Aston Villa vs. Manchester United | Premier League | Pre Match
Aston Villa vs. Manchester United
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Aston Villa have won just one of their last 25 Premier League home games against Manchester United (D8 L16), with that victory coming in Unai Emery’s first game in charge of the club in November 2022 (3-1).
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Manchester United have won 40 Premier League games against Aston Villa, with only the Red Devils themselves beating an opponent more often in the competition’s history (41 vs Everton).
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Aston Villa have picked up 13 points in their opening six Premier League matches this season (W4 D1 L1), their best start to a season since 2008-09 under Martin O’Neill (also 13 points).
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Manchester United have lost eight Premier League matches by a margin of three or more goals under Erik ten Hag. Since the start of 2022-23, the only current Premier League managers to suffer more 3+ goal defeats are Gary O’Neil and Sean Dyche (9 each).
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Since Unai Emery’s first Premier League game in charge of Aston Villa, only Man City (85), Liverpool (84) and Arsenal (81) have picked up more home points than Villa (74). Among Villa managers to take charge of five or more home top-flight matches, only European Cup winning manager Tony Barton (70%, won 37/53) has a better home win percentage than Emery (66%, won 23/35).
