Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood insists they're capable of upsetting Manchester United.

Sherwood guided Tottenham to a 2-1 victory against United on New Year's Day 2014 and plans to use similar tactics, based on quick counter-attacks, on Saturday.

"We need to get something from this game and we think we're capable of doing that," said Sherwood. "I took a Spurs team that won last year, quite comfortably. We used certain players in areas to exploit their weakness. Whether that can be emulated again, I hope so.

"It would be an upset but I think they are beatable."