Aston Villa v Man Utd

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Aston Villa extended their unbeaten sequence in the Premier League to four games when the west midlands club gained a point in a 2-2 draw away from home at Ipswich Town, while Manchester United slumped to a heavy 3-0 defeat at home at Old Trafford to Tottenham last Sunday.

Aston Villa currently occupy the fringes of the top four of the Premier League once again in the early stages of this new English top flight season as the hosts have suffered just the single loss in their opening six games of the new term, which came in the form of a 2-0 defeat at home to Arsenal.

However, Unai Emery's side have responded in promising fashion as The Villains have collected four wins already this season with victories achieved against West Ham, Leicester City, Everton and Wolves respectively, so Villa will be confident that they can take advantage of an out-of-sorts Manchester United outfit this Sunday as well.

The bigger picture though shows Aston Villa have produced a mixed bag of results in the Premier League as the west midlands club have recorded just seven wins within their last 17 league games overall; the goals market looks promising though as no fewer than eight out of Aston Villa's last 10 matches in the Premier League have resulted in Over 2.5 goals.

Manchester United's indifferent and frankly disappointing start to this season's Premier League campaign continued last Sunday when the Red Devils were dealt a heavy 3-0 loss at Old Trafford which in turn became United's third loss already so far this term.

An opening day of the season 1-0 home win against Fulham along with a 3-0 win away from home at Premier League strugglers, Southampton, have been Manchester United's only highlights so far within their opening six games of this new English top flight season.

Three defeats in the shape of losses to Brighton 2-1, Liverpool 3-0 and Tottenham 3-0, the latter two both being inflicted upon Erik ten Hag's side on home soil at Old Trafford suggests a few more disappointing results could see the Dutch manager edge ever closer to the exit door.

United's last 10 games overall in the Premier League shows the visitors have slipped to five defeats within this period which have outweighed the four wins they have picked up along the way but again, the goals market appeals for this upcoming fixture at Villa Park as six out of Manchester United's last 10 games have also produced three goals or more.

Aston Villa v Manchester United Verdict

Manchester United have won each of the last four meetings on the trot though, while six of the last seven encounters have resulted in Over 2.5 goals.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 2.5 goals @ 1.57

Other side bets worth considering:

Manchester Utd win @ 3.10

Correct Score: Manchester Utd win & Over 2.5 goals @ 4.00