Aston Villa vs Manchester United 0-1 Highlights
20' [0-1] Phil Jones
The English Premier League match between Aston Villa and Manchester United kicks off on 3rd December 2011 5:30 PM GMT at Villa Park, Birmingham. Aston Villa is hoping that they can frustrate Manchester United at Villa Park for the fourth season in a row on Saturday while Manchester United can surely recover from their midweek League Cup embarrassment to keep their EPL push on track at Aston Villa.
It is necessary to know that Aston Villa have won none of their last 15 Premier League home games against Man Utd and overall, Aston Villa have only won one of their last 31 Premier League games against Man Utd. The last clash of these two teams ending with the score MU 3-1 Aston Villa took place on 1st February 2011 at Old Trafford. As a matter of fact, this Saturday may be a hard clash for the Villa. In the last five matches, Aston Villa won only one over Norwich City at the beginning of November, lost two against West Bromwich and Tottenham and drew two over Sunderland and recently Swansea City. Meanwhile, Manchester United scored one goal for each game over Sunderland and Swansea City, lost one in the 30th November match against Crystal Palace and drew two against Benfica and Newcastle United.
Aston Villa vs Manchester United 2011 Highlights: The dramatic clash takes place at Villa Park on 3rd December 2011
Aston Villa have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League home games
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MU have won 11 times at Villa Park in the Premier League
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Following a free-scoring start to the campaign, Manchester United have struggled in recent weeks after their 6-1 defeat by Manchester City in October
Aston Villa vs Manchester United 2011 Highlights
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