Manchester United vs Aston Villa betting

Manchester United: League form: LWWWW

Before Wednesday, Manchester United had beaten Wigan the last thirteen times they had played each other, however a shock 1 – 0 loss for Fergie’s men means that the title race has been made a bit more interesting. The result was even more surprising considering United were on the back of a eight game winning streak. It means now that Sundays game against Aston Villa is an absolute must-win, given that both Manchester teams still need to meet at the City of Manchester Stadium. Paul Scholes has been inspirational since coming out of retirement and after resting him for the Wigan match, Sir Alex will be putting him straight back into the team hoping that his experience will be able to help United gain a crucial win. They have won all their games at Old Trafford in 2012 and you would have to back them to continue this impressive record.

Aston Villa: League form: DDLLW

Many Villa fans just want this season to be over; despite a brilliant goal from young striker Andrea Weimann, Easter Monday’s 1 – 1 draw with Stoke was another poor performance. They do have reason to be optimistic for the future as many youngsters have come through to the senior side this season but it still seems a long time ago that Villa were competing at the top end of the table rather than the bottom, led by current Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill. Villa have won one in their last twelve matches and haven’t won in their last six away from home. This doesn’t bode well for a team traveling to the league leaders on Sunday. Better news for Villa fans is that they are the last Premier League team to keep a clean sheet at Old Trafford when they defeated the Red Devils 1 – 0 back in 2009, forty seven games ago.

Match Prediction: Manchester United win (1.25 – William Hill)

Also: Manchester United to win to nil (1.85 – William Hill)

Ferguson will be telling his team that this is the biggest game of the season; another slip up will throw the title race wide open, it could mean that should Manchester City win in the local derby, they would go top of the league. Villa tend to put in some of their better performances against the bigger sides but whenever the Red Devils slip up, you always back them to hit back again with a win the next game; Fergie has been in this situation many times before and you have to back his men to prevail in an encounter against a poor Villa side.

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