Aston Villa – Manchester United. Forecast and announcement for the England Championship match

On Sunday, December 21, the match of the 17th round of the English Championship between “Aston Villa” and “Manchester United” will take place. The game will start at 18:30 Kyiv time.

Aston Villa

Despite a terrible start to the season, the team is now showing a truly incredible game. After 16 matches of the Premier League, the team has 33 points on its balance sheet, which allows it to be on the 3rd step of the tournament table. With an equal number of rounds, the distance from the leader, “Arsenal”, is only 3 points. The team was eliminated from the English League Cup at the round of 16 by Brentford.

In the Europa League, the English are doing great. For 6 rounds, “Aston Villa” won 15 points, which allows it to be in 3rd place in the overall table of the competition. Participation in the playoffs of the tournament is already secured.

Manchester United

The Mancunians’ form has improved this season, but it is still far from ideal. For 16 rounds of the English championship, the team managed to win 26 points – so far this is enough to be in 7th place in the tournament table. However, the distance from the top 4 is not very big – only 3 points.

The Red Devils were eliminated from the English League Cup at the 1/32 final stage by the second division Grimsby. The club is not participating in European Cups this year.

Personal meetings

In the last 5 games between the clubs, “MU” has a noticeable advantage. During this stretch, the Mancunians won 4 games, and 1 more match ended in a draw.

Interesting facts

• Aston Villa have won each of their last 9 matches.
• Manchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet for 9 games in a row.
• Aston Villa, in turn, conceded in 6/7 previous matches.

Forecast

I will bet that both teams will score with odds of 1.6.