Aston Villa could give debuts to new signings Lucas Digne and Philippe Coutinho, with the latter poised to make his first Premier League appearance in four years.
Ashley Young is still nursing a broken toe and John McGinn is suspended.
Manchester United pair Luke Shaw and Scott McTominay are also out through suspension.
Harry Maguire, Phil Jones, Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo all missed Monday's FA Cup win over Villa but they should be fit for this game.

TEAM NEWS


Aston Villa could give debuts to new signings Lucas Digne and Philippe Coutinho, with the latter poised to make his first Premier League appearance in four years.
Ashley Young is still nursing a broken toe and John McGinn is banned.
Manchester United pair Luke Shaw and Scott McTominay are also suspended.
Harry Maguire, Phil Jones, Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo all missed Monday's FA Cup win over Villa but they should be fit for this game.


LAWRO'S PREDICTION


Aston Villa were hard done by when they lost at Manchester United in the FA Cup on Monday night, and I reckon they will reverse that result at Villa Park.
New Villa midfielder Philippe Coutinho will be available, but I don't know whether he will start because he has not played many minutes recently. He'll probably be on the bench and if they need a lift - and a trick or two - they can bring him on.
It is United who have got more problems at the moment, though. I really thought we would see an improvement under Ralf Rangnick.
Their results haven't been that bad, other than their loss to Wolves at the start of the year, but their performances have mostly been poor and there are obviously some deep-rooted problems inside the club that need to be sorted out.
Prediction: 2-1


MATCH FACTS


Head-to-head


Aston Villa won the reverse league fixture 1-0 and could do the double against Manchester United for the first time since 1954-55.
However, Villa's current winless run of 22 Premier League home games against United is a top-flight record (D7, L15).
The Birmingham side's most recent home league victory in this fixture was by 3-1 in August 1995. They also won 3-0 in the League Cup in 1999.
Manchester United were awarded a penalty in each of the past four Premier League meetings. Bruno Fernandes took all four, scoring the first three but missing at Old Trafford last September.


Aston Villa


Villa have lost 10 of their past 14 competitive fixtures, including the last three in a row.
Their total of 21 Premier League home defeats since returning to the top flight in 2019 is the most of any club.
They could go 17 top-flight matches without a draw for the first time since a run of 29 between September 1964 and April 1965.
Aston Villa are one of three clubs to have scored in all of their Premier League home games this season, alongside Liverpool and West Ham.
Philippe Coutinho was directly involved in 77 goals in 152 Premier League matches for Liverpool between 2013-17, scoring 41 and setting up 36.
Coutinho scored on his most recent competitive appearance against Manchester United, in Barcelona's 3-0 Champions League quarter-final home victory in April 2019.


Manchester United


The Red Devils could lose their opening two league games of a calendar year for the first time since 1985.
They have equalled the club record of six Premier League defeats at the halfway stage of a season, previously set in 2001-02.
Manchester United dropped points in four of their past six away league matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored eight goals in nine league starts versus Aston Villa. January is his most productive month, with 60 goals in 74 career league appearances.
Bruno Fernandes has gone 12 away appearances without a goal for United since he scored a penalty in a 3-1 Premier League win at Villa Park last May.

My prediction is a 0-2 win for man utd nonetheless, LET'S TAKE YOUR PREDICTIONS



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Great100000:
Aston Villa 3.
Man Utd 1.

b calming down

GGMU

An easy win for man u 2-1

I'm happy say Maguire dey bench

BREAKING Team news


Aston Villa v Man Utd (17:30 GMT)


New signing Philippe Coutinho is named on the bench for Aston Villa as Steven Gerrard makes two changes to the side that lost 1-0 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup on Monday.
Lucas Digne makes his debut after joining the club from Everton on Thursday, while Morgan Sanson replaces the suspended John McGinn in midfield.


Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Sanson, Douglas Luiz, Ramsey, Watkins, Ings, Buendia


Subs: Steer, Targett, Young, Coutinho, Hayden, Hause, Chukwuemeka, Archer, Iroegbunam
Ralf Rangnick makes three changes to the
Manchester United team that beat Villa in the third round of the cup.


Alex Telles and Nemanja Matic come in for suspended duo Luke Shaw and Scott McTominay, while teenager Anthony Elanga replaces Marcus Rashford, who doesn't make the squad.


Cristiano Ronaldo remains sidelined, but Harry Maguire, Jadon Sancho and Phil Jones return to the bench.


Man Utd XI: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelof, Varane, Telles, Fred, Matic, Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Elanga, Cavani


Subs: Heaton, Henderson, Jones, Maguire, Mata, Lingard, Sancho, Van de Beek

I see Aston Villa silencing the mouth of Man united fans world wide in order to avoid noise pollution, I see the match ending villa 2: 0 Man United.

This I have seen.

Wat are these 2 average clubs fighting for..same thing i guess..europa qualification..2 stupid teams chair by 2 stupid managers

Let's go

Manchester United all the way

Line-ups

Aston Villa
Formation 4-3-3

1 Martínez 2 Cash 4 Konsa 5 Mings 27 Digne 8 Sanson 6 Douglas Luiz 41 J Ramsey 11 Watkins 20 Ings 10 Buendía

Substitutes
3 Targett 12 Steer 18 Young 23 Coutinho 29 Hayden 30 Hause 33 Chukwuemeka 35 Archer 47 Iroegbuna

Man Utd

Formation 4-2-3-1

1 de Gea 20 Dalot 2 Lindelöf 19 Varane 27 Telles 17 Fred 31 Matic 11 Greenwood 18 Bruno Fernandes 36 Elanga 21 Cavani

Substitutes
4 Jones 5 Maguire 8 Mata 14 Lingard 22 Heaton 25 Sancho 26 Henderson 34 van de Beek
Referee:David Coote

osazsky:
Wat are these 2 average clubs fighting for..same thing i guess..europa qualification..2 stupid teams chair by 2 stupid managers

make I just ignore you first.

osamz007:
GGMU

Lamasta

CR7 is not fit. Cavani manning the front department.

He's still recovering from his hip injury.

Fergie001, Ray07 wetin do ORORO na

Joebayo217:
I'm happy say Maguire dey bench

Yes ooh. Man is just a disaster with moustache like

Everyone dey naija match thread man u draw or lose as usual

The reason Elanga is starting ahead of Sancho, Mata, Lingard and VdB is beyond my understanding!

Goaaaal , Aston Villa o vs Man United 1

dfrost:


Lamasta

CR7 is not fit. Cavani manning the front department.

He's still recovering from his hip injury.

No shaking up United....

Get rid of those British boys and ud b bk on track

Rangnick don change formation back to default settings... Someone don draw him ear!

Glad to see Elanga getting serious game time too. Impressive!

Well, good luck to the more serious team! Both are currently underachievers!

This is the perfect backline for man u....with Bailey as the one waiting to enter next if available....

Why is Ronaldo not playing?

we need to kill dis game off

AvalonSpace:
The reason Elanga is starting ahead of Sancho, Mata, Lingard and VdB is beyond my understanding!

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