FA Premier League

Aston Villa 0:1 Manchester United

Villa Park

Kick-off
Fri, 14 August 2015 @ 7:45pm BST
Status

Closed

Discussion Live Updates 48 Your Lineup Prediction

  • Status
    Not open for further replies.
    B20 said:
    Neil Warnock gives his assessment of the game-

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/neil-warnock-hopes-christian-benteke-6244588

    "The way they are at the moment, I am expected a dour, horrible game with hardly a chance from Man United, with Man United winning 1-0."

    "I do hope Benteke starts to get like he can do."

    "Tim (Sherwood) has worked really hard getting players in and I want to see the place bouncing."    ​
    Click to expand...

    Yeah, I think Michael Owen will nick the winner for us. Do you reckon Park and Rafael will be enough in central midfield?
     
    On another note, we seem to be in a much better shape with regards to injuries. We've only had one. Schweinsteiger I think. This time last year we had about 10.
     
    Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he has no injury concerns ahead of the trip to Aston Villa on Friday night, but both Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo will miss the visit to Villa Park.
    Click to expand...

    When asked whether he expected the goalkeeping situation to remain the same for the Villa trip following David De Gea's absence for the opening day, van Gaal said: "There’s no difference. The transfer period is still open and he [De Gea] has still the same problem."
    Click to expand...
     
    I think it'll be 0-0.

    A complete snooze fest.

    We will have 70% possesion

    Yet We will have 2 shots on target.
     
    Have a feeling we'll go guns blazing. Van Gaal said we had to be better in away games, think he made that really clear to the players.

    0-4, 13 shots on goal.
     
    dannyrhinos89 said:
    I think it'll be 0-0.

    A complete snooze fest.

    We will have 70% possesion

    Yet We will have 2 shots on target.
    Click to expand...

    I wouldn't be surprised. However, I'm thinking 1-1 or 2-1 to United. It'll definitely be a snooze fest.
     
    Yeah I'm going with a 0-0 scoreline. If we are to win it'll be another 1-0, as I don't think we've clicked up top yet.
     
    I'd take another dull 1-0 to United. As long as their is 3 points on the board I wont complain.
     
    2-0 for us, will be a comfortable game which we dominate without beeing brilliant. Memphis will score his first one and I hope Rooney can score too and play himself in form.
     
    I think this has the potential to be scrappy win/loss/draw or a thrashing victory depending on if Villa are up for it. My biggest concern about the game on Saturday was that we were a little bit off the pace, I hope tomorrow we will be a bit quicker in our movement and on the ball. I was impressed when Schweinsteiger came on, I thought he looked positive, got the ball moving forwards and did a little bit of dirty work. My hope is that he will start the match in place of Carrick but I don't think it will be so. I also hope that Van Gaal will try Memphis on the wing and that Herrera can get a start but I believe we will stay with pretty much the same team as last week.

    My hopeful XI (4-2-3-1)

    Romero

    Shaw
    Blind
    Smalling
    Darmian

    Schneiderlin
    Schweinsteiger

    Depay
    Herrera
    Mata

    Rooney

    Hopeful prediction: 3-0 United
     
    Villa doesn't look too impressive on paper, but some of the players are unknown so they are hard to judge. Hate or love Sherwood, but he always has a go and isn't afraid of attacking the big teams. Think we might be in for a tough game.
     
    Let's just not play with Young on the left and Memphis behind\around Rooney again please, regardless of result this lineup would make me a happy man.

    Carrick\Basti - Schneiderlin
    Mata ------ Herrera ------ Memphis
    Rooney​
     
    After being so confident of a 5-1 win against Tottenham, all I got from the match was a power nap after the first half. I expect another power nap session.
     
    I think Sherwood will try and exploit our CB and keeper weakness better than Pochetino did, more high balls and more attempts to unsettle Romero.
     
    I think we'll be a bit boring but defensively comfortable.
    Smalling will cope with Gestude as he has with better strikers.
    1-0 or 2-0 and a scrappy win
     
    Think Smalling will have a tough time with Gestede. Strong 6'4" striker who has scored 20 headed goals in his last two seasons.
     
    Would like to see Januzaj and Herrera in the starting line-up.

    Goal Keeper
    Darmian Smalling Evans Shaw
    Schneiderlin Herrera
    Mata Januzaj Depay
    Rooney
    ​
    Will most likely get the same line-up as last game.
     
    Devil may care said:
    I think Sherwood will try and exploit our CB and keeper weakness better than Pochetino did, more high balls and more attempts to unsettle Romero.
    Click to expand...
    Not like Pocchetino could exploit that any more than he did. Blind was beating Kane in the air.
     
    Think we'll see a bit more impetus in attack though still not the swashbuckling stuff people expect. Felt like a lot of our moves on Saturday were a pass away from actual chances, the sort of thing that improves with time. Spurs had a much better midfield also, so expecting us to win more of the game there. Could see us being susceptible to their speed.
     
    prarek said:
    Schweinsteigger in Carrick out.
    Click to expand...
    Yes that worked out well last game didn't it? With Carrick subbed out, Herrera and Schweinsteigger in after 70 mins we totally dominated the match, other than being more toothless in attack, unable to hold possession and had more ass-twitching moments. But yeah, we do better when Carrick is not there, eventhough history tell us that we lose more points without him.
     
    prarek said:
    Schweinsteigger in Carrick out.
    Click to expand...

    :confused: Carrick was by far our best player bar Smalling, Darmian and Romero last game. As the poster above me mentioned, last season pretty much proved how vital he is to our performances.
     
    MyOnlySolskjaer said:
    _84646615_pl_myths_1.png


    Saw this, ideally this is the team we should be putting away.
    Click to expand...

    Really interesting. Seems like we need most work against middle 6 opposition.
     
    I think we will see a few changes from the Spurs game due to our match against Club Brugge.
     
    Listar said:
    Yes that worked out well last game didn't it? With Carrick subbed out, Herrera and Schweinsteigger in after 70 mins we totally dominated the match, other than being more toothless in attack, unable to hold possession and had more ass-twitching moments. But yeah, we do better when Carrick is not there, eventhough history tell us that we lose more points without him.
    Click to expand...

    Not sure mate, Spurs did nothing until Valencia came on and we were reminded what it was like having no right-back after seeing a terrific performance by Darmian for 75 minutes. Generally I agree though, Carrick is very important in our ball retention and Schweini still needs time to adapt and improve his fitness.

    Today I expect a rather cagey affair ending in a score draw, going for 1-1.
     
    For crying out loud LvG, at least play that poor little Spanish boy Ander on his own birthday!

    Romero
    Darmian-Smalling-Blind-Shaw
    Basti-Schneiderlin
    Mata-Herrera-Memphis
    Rooney

    Subs: Pereira, Young, Carrick

    1-3
     
    Listar said:
    Yes that worked out well last game didn't it? With Carrick subbed out, Herrera and Schweinsteigger in after 70 mins we totally dominated the match, other than being more toothless in attack, unable to hold possession and had more ass-twitching moments. But yeah, we do better when Carrick is not there, eventhough history tell us that we lose more points without him.
    Click to expand...
    We were dominated because Darmian had to go off. They were passing through Valencia's side like he wasn't even there.
     
    Status
    Not open for further replies.
Post-match discussion

Man of the Match

Matteo Darmian image Matteo Darmian 29% of 1240 votes

Runners-up

Show more results

Player Ratings

6.4 Total Average Rating

Highest Rated Player

Lowest Rated Player

Compiled from 1058 ratings.
Submit your ratings
View full results

Score Predictions

1050,47,133
  • Man Utd win
  • Aston Villa win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 31% Aston Villa 0:2 Man Utd
  • 22% Aston Villa 1:2 Man Utd
  • 10% Aston Villa 1:3 Man Utd
  • 9% Aston Villa 0:1 Man Utd
  • 9% Aston Villa 0:3 Man Utd
  • 8% Aston Villa 1:1 Man Utd
  • 2% Aston Villa 0:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Aston Villa 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Aston Villa 0:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Aston Villa 2:1 Man Utd
  • 1% Aston Villa 1:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Aston Villa 2:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Aston Villa 2:3 Man Utd
  • 1% Aston Villa 0:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Aston Villa 2:2 Man Utd
  • 0% Aston Villa 3:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Aston Villa 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Aston Villa 3:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Aston Villa 1:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Aston Villa 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Aston Villa 3:2 Man Utd
  • 0% Aston Villa 2:4 Man Utd
Compiled from 1230 predictions.
Show more results Score Predictions League Table

Match Stats

  1. Aston Villa
  2. Man Utd
Possession
46% 54%
Shots
5 9
Shots on Target
1 2
Corners
3 5
Fouls
14 10

Referee

Mike Dean

Man Utd Lineup

Substitutes

Lineup Predictions League Table View your Lineup Prediction