Manchester United vs Aston Villa: Team News & Predicted Lineup

Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and predicted lineups ahead of the Manchester United vs Aston Villa Premier League clash at Old Trafford. The Red Devils will be looking to bounce back from their first loss under interim boss Michael Carrick against Newcastle and continue their Champions League push. Aston Villa will be looking to snap a three-game winless run in the league; however, they did win 1-0 away to Lille in the Europa League on Thursday night.

Manchester United vs Aston Villa Team News and Predicted Lineup for the Old Trafford Clash

Date: Sunday, 15th March 2026

Venue: Old Trafford

Kick-off: 14:00 GMT

Last meeting: Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United (21st December, 2025, Premier League)

Referee: Anthony Taylor

Current odds: Manchester United 4/6, Aston Villa 10/3

Manchester United Team News

Speaking to the press on Friday, Michael Carrick gave the updated Manchester United team news.

The interim boss confirmed that midfielder Mason Mount could be in contention to return to action against Villa, stating, “Mason’s back with the group, which is fantastic”, although he went on to say, “He’s not, you know, 100 per cent in terms of [being] back because he’s only trained a very small amount of time”.

Despite being subbed off against Newcastle with a suspected injury, Moroccan Noussair Mazraoui trained this week and could play an important role.

Matthijs de Ligt, Patrick Dorgu and Lisandro Martinez all remain out.

Aston Villa Team News

During their win on Thursday night, Villa got a further boost as captain John McGinn returned from injury, coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute.

Right back Matty Cash could return, with Unai Emery saying, “Matty Cash is progressing well and tomorrow we’ll see if he can be with us on Sunday or not”.

Youri Tielemans and Boubacar Kamara remain out. Jadon Sancho will be unavailable to play against his parent club.

Manchester United Predicted Lineup

Lammens

Dalot

Yoro

Maguire

Shaw

Casemiro

Mainoo

Amad

Fernandes

Cunha

Mbuemo

Subs: Bayinder, Mazraoui, Heaven, Kukonki, Ugarte, T. Fletcher, Sesko, Zirkzee, Lacey.

Aston Villa Predicted Lineup

Martinez

Bogarde

Konsa

Torres

Gigne

Onana

Douglas Luiz

Bailey

Rogers

Budendia

Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Mings, Cash, Maatsen, Barkley, Garcia, Alysson, Abraham.