Aston Villa vs Man Utd: Latest team news, predicted lineup and injuries

Posted by

Boss on Oct 04

Fernandes available after his red card was overturned (Picture: Getty)

will have available for their clash with this weekend.

The United skipper was shown a straight red card for his challenge on James Maddison

The first sending off of his career was set to rule him out of the trip to Villa Park and forthcoming games against Brentford and West Ham. means he will be expected to start on Sunday.

Mason Mount returned from a hamstring injury last week and came off the bench to replace Kobbie Mainoo against Spurs.

The former Chelsea star was forced off in the second-half however after a clash of heads with Radu Dragusin with Erik ten Hag revealing he also picked up a separate injury issue.

and remains a doubt for this weekend.

Mainoo meanwhile did make the trip to Portugal but did not make the matchday squad. It is hoped he will be available against Villa.

Maguire also available again (Picture: Getty)

Ten Hag hopes to have him available after October’s international break but there is still no specific timeline in place for his return with long-term absentee Tyrell Malacia also still working his way back to full fitness.

Summer signing Leny Yoro also remains unavailable for the French sensation not expected to return until November at the earliest.

Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in Portugal but was hooked at half-time. Ten Hag confirmed post-match the change was made with rotation in mind rather than an injury, suggesting the England international will be in line to start on Sunday.