Manchester United vs Aston Villa

Manchester United host Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Saturday 7 November 2026, as Unai Emery's side arrive as reigning Europa League champions, having beaten Freiburg in the final to lift their first trophy since 1996.

The fixture pits two clubs on genuinely upward trajectories against each other — United fresh off their best league finish in years under Michael Carrick, and Villa now balancing Champions League football alongside their domestic campaign following Emery's continued transformation of the club. With both sides carrying real momentum into the fixture, this looks a strong early test of where United's improvement under Carrick truly stands against one of the Premier League's form clubs.