Confirmed Teamsheets: Aston Villa vs Man Utd
Written by Dan on December 3, 2011
One of the bigger talking points has been the return of Ashley Young. James Milner showed class by not celebrating at Eastlands recently, expect Ashley Young to do exactly the same today, but preferably because he hasn’t scored.
Either way, it’s a tough game ahead and I suspect there will be a bigger interest in the manner McLeish approaches the game than any real expectation in getting much from it.
The two managers go way back of course, here’s how they are sending their sides out today in search of the points.
Barry Bannan is back in the starting line-up and Marc Albrighton gets his first Premier League start of 2011/12. With Jermaine Jenas also in the XI, it’s certainly a positive teamsheet from McLeish.
| Aston Villa | Man Utd | ||
| 1 | Shay Given | Anders Lindegaard | 34 |
| 2 | Alan Hutton | Chris Smalling | 12 |
| 6 | James Collins | Rio Ferdinand | 5 |
| 5 | Richard Dunne | Nemanja Vidić | 15 |
| 3 | Stephen Warnock | Patrice Evra | 3 |
| 31 | Chris Herd | Phil Jones | 4 |
| 8 | Jermaine Jenas | Michael Carrick | 16 |
| 12 | Marc Albrighton | Nani | 17 |
| 25 | Barry Bannan | Wayne Rooney | 10 |
| 11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor | Ashley Young | 18 |
| 9 | Darren Bent | Javier Hernández | 14 |
| Substitutes | Substitutes | ||
| 22 | Brad Guzan | David de Gea | 1 |
| 21 | Ciaran Clark | Jonny Evans | 6 |
| 24 | Carlos Cuellar | Darren Fletcher | 24 |
| 16 | Fabian Delph | Ryan Giggs | 11 |
| 19 | Stiliyan Petrov | Park Ji-Sung | 13 |
| 7 | Stephen Ireland | Antonio Valencia | 25 |
| 18 | Emile Heskey | Danny Welbeck | 19 |
Castrol Football Prediction
Form
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | GFA | GAA | PpG | Pts | Rank | |
| Last 5 Home | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 8 | 9 |
| Last 5 Away | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 11 | 3 |
Last ten results for this fixture:
| Premier League | 2001/02 | D 1-1 | John Gregory |
| Premier League | 2002/03 | L 0-1 | Graham Taylor |
| Premier League | 2003/04 | L 0-2 | David O’Leary |
| Premier League | 2004/05 | L 0-1 | David O’Leary |
| Premier League | 2005/06 | L 0-2 | David O’Leary |
| Premier League | 2006/07 | L 0-3 | Martin O’Neill |
| Premier League | 2007/08 | L 1-4 | Martin O’Neill |
| Premier League | 2008/09 | D 0-0 | Martin O’Neill |
| Premier League | 2009/10 | D 1-1 | Martin O’Neill |
| Premier League | 2010/11 | D 2-2 | Gerard Houllier |