Aston Villa vs Manchester United Match Thread 14/08/15 k/o 19.45 Sky.

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Probable Teams:



Aston Villa have not beaten Manchester United at home in the Premier League since August 1995 (D7 L12).

The Red Devils have won more games against Aston Villa (32) than any side has against a single opponent in Premier League history.

Aston Villa have won just one of the last 39 Premier League games against Manchester United (L28 D10 W1).

United have scored 21 goals in their last seven Premier League games against Villa, averaging three per game.

Wayne Rooney has scored more Premier League goals against Villa than any other side (13).

Aston Villa have not won their opening two games of a Premier League season since 1999-00.

Neil3030

zerks wrote: »

United have scored 21 goals in their last seven Premier League games against Villa, averaging three per game.

The_Kew_Tour

Narrow United win me hopes.

death1234567

I think Sinclair will be in the Villa team ahead of Ayew but other than that it's probably spot on.

hmmm 7/10 zerks
Docked points for the really wide gif

Result shall be 2-1 utd
Depay to score first

retalivity

Why is this being played on a fri night? Did i miss something with the new tv deal??

BUNK1982

retalivity wrote: »

Why is this being played on a fri night? Did i miss something with the new tv deal??

The West Midlands Police will be occupied with an EDL march in nearby Walsall on Saturday and Sunday is too close to ManU in the Champs Lge.

Friday was the most agreeable alternative.

UDAWINNER

retalivity wrote: »

Why is this being played on a fri night? Did i miss something with the new tv deal??

English Defence March in Birmingham on saturday at 1' 0 clock

racso1975

It's also a precursor to next year when I think there are 10 games to be played on a Friday night. I am actually looking forward to it

McGrath5

A handy 2-0 win for United with Rooney to get on the scoresheet.

Lucas Hood

UDAWINNER wrote: »

English Defence March in Birmingham on saturday at 1' 0 clock

It's in Walsall.

Liam McPoyle

Emphatic away win.

Leroy42

Simply going to copy n paste this from the previous match thread!

Dour scoreless draw. Utd to have ~70% of possession but do nothing with it. Rooney continues he lacklustre pre-season form with no first touch and little impact.

SpursVilla to look the more inventive but with a few new players lack the cohesion to get the breakthrough.

Van Gaal will then put Felani on to try to ram it home. Then give a press conference after the game saying the process is working and he is happy with how we played.

Utd fans will blame the ref

glued

Scrappy 1-1 draw I think unless LVG plays Depay out wide and Rooney finds his scoring boots.

Giggsy11

Leroy42 wrote: »

Simply going to copy n paste this from the previous match thread!

Dour scoreless draw. Utd to have ~70% of possession but do nothing with it. Rooney continues he lacklustre pre-season form with no first touch and little impact.

SpursVilla to look the more inventive but with a few new players lack the cohesion to get the breakthrough.

Van Gaal will then put Felani on to try to ram it home. Then give a press conference after the game saying the process is working and he is happy with how we played.

Utd fans will blame the ref

So same mistake twice..

Leroy42

Giggsy11 wrote: »

So same mistake twice..

Haha, I'm bound to be right eventually. I've got 37 more chances!

In my defense, I hadn't taken into account that Utd would be gifted an own goal which negated the need to try to ram it home towards the end.

Liam O

Leroy42 wrote: »

Haha, I'm bound to be right eventually. I've got 37 more chances!

In my defense, I hadn't taken into account that Utd would be gifted an own goal which negated the need to try to ram it home towards the end.

I'll repeat the bet re: Fellaini from last week?

Giggsy11

Leroy42 wrote: »

Haha, I'm bound to be right eventually. I've got 37 more chances!

In my defense, I hadn't taken into account that Utd would be gifted an own goal which negated the need to try to ram it home towards the end.

Still you are missing very important bit about Fellaini.

Drumpot

Leroy42 wrote: »

Haha, I'm bound to be right eventually. I've got 37 more chances!

In my defense, I hadn't taken into account that Utd would be gifted an own goal which negated the need to try to ram it home towards the end.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day . .

Leroy42

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Still you are missing very important bit about Fellaini.

What am I missing? Is he injured/suspended?

Either way, my overall point stands. It will be another dour display from Utd, don't be expecting anything exciting to watch. LVG doesn't set up his teams that way and Utd do not have the speed players at the front to make it happen anyway.

Mata is slow, Rooney is fast enough but a poor first touch and he seems to be in another one of his slumps in form. Yound just hasn't got the skill level and Depay, well its too early to make any call on him.

If I had to bet, I would go with a Utd win but only because I don't think Villa will have enough to score and Utd may get another lucky break.

Giggsy11

Leroy42 wrote: »

What am I missing? Is he injured/suspended?

Suspended for the first 3 games.

adox

Leroy42 wrote: »

Simply going to copy n paste this from the previous match thread!

Dour scoreless draw. Utd to have ~70% of possession but do nothing with it. Rooney continues he lacklustre pre-season form with no first touch and little impact.

SpursVilla to look the more inventive but with a few new players lack the cohesion to get the breakthrough.

Van Gaal will then put Felani on to try to ram it home. Then give a press conference after the game saying the process is working and he is happy with how we played.

Utd fans will blame the ref

Wasnt a score draw.
Fellaini is STILL suspended.
Van Gaal didnt say Utd played well.
Utd fans didnt blame the ref.

mikeym

United should win.

The Friday night Kick off should be beneficial to their next Champions League Qualifier against Brugge.

Hotblack Desiato

UDAWINNER wrote: »

English Defence March in Birmingham on saturday at 1' 0 clock

English Midfield march the week after

5starpool

Villa always roll over for utd like a puppy wanting to be tickled, and I don't expect much different tonight.

0-2.

rob316

United have a very good record at Villa park but I just have a sneaky feeling there could be an upset on the cards. Lots of new players at Villa so there is the wildcard factor and united have a big question mark over them about their dire away form.

Maximus Alexander

I'll have a crack at a prediction.

United to control possession but continue to look weak going forward. Will do just enough at the front to get one goal.

There will be a couple of heart in mouth moments when Villa break through, and they may or may not pull one back due to a goalkeeping or defensive error.

Match finishes 0-1 or 1-1 with United never really looking like scoring a second goal.

GreNoLi

2-2.

Bounty Hunter

Heart says: score draw where Villa come really close to a surprise win
Head says: Utd not firing on all cylinders still win by 1 or 2 goals
Dream says: Adama Traore subbed on at half time and scores a hattrick for a Villa win.

ScummyMan

Looking forward to the Schmidfield bossing things tonight

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/632246583791366145

United: Romero, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Carrick, Schneiderlin, Mata, Memphis, Januzaj, Rooney.

Subs: Johnstone, Valencia, McNair, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Young, Chicarito

jayo26

No excuses tonight id say depay be played out wide and mata in middle

Mars Bar

jayo26 wrote: »

No excuses tonight id say depay be played out wide and mata in middle

That's what you'd think would make sense so that's probably not what will happen. I'd say Mata right and Januzaj centre.

Unearthly

jayo26 wrote: »

No excuses tonight id say depay be played out wide and mata in middle

Sky are saying Januzaj behind Rooney.

death1234567

Unearthly wrote: »

Sky are saying Januzaj behind Rooney.

Why would you not play Mata in the middle? He's wasted out wide.

Trigger

This is going to be a Memphis show! 3-0 United

titan18

Whilst it's good that Depay is playing on the left instead of the middle, bit harsh to drop Young since he's probably been our best performing player under LVG

Black_Knight

That little smile from Louis when he said Januzaj will play in his favourite position, #10.

Adamocovic

Januzaj confirmed as playing central anyway

Alfred Borden

Gestede vs Blind would have been interesting. Hopefully he gets on at half time.

Adamocovic

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Gestede vs Blind would have been interesting. Hopefully he gets on at half time.

From a United fans view...hopefully not :P

Turtwig

Was that Romero warm up blunder a foreshadowing of events to come?

ctrl-alt-delete

Good bit of awkward TV there the lads talking about Gestedes amazing weapon. Lol

Oranage2

Interesting fact - Rooney has never scored at Villa park.

I've captained him in fantasy however. I Predict another dull boring performance from united who will probably end up win 1 or 2 nil.

I don't understand how it's possible to have one of the most expensive team ever and play some of the Worst football ever, I for one shall not be watching this match Anyway.

Krusader

C'mon Villa!!!

listermint

Gonna miss the entire game flying over the Atlantic, But fingers crossed we can do something against trend.


COTV

Lawn cut...check
Fridge full of cans...check
Friday night football...gotta love it

Mantis Toboggan

Looking forward to seeing Jacuzzi back in the side

Hank Scorpio

Good to see Gary Neville back so soon. Decent start to the game

Nailz

Better football from United here.

MagicIRL

Januzaj looks bright so far.