Manchester United hosts Aston Villa in the Premier League on Boxing Day at Old Trafford at 8pm.
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Villa are pushing for at least top four this season but have also made themselves real title contenders with their form continuing deep into the season.
They claimed that prospect with two straight wins in three days against fellow title contenders Man City and Arsenal in early December.
Villa would have looked at those fixtures hoping for just a few points in a tough month filled with fixtures, including the Europa Conference League away from home at Zrinjski, but instead now look like picking up around 20 points in December alone, with another game against Burnley on the 30th.
Ollie Watkins has been one of the main reasons for Villa's success as he's continued to bag goals this season, with nine goals in just 17 appearances.
He's also matched last year's assist tally of six in 20 games less, and he will likely beat his previous tally of 15 goals too if he continues in this way.
Man United will have to navigate this busy spell with more injury spells to key players but with form dipping already they can't afford to drop anymore points in the league.
But the Red Devils have a great record against Villa winning 38 of their 56 Premier League games against them and only losing five.
It is the highest win rate of any side to have faced another at least 40 times in the competition (68%).
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