Man United clashed with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday.
In their last 2 Premier League matches, United lost to Villa.
Last season, they met at this exact fixture and Villa won 1-0.
The title for the longest unbeaten fixtures on home turf is held by the Red Devils with 14. The last game lost at Old Trafford was at the beginning of the season against Brighton.
Out of their last 9 away games, Villa have only lost once at Unai Emery stadium.
The match started off with Villa settling on eleven players with Carlos on the bench for the ninth time in a row.
United made 2 changes since their last game. Wan-Bissaka and Anthony get replaced with Malacia and Sabitzer.
The first attempt is from Rashford. The flag is raised and Rashford walks away disappointed as his ball was received on the wide end.
United Midfielder, Fernandes finally brings it home at the 39th min with a rebound, putting the better team of the night in the lead.
⏸ A dominant first 4️⃣5️⃣ from the Reds!#MUFC || #MUNAVL
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 30, 2023
Halftime comes and goes and a few substitutions are dealt by both teams
Frist yellow card gets awarded to home team midfielder Fred and the last one also gets snatched up by United.
🔁 Erik makes his first changes of the afternoon...@ChrisEriksen8 and @Sanchooo10 make way for @Fred08oficial and @Antony00 #MUFC || #MUNAVL pic.twitter.com/tcdWZQtVpi
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 30, 2023
The final whistle blows as the home team’s unbeaten title remains intact.
Man United scored 3 points with their home win.
Not moving from 4th place in this match week, United is hopeful to possibly score a spot in the next UEFA Champions season.
Fernandes is also undoubtedly the player of the match with his 6th goal this season.
United is definitely seen as the better team of this match with yet another clean sheet against the away team.
Villa only had half the amount of shots that United managed to make.
United had 6 of those 14 shots on target where Villa only had 1
Possession, passes and fouls were also topped by United.
United is playing their next match tomorrow at 9 against Brighton to whom they lost in the beginning of the season.
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