Manchester United v Aston Villa live stream, Saturday 25 September, 12:30pm BST
Manchester United will be looking to continue their fine start to the campaign when Aston Villa visit Old Trafford on Saturday.
Last weekend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side were involved in the most dramatic denouement to a game so far this season. Jesse Lingard scored in the 89th minute to put the Red Devils 2-1 up against West Ham, but there was still time for the Hammers to be awarded a last-minute penalty. David de Gea saved from Mark Noble, who had been brought on specifically to take the spot-kick. Unsurprisingly the Spaniard was mobbed by his team-mates when the final whistle sounded moments later.
United have won four and drawn one of their five matches to date, and are level on points with Chelsea and Liverpool at the top. Their performances might not always be convincing and they lost to West Ham in the EFL Cup in midweek, but United continue to find a way to get the job done in the league.
Aston Villa turned in their best performances of the season in beating Everton 3-0 last time out. Dean Smith’s side had been unfortunate to lose to Chelsea in their previous outing, and the Villa boss will be pleased with the way his team have responded to their disappointing 3-2 defeat by Watford on the opening weekend.
Manchester United will have to make do without Marcus Rashford and Amad Diallo, but Edinson Cavani could be in the matchday squad having built his fitness back up. Alex Telles is also in line to return to the substitutes’ bench, but Luke Shaw is firmly established as United’s first-choice left-back. Solskjaer’s major selection decision centres on Paul Pogba and whether to play him in central midfield or on the left.
Aston Villa will be unable to call upon the services of Trezeguet, Leon Bailey, Morgan Sanson and Keinan Davis for their trip to the northwest. John McGinn is available, while Matt Targett is hoping to shake off a knock in time to play. Axel Tuanzebe is ineligible to face his parent club.
Kick-off is at 12:30pm BST.
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If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch Steve Bruce’s extra-red face without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
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NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season, with other matches split between NBCSN channel, CNBC and the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
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