Manchester United hit the buffers at Villa Park on Sunday and they are going to need to fare a good deal better when the sides meet again on Thursday if they want to stay in the EFL Cup.
The circumstances are very different to Sunday, however, and go some way to explaining why the Reds are as short as 4/6 with Betfred to get revenge. Villa are 9/2 chances to repeat the dose and knock United out in 90 minutes.
Villa Park was bouncing for Unai Emery's first game in charge and those early goals meant United were not able to quieten the home crowd. The Reds were toothless in attack - they are simply not the same side when Cristiano Ronaldo starts - but Erik ten Hag will be able to call on the services of Bruno Fernandes, who was badly missed on Sunday. His replacement Donny van de Beek was pretty much anonimous. Jadon Sancho could also return so Ten Hag has more offensive options than on Sunday.
