Manchester United Versus Aston Villa Preview: Bara Dendam Kebalan Merah

JAKARTA Manchester United is scheduled to face Aston Villa's visitors in the third round of the 2022/2023 Premier League Cup at Old Trafford Stadium, Friday, November 11 at 03.00 WIB.

This meeting came just four days after The Villans destroyed the Red Devils in the English Premier League. Therefore, it is interesting to see the two teams renew their hostility in the early hours of the morning.

At that time, Unai Emery, who made her Villa debut, managed to win 3-1 over Erik ten Hag's side at Villa Park. Thus, the Spaniard must already know what to do at the Red Devils headquarters.

This victory extends the sweet record of the 51-year-old tactician. He previously also had a good record against United while still managing Villarreal and Arsenal.

On the other hand, the defeat at Villa Park ended the sweet journey that the Red Devils had carved in the previous nine matches, where they won seven wins and drew two.

Less than 24 hours after the defeat, MU also had to accept the fact that they would face Barcelona in the Europa League playoff. However, ten Hag could not drag on with the draw results.

He now has to focus on improving his squad to claim revenge for Villa while playing in front of his own supporters. A more distant step is needed in this competition after their Premier League opportunity runs low.

United, who won five League Cups (last 2016/2017 season under Jose Mourinho) have reached the semi-finals twice and have been knocked out of the third round twice since. This includes last season when they came home from the third round after being beaten by West Ham United.

So far MU has had a pretty good record while playing at home. They have recorded five impressive clean sheets at home and won each of the last three games in all competitions.

However, keep in mind that they have always lost their last three League Cup games at the Theater of Dreams. For that, ten Hag have a tough task in sight to improve that record.

Aston Villa also has five League Cups in their trophy cabinet (last 1995/1996). After that they reached the 2020 edition final before losing to Manchester City and being eliminated in the third round by Chelsea in the final season.

Formation Estimation:

Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Dubravka; Dalot, Martinez, Maguire, Malacia; Fred, McTominay; Elanga, Fernandes, Rashford; Martial.

Coach: Erik ten Hag

Aston Villa (4-3-3): Olsen; Cash, Room, Mings, Digne; Kamara, McGinn, Ramsey; Bailey, Watkins, Buendia.

Coach: Unai Emery