v. Kick-off Saturday 3pm (10am est) Venue Old Trafford Last season Manchester Utd 3 Aston Villa 1 Referee Anthony Taylor LIVE NBCSN, MUTV, NBCSPORTS LIVE EXTRA, Super Sport/ESPN/Direct TV (some countries) Manchester United Doubtful Herrera (knock) Injured Keane (pelvis, unknown), Shaw (leg, season), Schweinsteiger (knee, season), Januzaj (unknown) Suspended None Form WWLWWL Leading scorer Martial 8 Aston Villa Doubtful Grealish (ankle) Injured Amavi (knee, Aug), Agbonlahor (fitness, May) Suspended None Form LLLLLL Leading scorer Ayew 6 Latest team news(From Thursday): Wayne Rooney made his first-team return as an injury-time substitute in Wednesday’s game at Upton Park, while Phil Jones is pushing for inclusion after playing 90 minutes for the Under-21s on Monday night. Januzaj, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luke Shaw and Will Keane are still sidelined. Villa are set to be without Jordan Amavi and Gabriel Agbonlahor but Jack Grealish and Adama Traore have been declared fit. (From Friday) Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has told MUTV that Ander Herrera is an injury doubt for Saturday's Barclays Premier League home game against Aston Villa after the midfielder sustained a heavy knock at Upton Park in midweek. Wayne Rooney made his first-team return as a substitute in the closing stages of the morale-boosting win against West Ham United in the Emirates FA Cup and remains available for selection, with the boss keen to give the skipper more minutes. Bastian Schweinsteiger is unlikely to feature again for United this season but Luke Shaw continues to make progress with the physios and is "doing great", according to the manager. With a midweek clash against Crystal Palace also on the horizon, there is the prospect of the side being rotated.
My lineup: De Gea Mensah Smalling Blind Jackson Schneiderlin Fellaini Martial Mata Lingard Rashford Sub: Romero, Rooney, Young, Valencia, Depay, Jones, Rojo
Win today and we likely make up the points we lost last week for fourth. City've won one of their last seventeen at the Bridge. I can't see them, in their current state, adding to that tally.
The relevant game is happening in 2 and a half hours so hopefully we can get some entertainment in this game.
The game so far following a familiar script in the early going with United getting lots of position. Will this translate into real chances is the real question however.