Manchester United will play at Old Trafford for the third time this weekend, hoping to welcome a document crowd as Aston Villa make the journey north from the west Midlands.
United bounced again from defeat to Chelsea initially of November by beating Arsenal in an exhilarating 3-2 comeback on the Emirates Stadium of their final outing a fortnight in the past. The break day has been an excellent alternative for relaxation, though it has risked the momentum from that momentous win fading.
Villa have been a drive to be reckoned with within the WSL up to now this season. They beat Manchester City again in September and have the league’s joint prime scorer in Rachel Daly. Carla Ward’s aspect have additionally been in motion extra just lately, narrowly beating Durham within the Continental Cup final weekend.
When is kick off? Saturday 3 December, 12:30 (GMT)
Where is the match being performed? Old Trafford
TV channel/live stream? Sky Sports Main Event/Football (UK), FA Player, DAZN (International)
Referee? Louise Saunders
United performed a behind closed doorways pleasant since beating Arsenal however have been in a position to relaxation common starters, give minutes to fringe gamers and don’t have any new harm considerations to fret about.
Aoife Mannion, anticipated again from an ACL harm in January, is the one confirmed absentee.
Emily Gielnik is in rivalry to return after harm. She was an unused substitute within the Conti Cup in midweek. Hannah Hampton and Ruesha Littlejohn returned in that sport after day out and had no points. But Tash Harding can be out for a while after surgical procedure on a ruptured quad tendon.
Remi Allen, Simone Magill and Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah (all ACL) are additionally long-term absentees, with Evie Rabjohn nursing an ankle harm. On-loan United winger Kirsty Hanson is ineligible.
Manchester United have received each earlier occasions they’ve performed at Old Trafford – a 2-0 win over West Ham in 2021 and a 3-1 victory in opposition to Everton final season. But Aston Villa are arguably the strongest aspect but they’ve have hosted on the well-known stadium and can’t be taken frivolously.
Having made progress ever since promotion in 2020, Villa have a good declare to be the ‘better of the remaining’ outdoors the WSL’s established prime 4 this season and have already practically matched their league win tally from the entire of 2021/22 simply seven video games into 2022/23.
United named a rotated aspect when these groups met within the Conti Cup in October. That sport resulted in a 1-1 draw and a penalty shootout victory for Villa. But with a full power aspect and the likes of Ella Toone and Alessia Russo in positive kind after the Arsenal sport, a United win is to be anticipated this time.
Prediction: Man Utd 3-1 Aston Villa
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