STATS: Aston Villa v Manchester United – In Numbers

Aston Villa and Manchester United meet at The Banks’s Stadium tomorrow lunchtime with both sides in need of three points for very different reasons.

The home side are desperately looking to climb away from relegation trouble while Casey Stoney’s Manchester United side are hoping to top the tree this Christmas and another three points will certainly help their cause.

Ahead of the match, FA Women’s Super League Full-Time take a look at the facts and figures as we summarise Aston Villa’s meeting with Manchester United ‘in numbers’.

14 – Manchester United currently sit 14 points above Aston Villa in the Barclays FA Women’s Super League table.

5 – Manchester United forward Jess Sigsworth netted five goals on her debut as Stoney’s side recorded a 12-0 victory at Aston Villa on the opening day of the 2018/2019 FA Women’s Championship season.

1 – Both clubs have been awarded one penalty kick each so far this season and have successfully converted from 12 yards.

2019 – During the first half of 2019, Aston Villa were defeated just once in the FA Women’s Championship. That loss came against Manchester United who were 5-0 winners at The Leigh Sports Village.

0.11 – Aston Villa’s average points per game total during their 2019/2020 FA Women’s Championship title-winning season was 0.11 higher than the figure that Manchester United achieved in 2018/2019. The Red Devils averaged 2.75 points per game whereas Aston Villa recorded a 2.86 average.

0 – Aston Villa are yet to collect any points at home so far this season while tomorrow’s opponents have had a maximum points return on their travels in 2020/2021.

19 – There is a difference of 19 between the two sides’ goal differences so far this season. Manchester United have a positive goal difference of 10 while Aston Villa have conceded nine goals more than they have scored.

3 – Both Aston Villa and Manchester United must continue without fans in the stands tomorrow with The Banks’s Stadium being in Tier 3 of the UK Government’s tiered winter plan to combat the threat of COVID-19.

The Barclays FA Women’s Super League fixture between Aston Villa and Manchester United is scheduled to kick-off at 12.30pm tomorrow afternoon and will be available to stream live on the FA Player.

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Daniel Pentland

I am the editor and owner of the WSL Full-Time brand which I launched in 2018.

I am an accredited journalist with the FWA, SJA and AIPS. I have reported from various levels of men’s and women’s elite football since 2016.

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