MANCHESTER UNITED get an immediate chance for revenge when Aston Villa visit Old Trafford on Thursday just four days on from their stunning league success in Birmingham, in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
Normally, clubs will happily rotate at best and even play shadow teams with this tournament being a low priority for most, but United have three good reasons to take it seriously.
One is to redeem themselves from that 3-1 loss at Villa Park which marked the end of their excellent recent unbeaten run. There's every chance this could be their best chance of silverware this season too especially after being paired with Barcelona in the Europa League this week.
And with only one league game to go before the World Cup starts, there's no real need for resting players. United face a tricky trip to Fulham at the weekend.
New Villa boss Unai Emery loves cup competitions. He won three Europa Leagues with Sevilla and one with Villarreal, two French Cups and two French League Cups with PSG and got to the Europa League Final with Arsenal and the Champions League semi-final with Villarreal.
So last week was not a bad way to introduce himself to the Villa faithful, who got to this stage by beating Bolton Wanderers in the last round.
How the bookies view it
Manchester United are backed to turn the tables with the bookies at a best price of 4/6 with Betfred.
Aston Villa can be backed at 9/2 with William Hill and the draw is 3/1 with bet365.
Recent head to heads
As stated, Aston Villa stunned Manchester United on Sunday with a 3-1 win. United did beat Villa 1-0 in an FA Cup tie last season. In the league it was a win for Villa and a draw.
Players to watch
Anthony Martial made his return last weekend but only from the bench and may get a start here. The French striker is 37/20 with UniBet.
Leon Bailey opened the scoring at the weekend and the Jamaican international is 6/1 to score anytime in Manchester.
Anything else catch the eye?
Manchester United will probably have plenty of those dips like last week, but remain in the right direction and with their strong home form, can be backed to avenge last weekend's loss.
They have not conceded a goal in their last five games at Old Trafford and they are a big price at 15/8 with UniBet to shut out Villa and get the win here.
Of their last six home games, only one had gone above 2.5 goals. This could be a tight affair and with both teams knowing their strengths and weaknesses after last week, the evens with SBK for unders looks a good call.
This EFL Cup match between Manchester United and Aston Villa will be played on Nov 10, 2022 and kick off at 20:00. Check below for our tipsters best Manchester United vs Aston Villa prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
Over 2.5 goals