Ashley Westwood signs new five-year Aston Villa contract

A planned march by the English Defence League on Saturday has seen this match brought forward at the request of West Midlands Police and so the TV cameras will get an early shot at Friday Night Football before it becomes a more frequent part of the fixture list next season.

Westwood, 25, arrived at Villa Park from League One Crewe for £2m in 2012. It has been 12 games since they last beat United in all competitions, but they have not beaten them at Villa Park in their last 20 meetings.

Sky Sports 1 will have live coverage of the game from 18:00.

Form guide: The Reds not only saw off Tottenham, thanks to Kyle Walker’s own goal, but also kept a clean sheet in the opener to suggest the manager’s organisational ideas are taking hold.

Let’s take a look at how Villa compares to its Premier League rivals in terms of money generated in kit deals.

Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal could opt to start with Sergio Romero in goal for the second straight game as David De Gea’s future remains unclear, while Marouane Fellaini (suspension), Phil Jones (blood clot) and Marcos Rojo (fitness) are all set to miss out too.

‘…we have had a good start, which is always important, ‘ he wrote.

Many analysts have predicted the Cherries to score a statement win on opening day against a vastly undermanned Villans squad who just lost star striker Christian Benteke in a recent summer transfer to Liverpool FC.

“The keeper made some decent saves but we’re kicking ourselves for not getting on the scoresheet because we know that this season we have to be more ruthless in both boxes”.

“We’ve recruited well. We have hungry and talented players in our dressing room and we’ll be giving it everything to get the right result”, he told avfc.co.uk. However, Villa has to go into this game with momentum if they want to get out of the relegation zone this season.