Aston Villa were fortunate to come away with all three points against Bournemouth last Saturday. Villa were under the cosh for large parts of the first half and were lucky not to be a couple of goals down. However, their second half performance was much better and they deserved to get their goal The loss of Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph will certainly have blunted their attacking options but it was substitute - Rudy Gestede who scored the only goal and he looks to be a shrewd signing from Blackburn Rovers.Whether he is fit enough to make his full debut against Man Utd remains to be seen.
Louis Van Gaal's Manchester United started their campaign against Spurs in what was a very unconvincing performance. New boys Memphis Depay , Morgan Shneiderlin and Matteo Darmian all made their Premier League debuts. It was a disjointed and sloppy display typical with a team of new players trying to adjust to the pace of the Premiership. But it was Darmian who looked the most comfortable and assured with his debut and he could prove the be a very important acquisition for United. Bastian Schweisteiger came on with a half an hour to go and never looked a second out of place bossing the midfield like an experienced general.
These are two teams that like to play attacking football. Tim Sherwood has given Villa a new impetus since he took over late last season and like his team to play fast counter attacking football. Man Utd on the other hand like to keep possession and build up their attacks that way. Wayne Rooney - their main striker is always going to pop up and get you a goal. Abonglahor should play and hopefully Gestede starts for Villa.
My Betting Tip:
Aston Villa V Man Utd both teams to score @ 21/20 Coral Bookmakers
