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7M - Manchester United vs Aston Villa preview



Posted Friday, December 19, 2014 by 7M Sport

Saturday afternoon(December 20th) will see a remarkable match in 2014/15 Primier League Round 17 - Manchester United take the away challenge at Aston Villa. After 16 rounds, Manchester United stay 3rd with 31 points(9 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats). And Aston Villa stay 13th with 19 points(5 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats).

7M - Manchester United vs Aston Villa preview

Both sides had 30 encounters in all competitions in this century. Obviously Manchester United were in the upper hand with 25 wins and 4 draws but only 1 defeat. Among their 15 away encounters with Villa, United grabbed 12 wins and 3  draws, including grabbing 9 wins and 3 draws in the league. What's more, United won the last 7 league encounters with Villa by scoring 21 goals - 3 goals per match on  average, but they only conceded 5 goals - 0.7 goals on average. Therefore Villa are  underdog in front of United's thrash. The only time when they beat United dates back to 2009/10 Season - At that time Gabriel Agbonlahor scored 1 goal to help Villa win at Old Trafford.

United struggled with injury in this season. Just take a look at the defensive line,  Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind and Marcos Faustino Rojo are absent. However,  the good news is that Phil Jones and Jonny Evans came back in the last round against  Liverpool, so these two guys would appear in the start-up list. In the last match,  Louis van Gaal use three-man defensive system. With Valencia and Ashley Young moving back to strengthen the defense from time to time, Red Devil's defensive line is  impregnable. As for their attacking ends, except for Di Maria - suffering from the  hamstring injury, other forwards could show up. So the main injury are in their defensive line.

7M - Manchester United vs Aston Villa preview

Villa also endure the injury ordeal. A knee injury keeps Ashley Westwood out of the match until January. Joe Cole and Philippe Senderos aren't available until Christmas at the earliest. Nathan Baker hurt his knee, and Libor Kozak broke his leg. These 2 guys are far away from their return. And Kieran Richardson saw red in his last match, which mean he will be suspended in this clash.

7M - Manchester United vs Aston Villa preview

Villa are the team that United like to meet, because they always lose points against United. United's recent morale is high, conversely Villa's recent condition is unstable and gloomy. Therefore United may continue their unbeaten records against Villa, and harvest their 7 successive wins in the league.



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