Bailly? Will he drop Matic in? Maybe McTominay as Neville seems to think he's suited to CB?
NO! We simply start Bailly if Lindelof isn't fit, I don't get why it's a 'risk'?Bailly is fine. He’s a seasoned international and started lots of games for us in his first and second season. Don’t people say we need pace in the middle? He’s the one who can also provide itMust win. Can’t be dropping points in games like these.Every game is a must win. Scrappy win will do and just avoid injuriesGo as strong as possible and look to make a few changes for the Southampton home game a few days after.
He's only 47Previous games v Villa:
2019/20:
Manchester Utd 2-2 Aston Villa (OG, Lindelof)
2015/16:
Manchester Utd 1-0 Aston Villa (Rashford)
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester Utd (Januzaj)
2014/15:
Manchester Utd 3-1 Aston Villa (Herrera x2, Rooney)
Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester Utd (Falcao)
2013/14:
Manchester Utd 4-1 Aston Villa (Rooney x2, Mata, Hernandez)
Aston Villa 0-3 Manchester Utd (Welbeck x2, Cleverley)
2012/13:
Manchester Utd 3-0 Aston Villa (Van Persie x3)
Aston Villa 2-3 Manchester Utd (Hernandez x2, OG)
2011/12:
Manchester Utd 4-0 Aston Villa (Welbeck, Rooney x2, Nani)
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester Utd (Jones)
2010/11:
Manchester Utd 3-1 Aston Villa (Rooney x2, Vidic)
Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester Utd (Macheda, Vidic)
2009/10:
Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester Utd (OG)
Manchester Utd 0-1 Aston Villa
2008/09:
Manchester Utd 3-2 Aston Villa (Ronaldo x2, Macheda)
Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester Utd
2007/08:
Manchester Utd 4-0 Aston Villa (Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney x2)
Aston Villa 1-4 Manchester Utd (Rooney x2, Ferdinand, Giggs)
That 2009 loss pissed me off massively.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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35%
Paul Pogba
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10%
Bruno Fernandes
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9%
Anthony Martial
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3%
Luke Shaw
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1%
Nemanja Matic
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1%
Victor Lindelof
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
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Compiled from 368 ratings.
Score Predictions
267,5,11
- Man Utd win
- Aston Villa win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 25% Aston Villa 0:3 Man Utd
- 20% Aston Villa 0:2 Man Utd
- 16% Aston Villa 1:2 Man Utd
- 14% Aston Villa 1:3 Man Utd
- 12% Aston Villa 0:4 Man Utd
- 3% Aston Villa 1:4 Man Utd
- 2% Aston Villa 1:1 Man Utd
- 2% Aston Villa 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 0:1 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 1:0 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 3:0 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 2:0 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Aston Villa
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 33% 67%
- Shots
- 9 14
- Shots on Target
- 1 6
- Corners
- 3 5
- Fouls
- 7 13
Referee
Jonathan Moss
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