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Manchester United travel to Villa Park (Picture: James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images)

Manchester United are set to play their penultimate Premier League match before the World Cup with a trip to the Midlands to face Aston Villa.

United are looking for their fourth win in six league matches to keep with the pace in the race for the Champions League top four.

Erik ten Hag’s side start the day just a point behind Newcastle in fourth having played one game less than the Magpies.

Meanwhile, Unai Emery will be in the home dugout for the first time having been recently appointed by Villa, who will be desperate for the three points in order to put some distance between themselves and the bottom three.

But fans wishing to settle down on the sofa to watch the match will be disappointed to learn the match won’t be shown live on TV.

Here is the reason Aston Villa vs Manchester United will not be shown live on TV today.

Why is Aston Villa vs Manchester United not on TV?

The game won’t be shown on TV simply because it hasn’t been selected for TV coverage by the broadcasters.

Unai Emery holds up the Aston Villa shirt at his unveiling

Unai Emery will take charge of his first match with Villa (Picture: Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images)

Instead Sky Sports, who show the Sunday matches in the Premier League, have decided to broadcast Southampton vs Newcastle (2pm) and Tottenham vs Liverpool (4.30pm).

BT Sport are showing Chelsea vs Arsenal in their one and only game this weekend, while Sky are already at their full compliment of games for Sunday which means the match cannot be picked up by any broadcaster in the UK.

United were playing against Real Sociedad on Thursday night, and as is customary for English clubs playing in the Europa League, their game with Villa has been scheduled for Sunday to give the team extra recovery time.

How to follow Aston Villa vs Manchester United

Thankfully for fans, live radio coverage of the game will take place on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Highlights of the match will be shown on Match of the Day 2 tonight at 10.30pm on BBC One.


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