{"id":9250,"date":"2021-09-28T01:40:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T00:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=9250"},"modified":"2025-03-25T01:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:18:44","slug":"manchester-united-vs-villarreal-match-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/manchester-united-vs-villarreal-match-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United vs Villarreal Match Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United will look to put their recent poor run of form behind them when they host Villarreal for this game.<\/p>\n<p>Both clubs have a recent history with the Spanish club beating United to win the Europa League last season.<br \/>\nAston Villa beat United 1-0 at their home at the weekend and that result means they have lost three of their last four competitive matches, having also lost to West Ham in the League Cup and Young Boys in the Champions League.<br \/>\nThe Red Devils have added Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho to their squad in the last transfer window and they are expected to be doing better and to win trophies in this campaign.<br \/>\nVillarreal has built on defeating United in the Europa League final by impressing in La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>They held Real Madrid to a goalless draw at the weekend and would be inspired to get a win against this poor United side in this match.<\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery\u2019s side remains unbeaten in their league, although they have won just one of their six league games so far.<\/p>\n<p>They started their Champions League campaign in impressive fashion after picking a 2-2 draw against Atalanta on matchday one and will look to do better in this match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United will look to put their recent poor run of form behind them when they host Villarreal for this game. Both clubs have a recent history with the Spanish club beating United to win the Europa League last season. Aston Villa beat United 1-0 at their home at the weekend and that result means they have lost three of their last four competitive matches, having also lost to West Ham in the League Cup and Young Boys in the Champions League. The Red Devils have added Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho to their squad in the last transfer window and they are expected to be doing better and to win trophies in this campaign. Villarreal has built on defeating United in the Europa League final by impressing in La Liga. They held Real Madrid to a goalless draw at the weekend and would be inspired to get a win against this poor United side in this match. Unai Emery\u2019s side remains unbeaten in their league, although they have won just one of their six league games so far. They started their Champions League campaign in impressive fashion after picking a 2-2 draw against Atalanta on matchday one and will look to do better in this match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,13,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league","category-football","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United vs Villarreal Match Preview - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/manchester-united-vs-villarreal-match-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manchester United vs Villarreal Match Preview - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester United will look to put their recent poor run of form behind them when they host Villarreal for this game. 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