Ahead of this weekend 's Premier League action , Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture , with team news , provisional squads , betting odds and Opta stats . Here is all the information you need for Manchester United 's home clash with Aston Villa ... Manchester United vs Aston Villa ( Old Trafford ) Team news . Manchester United . Striker Robin van Persie is out of Manchester United 's Barclays Premier League match against Aston Villa with an ankle injury . Left-back Luke Shaw has recovered from a hamstring problem , but centre-back Chris Smalling is a big doubt due to illness . Robin van Persie scores against Leicester City earlier in the season but he is ruled out of the Aston Villa game . Defender Jonny Evans sits out the fourth match of his six-game ban for spitting at Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse . Provisional squad : De Gea , Lindegaard , Valdes , Shaw , Blackett , Rojo , Smalling , Jones , McNair , Rafael , Pereira , Young , Blind , Fellaini , Herrera , Valencia , Di Maria , Januzaj , Mata , Falcao , Rooney , Wilson . Aston Villa . Skipper Ron Vlaar could return for Aston Villa after finally shaking off a calf injury for the trip to Manchester United . The defender has been out since February and he will be joined in the squad by Joe Cole after a hamstring issue while Jores Okore ( knee ) is also fit . Ron Vlaar trains ahead of his expected return to the Aston Villa squad at Manchester United . Kieran Richardson and Philippe Senderos ( both calf ) are in training but could still miss out while there are doubts surrounding Aly Cissokho ( groin ) and Nathan Baker ( knee ) and United loanee Tom Cleverley is ineligible . Provisional squad : Guzan , Given , Hutton , Lowton , Okore , Vlaar , Clark , Cissokho , Kinsella , Delph , Sinclair , Gil , Westwood , Sanchez , Grealish , Cole , N'Zogbia , Agbonlahor , Benteke , Weimann . Kick-off : Saturday , 3pm . Odds ( subject to change ) : . Manchester United 3/10 . Draw 4/1 . Aston Villa 9/1 . Referee : Roger East . Managers : Louis van Gaal ( Manchester United ) , Tim Sherwood ( Aston Villa ) Head-to-head league record : Manchester United wins 82 , draws 38 , Aston Villa wins 43 . Key match stats ( supplied by Opta ) Manchester United have 31 Premier League wins against Aston Villa , the joint-most of any team against any opponent in the history of the competition ( along with Man Utd v Everton ) . Aston Villa have won just one of the last 38 Premier League games against Manchester United ( L27 D10 W1 ) . Wayne Rooney has scored 12 goals against Aston Villa , his joint-highest tally against any opponent in Premier League history along with Newcastle United . Aston Villa are the only side in the Premier League this season yet to see a substitute score or assist a single one of their goals . Radamel Falcao scored Manchester United 's equaliser in their 1-1 draw at Aston Villa in December . Rooney has scored eight goals in his last six Premier League games at Old Trafford against the Villans , netting four braces . Villa have seen six players sent off in the Premier League this season ; two more than they had in any previous Premier League campaign . Rooney has scored 95 goals at Old Trafford , only Alan Shearer with 97 at St James Park ( two for Blackburn ) and Thierry Henry with 114 at Highbury have scored more goals on one single ground in Premier League history . The Red Devils have won 12 of their last 14 Premier League matches at Old Trafford ( D1 L1 ) . On just eight occasions this season have a side used two or more players that are under 20 in a Premier League game – seven of these have been by Manchester United ( Arsenal the other ) . Aston Villa have scored just two goals in the final half an hour in the Premier League this season – Man Utd have scored more in the 90th minute or later ( 3 ) .
Robin van Persie ruled out with ankle injury for Aston Villa . Chris Smalling a doubt but Luke Shaw back from hamstring complaint . Ron Vlaar could make return to Manchester United squad following calf injury . Joe Cole and Jores Okore have also regained fitness for Villans .