Welcome to The Preview on The Athletic FC, where each week we’ll be going deep on the biggest game of the weekend.

This week — we’re focusing on Aston Villa vs Manchester United. After contrasting weeks in Europe, will Sunday's game decide Erik ten Hag's future? Plus, we look at the fixtures elsewhere with drop ins from the club podcasts across our network.

Adam Leventhal is joined by Tim Spiers and Nick Miller, as well as some input from The Athletics Jacob Tanswell, Liam Tharme and Ahmed Walid.

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:43 Weekend Fixtures
00:02:13 Aston Villa v Bayern (UCL)
00:05:11 Aston Villa v Man United
00:09:41 Villa & Unai Emery
00:12:41 Porto v Man United (UCL)
00:17:26 Man United & Ten Hag
00:24:47 Villa v United: Final comments
00:29:37 Chelsea v Forest
00:35:01 Brighton v Spurs
00:37:49 Everton v Newcastle
00:38:46 Arsenal v Southampton
00:42:46 Man City v Fulham
00:44:18 Final comments

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