Aston Villa won this exact fixture 3-1 last season, ending a 23-game winless run in the Premier League against Man Utd at Villa Park. They last won consecutive home league games against the Red Devils between 1966 and 1977 (five in a row).

Manchester United have won 17 of their 28 Premier League away games against Aston Villa – only the Red Devils themselves (19 against Everton) have beaten an opponent on the road more often in the competition.

Since winning 15 home Premier League games in a row between March and December 2023, Aston Villa have won one of their last three (D1 L1), only conceding one fewer goal in the last three games (6) than they did across their entire 15 game winning run (7).

Over their last five Premier League matches, Manchester United have scored 13 goals, converting exactly 20% of their shots in that time (65 attempts). In their five games beforehand, they only scored two goals with a conversion rate of 3% (73 attempts).

Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 24 Premier League matches in February (W15 D9) since losing 1-0 to Newcastle United in 2018 under José Mourinho.

Aston Villa’s 5-0 win over Sheffield United was their third Premier League win of the season by four or more goals (also 4-0 vs Everton & 6-1 vs Brighton), as many wins by 4+ goals as they had in their previous three seasons combined. It’s the first time they’ve had this many victories by that margin in a Premier League season since 2007-08, when they did so four times.

Only three teams have faced more shots in the Premier League this season than Manchester United (355), whose average of 15.4 shots faced per game is their most in a season on record (2003-04 onwards). Aston Villa, meanwhile, are averaging 14.6 shots per game (335 in 23 games), their most in a Premier League season on record.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has won both of his Premier League home games against Manchester United (2-0 with Arsenal in March 2019, 3-1 with Aston Villa last season). He could become the first manager to win his first three at home against the Red Devils in the competition.

Rasmus Højlund has found the net in each of his last four Premier League appearances for Man Utd, after failing to score in any of his first 14 games in the competition. He’s the youngest player to score in four in a row for the Red Devils and the only Danish player for any team to have achieved that feat in the Premier League.

Ollie Watkins has been directly involved in 38 goals in 47 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa under Unai Emery (24 goals, 14 assists), averaging a goal or assist every 107 minutes. Of Villa players to play at least 1,000 minutes under a manager in the Premier League, only Christian Benteke under Tim Sherwood (goal/assist every 96 mins) has a better average.