Manchester Utd – Aston Villa

The visitors look favoured over the Mancunian team and will pick up at least one point

Manchester United are having an even worse season than before Cristiano Ronaldo left for Saudi Arabia a year ago. The Red Devils will come into the match against a tough Aston Villa at home with a unique statistic. The team for the first time in 31 years has not scored in four consecutive matches. Anthony and Heylund still have no goals in the Premier League, and Rashford has scored just once in thirteen league games. The logical outcome of Manchester United's play in recent weeks is an eighth place in the standings and no visible way out of this situation. Aston Villa is much more favourable than the upcoming opponent. Unai Emery has already at the beginning of this year brought the level of play of the team to one of the best in the championship of England. Now the club itself has pulled up to the top of the standings, trailing Arsenal by one point. Bookmakers have not decided on the favourites for the upcoming match, offering a slight bias in the odds towards the home team. Manchester United collapsed in the Champions League last week, finishing last with Copenhagen and Galatasaray. In addition, the team is losing ground in the championship. Erik ten Hague's team at the beginning of this year does not even smell in Manchester anymore. Over the past four weeks, the Mancunians won only one of the seven matches played, losing to Bournemouth at home with a score of 0:3, as well as West Ham away with a score of 0:2. Already in the past championship "villans" won so many victories that they changed the tasks of fighting for survival to more ambitious. As a result, in the current season, Emery's team is playing in the Conference League, where it is the main favourite for the title. The last month has been phenomenal for Aston Villa. Since 26 November, the club has only lost points once in the league, drawing at Bournemouth. At the same time, the Villans managed to beat Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City. In the last round, Aston Villa could break into the leaders, but unexpectedly lost points in a home meeting with Sheffield United - 1:1. For the upcoming match, the Villans will have a completely different mindset and the task of picking up three points.