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Red Devils finish awful season at Old Trafford against Unai Emery’s Champions League-chasing side

Back home: Manchester United host Aston Villa at Old Trafford on the final day of the Premier League season

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Manchester United end their worst Premier League season by far with a home clash against Champions League-chasing Aston Villa at Old Trafford on the final day. It is the hosts’ first game since they delivered another awful display to lose Wednesday’s Europa League final against Tottenham, meaning there will be no trophy to salvage a desperate campaign or route back into the Champions League next season.

It’s a big day ahead for unchanged Villa, who begin the afternoon sitting sixth and level on points with the two teams above as they form part of an enthralling battle for a top-five finish and Champions League qualification that is going right down to the wire. Follow Manchester United vs Aston Villa live below!

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1 minute ago

Ruben Amorim addresses Alejandro Garnacho situation

Ruben Amorim again not being drawn on a potential summer exit from Manchester United for Alejandro Garnacho despite the Argentine being dropped completely from the squad today.

Napoli are again being strongly linked with Garnacho as well as departing Manchester City legend Kevin De Bruyne, though United’s apparent £60m asking price could yet prove a significant stumbling block.

There were plenty of transfer rumours surrounding the 20-year-old in both January and last summer, with Chelsea among the clubs linked.

11 minutes ago

Aston Villa's Old Trafford struggles

Manchester United can at least take heart this afternoon from their strong record historically against Aston Villa, particularly at home.

Only two of Villa’s last 39 trips to Old Trafford across all competitions have ended in victory, in 2009 and 2021.

United won four in a row against today’s opponents before a goalless draw at Villa Park in October, a battling result immediately before an international break that earned Ruben Amorim’s predecessor Erik ten Hag only brief respite.

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21 minutes ago

Manchester United fans continue protests against ownership

Angry Manchester United fans continue to protest against the club’s ownership outside Old Trafford ahead of the game...

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29 minutes ago

Aston Villa unchanged with Tielemans and Ramsey on bench

In-form Aston Villa are unchanged from their 2-0 home win over Tottenham last week.

Midfield duo Youri Tielemans and Jacob Ramsey are both on the bench after injury and suspension respectively.

That means Lamare Bogarde and Chelsea loanee Axel Disasi both drop out of the matchday squad.

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32 minutes ago

No Garnacho in squad as Amorim makes three changes from Bilbao

The headline team news from a Manchester United perspective is no Alejandro Garnacho in the squad at all amid reports that he has been told to find a new club this summer.

There’s surprisingly only three changes to the team that started the Europa League final in Bilbao on Wednesday night, with no Andre Onana at all either as deputy Altay Bayindir steps up in goal with veteran Tom Heaton on the bench.

The other two alterations are both in defence, where Luke Shaw and Leny Yoro also drop out of the squad entirely as Victor Lindelof - who is also expected to leave United this summer - and young Ayden Heaven come in.

Diogo Dalot on the bench again, no Joshua Zirkzee.

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47 minutes ago

Aston Villa lineup

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Maatsen, Kamara, Onana, Rogers, Asensio, McGinn, Watkins

Subs: Olsen, Mings, Barkley, Tielemans, Digne, Garcia, Malen, Ramsey, Bailey

49 minutes ago

Manchester United lineup

Manchester United XI: Bayindir, Lindelof, Maguire, Heaven, Mazraoui, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dorgu, Amad, Mount, Hojlund

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Evans, Fredricson, Collyer, Eriksen, Mainoo, Ugarte, Obi

55 minutes ago

Ruben Amorim to address Manchester United fans

More protests against the Manchester United ownership by frustrated fans are taking place at Old Trafford today, while Ruben Amorim is set to offer his apologies for a dreadful season in a post-match address to the crowd on the pitch.

It is not known at the moment exactly what the Portuguese - who has won only six of his first 26 Premier League matches in charge since succeeding Erik ten Hag in November - plans to say.

Amorim of course raised eyebrows straight after the Europa League final by claiming that he would quit United without any compensation if that’s what the powers that be wanted, but it quickly emerged that he retained that support and the hierarchy’s position had not changed after Bilbao.

Reports this weekend then claimed that Amorim spoke to his squad at Carrington yesterday and confirmed that he would remain in his role next season, as well as apparently telling Alejandro Garnacho to find a new club (more on that in a moment).

The United players will also undertake a lap of honour after the full-time whistle this afternoon.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is not expected to be in attendance.

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1 hour ago

How can Aston Villa qualify for the Champions League?

Aston Villa’s sparkling recent form is in stark contrast to that of United.

Unai Emery’s side have won eight of their nine games since the start of March, including three in a row now against Fulham, Bournemouth and Tottenham.

They almost produced an epic comeback at home against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarter-finals, with the only blot on their recent copybook the shock 3-0 loss to eventual winners Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi-finals, when they simply didn’t turn up at Wembley.

Per Opta, another win today would see Villa achieve 20 victories in back-to-back seasons for the first time in almost a century.

They head into today’s game sitting sixth and level on points (66) with fourth-place Newcastle and Chelsea in fifth, but with a vastly inferior goal difference to both.

They are a point ahead of seventh-place Nottingham Forest, who host Chelsea in a huge final-day battle at the City Ground.

A win at Old Trafford today would see Villa seal a top-five finish and a second straight season in the Champions League if either Newcastle - who host Everton - or Chelsea don’t win, or if third-place Manchester City lose at Fulham.

A draw with United would leave Villa needing to hope that Newcastle lose to Everton, with the Forest-Chelsea result then essentially immaterial.

An obvious point, but there is no way that Villa can lose today and still qualify for the Champions League.

They are guaranteed a top-seven finish and at least a spot in the Conference League next term, but are shooting for much more having got such a taste of life at the top table in recent months.

This thrilling top-five battle likely has plenty of twists and turns to come throughout the afternoon...

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1 hour ago

Manchester United's sobering season by the numbers

We’ll get on to Aston Villa’s much brighter prospects in a moment, but a look at Opta Sport’s pre-match Manchester United stats, as relayed by the BBC, really makes for extraordinary viewing, particularly as someone who grew up during their era of dominance under Sir Alex Ferguson.

They have already suffered their most number of defeats in a season since they were relegated from the top-flight in 1973/74 and have failed to win back-to-back league matches in a season for only the third time ever.

Another loss today would see United suffer four successive defeats in the same season for the first time since 1979 and lose exactly half their league games in a season in the top-flight for the first time since 1930/31.

And that’s without mentioning that they haven’t won any of their last eight in the league, last tasting domestic victory with a 3-0 win at now-relegated Leicester back on March 16.

Before that, it was Ipswich on February 26.

In fact, United have not beaten a team outside of the bottom three since a 1-0 win at Fulham on January 26.

I can’t find a home league win against a team not in the bottom three since the 4-0 victory over Everton on December 1.

Only Everton, Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton have scored fewer than United’s 42 league goals this season.

Truly appalling stuff.

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