Under-pressure Manchester United manager David Moyes welcomes captain Nemanja Vidic back from suspension for today’s must-win match against Aston Villa at Old Trafford.

Aston Villa midfielder Karim El Ahmadi is a doubt for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford due to a thigh problem.

Aston Villa 4 Norwich 1

Sandro is primed for a first Barclays Premier League appearance under Tim Sherwood after calf trouble, taking a seat on Tottenham’s bench for Cardiff’s White Hart Lane visit.

David Moyes has named Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata together in his Manchester United starting line-up for the first time as the Red Devils look to maintain their Barclays Premier League momentum at Stoke.

Aston Villa 4 West Brom 3

Alvaro Negredo is named amongst the substitutes as Manchester City make six changes for the trip to Tottenham.

Manchester United took on Norwich at Carrow Road without England forward Wayne Rooney, who did not travel to Norfolk.

Santi Cazorla was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s only change for the London derby with West Ham.

Darren Fletcher was named on the bench as Manchester United looked to avoid suffering a hat-trick of Premier League defeats for the first time since December 2001 as they took on Aston Villa.

West Brom 2 Aston Villa 2

West Ham 0 Aston Villa 0

Christian Benteke could return to Aston Villa’s starting line-up against Everton tomorrow following his recent hip injury.

Aston Villa 0 Tottenham 2

Paul Lambert is assessing Christian Benteke’s fitness before deciding whether to throw the striker back into action when Aston Villa host Tottenham on Sunday.

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Norwich City 0 Aston Villa 1

Villa boss Paul Lambert recalled Ciaran Clark in to the centre of his defence for his return to Carrow Road.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has handed full debuts to Jores Okore and Leandro Bacuna for the Premier League clash at home to Liverpool.

Juan Mata and Demba Ba start for Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in tonight’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 2

Aston Villa could be without Republic fo Ireland defender Ciaran Clark and also midfielder Karim El Ahmadi again when they face Norwich tomorrow.

Aston Villa 6 Sunderland 1

Aston Villa striker Darren Bent is nearing a return to full fitness ahead of the visit of Fulham tomorrow.

Olivier Giroud returned to the Arsenal starting line-up as Arsene Wenger looked to end a nightmare week on a high with victory over Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium.

Aston Villa playmaker Charles N’Zogbia has recovered from the thigh injury suffered during the closing stages against West Ham in time for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League encounter at Arsenal.

Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph has recovered from an ankle injury after a two-game absence and is included in the squad for Sunday’s home Barclays Premier League fixture with West Ham.

Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of French midfielder Yacouba Sylla from Ligue 2 outfit Clermont Foot on a three-and-a-half year contract.

Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of midfielder Yacouba Sylla from Clermont Foot on a three-and-a-half year contract.

CELTIC clinched the Bank of Scotland Premier League title in the most dramatic of fashions with a late win over Kilmarnock.

Celtic approached their Bank of Scotland Premier League clash with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park knowing three points would clinch them a second successive title.

Celtic 0 Republic of Ireland 1

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill made three changes to his team as the Hoops looked to stride eight points clear at the top of the Bank of Scotland Premier League with victory over Hibernian.

Chris Sutton and Bobo Balde could join Celtic’s bid to move five points clear of Rangers with victory over Aberdeen in the Bank of Scotland Premier League tomorrow.

Celtic are boosted by the return of Chris Sutton and Robert Douglas to the squad for the Tennent’s Scottish Cup semi-final against Hearts on Sunday.

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill has a goalkeeping selection poser with Magnus Hedman back in contention for the visit of Livingston in the Bank of Scotland Premier League on Sunday.

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Influential midfielder Stilian Petrov declared himself fit hours before kick-off to give Celtic a major boost for their final Champions League Group F clash with AC Milan.

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill will be without suspended duo Alan Thompson and Chris Sutton for Sunday’s testing Bank of Scotland Premier League trip to face Dundee at Dens Park.

Celtic striker Chris Sutton was today ruled out of the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-final showdown with Rangers.

Celtic look set to be boosted by the return of defender Stanislav Varga for the Champions League match with Shakhtar Donetsk at Parkhead tomorrow night.