Aston Villa’s winning streak of five matches came to an end last round, when they failed to beat league newcomer Ipswich. But a couple days later, the lions defeated Bayern Munich in the Champions League, breaking Munich’s record streak of 40 matches in the group stage without defeat. Aston Villa have not lost in seven consecutive matches in all tournaments.
Manchester United cannot win four matches in a row and concede three goals for the second game in a row. Erik ten Hague’s team before the international break is in a very bad shape. In the current season, they have not yet been able to beat any serious opponent. And in away matches they have only three points with modest Southampton.