This week, Manchester United have tied for the first time in the current UEFA Champions League season. At the stage of the group stage, the Mancunians shared the tournament points with Atalanta (2:2) on the road. After four rounds, the Red Devils have two victories and a peaceful outcome, which brought seven points and the first position, which the team shares with Villarreal. It is impossible not to note the performance indicators of the team, which differed on average by two times. In the English Championship, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s wards occupy fifth position after ten rounds. The hosts have five wins and two draws, which brought 17 points, which is only three less than today’s opponent. After the game slump, when Manchester United suffered three defeats in four rounds and once tied with Everton (1:1), the team managed to snatch the long-awaited three points away from Tottenham (3:0) last Saturday. It is impossible not to note the worst performance in the defensive line, where the team conceded 1.5 goals on average. Today Varane and Pogba, who is disqualified, will not be able to enter the field.
Last year, Aston Villa outstripped today’s opponent in the standings and the plans for a new championship were no less grandiose than those of Hampshire, but something went wrong. Rather after good fights at the start of the tournament, the “lions” lost concentration and ended up only in 15th position, right behind the “saints”. Villa have three successful fights and one peaceful outcome, which brought 10 points. The team’s performance indicators look pretty good. The team scored 14 times, while conceding almost two goals per game. After a 1:0 duel with Manchester United, Dean Smith’s men have suffered four fiascoes in a row. In the last round the team was significantly inferior at home to West Ham (1:4). It is worth noting that in the League Cup, the guests stopped their performances at the stage of the 1/16 finals, where they lost to Chelsea in the penalty shootout (1:2). Today will not be able to enter the field Kons, Trezeguet, Sanson and Phylogen-Bidense, who has a coronavirus.
