This will be a very tricky match... Playing away after the all
international matches won't be easy... United need to be in their
top form to get all 3 points against this Villa side.
Aston Villa will be without Carlos Cuellar for
the visit of Manchester United as he has a thigh
strain.
Luke Young is expected to revert to his favoured right-back role
with Nicky Shorey returning on the left.
United duo Dimitar Berbatov (hamstring) and Wes Brown (ankle)
are sidelined and Rio Ferdinand faces a fitness test on a back
injury.
Wayne Rooney is expected to recover from a calf strain which
kept him out of England's midweek win in Germany.
Aston Villa (from): Friedel, Guzan, L Young,
Shorey, Davies, Laursen, Knight, Milner, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry,
A Young, Osbourne, Salifou, Carew, Agbonlahor, Harewood,
Delfouneso, Gardner.
Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak,
Neville, Rafael, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo,
Park, Anderson, Fletcher, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Rooney, Tevez,
Welbeck.
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Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill:
"They are a great side and they love playing at Villa Park. It's
just a favourite ground. What we want to do is buck the trend and
win the game. Then next time, people don't talk about their great
record. "They have beaten us in my two seasons - and in some games
they have absolutely outplayed us. "That all doesn't matter -
the bottom line is they keep beating us and we must try to change
that!"
Manchester United midfielder Michael
Carrick:
"We know what Aston Villa bring to the table. "They have got some
good players and some young players with bags of energy and
enthusiasm. "For them to go to the Emirates and win says a lot
and will put them in confident mood. "But if we play like we
can, we are confident we will win the game."
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