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TEAM NEWS
Aston Villa’s Pau Torres is fit to make his first start for eight weeks after being an unused substitute in midweek on his return from an ankle injury.
Lucas Digne could play for the first time in 2024 after recovering from a hamstring problem but fellow defender Ezri Konsa is out with a sprained knee.
Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez faces eight weeks out with knee ligament damage.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka suffered a setback in training and so is not ready to return.
Mason Mount, Tyrell Malacia and Anthony Martial remain on the sidelines.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Manchester United are looking for a fourth consecutive victory over Aston Villa in all competitions, having come back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the most recent meeting on Boxing Day.
- Villa won this fixture 3-1 last season, ending a 23-game winless home run in the Premier League against United.
- Villa last earned consecutive home league victories against the Red Devils between 1966 and 1977, when they won five in a row.
Aston Villa
- Aston Villa have won nine of their 11 home league matches this season – only leaders Liverpool have a better record.
- They have a joint-high 30 home goals in this season’s top flight, scoring in every match at Villa Park.
- However, after 20 wins and just one defeat at Villa Park in 22 games in all competitions, they have lost successive home fixtures for the first time in a year.
- Villa have scored 49 Premier League goals this campaign, only two short of their total last season.
- This will be Unai Emery’s 100th Premier League game.
- Ollie Watkins, with 11 goals and 10 assists, is the first player to reach double figures for both in any of Europe’s top five leagues this season.
- He’s also the first Villa player to achieve this in a top-flight campaign since Dwight Yorke in 1995-96.
Manchester United
- Manchester United are looking for a fourth consecutive win in all competitions for the first time this season.
- They’ve scored 11 times in their run of three victories, having previously only managed 10 goals in as many games.
- The Red Devils have won four of their opening five matches in 2024 after ending last year with two wins in nine.
- Erik ten Hag’s side have won just one of their last five away league fixtures (D1, L3).
- United are unbeaten in their last 24 Premier League matches in February (W15, D9), last losing a league match in this month in 2018.
- Rasmus Hojlund has now scored in five of United’s last six games in all competitions.
- Bruno Fernandes has scored a goal on all three of his visits to Villa Park and has seven goals in total in this fixture home and away.
