Premiership · Matchday 16

Manchester United v Aston Villa

2–1

HT 1–0

Friday 1st January 2021 · Old Trafford · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2–1 at Old Trafford on Friday 1st January 2021 in the Premiership. Anthony Martial (39') and Bruno Fernandes (61') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Michael Oliver.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
39' Anthony Martial Assist: Aaron Wan-Bissaka 1–0
Half Time 1–0
49' Harry Maguire
55' Eric Bailly
58' Bertrand Traore Assist: Jack Grealish 1–1
61' Bruno Fernandes pen 2–1
65' Nemanja Matic for McTominay
87' Daniel James for Fernandes
89' Luke Shaw
90' Nemanja Matic
90' Axel Tuanzebe for Fred
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

48%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Michael Oliver

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

9 Anthony Martial 39'

10 Marcus Rashford

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Bruno Fernandes 61'

Substitutes

65' for McTominay

87' for Fernandes

90' for Fred

Aston Villa Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2 Matty Cash RB

4 Ezri Konsa CD-R

5 Tyrone Mings CD-L

6 Douglas Luiz RM

7 John McGinn LM

10 Jack Grealish AM

11 Ollie Watkins F

15 Bertrand Traoré AM-R ⚽

18 Matt Targett LB

21 Anwar El Ghazi AM-L

26 Emiliano Martínez G

Substitutes

1 Tom Heaton

3 Neil Taylor

14 Conor Hourihane

19 Marvelous Nakamba

24 Frédéric Guilbert

27 Ahmed Elmohamady

30 Kortney Hause

39 Keinan Davis on

41 Jacob Ramsey on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Dean Smith

Aston Villa

Match Information

Man Utd

4-1-2-1-2

Formation

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Aston Villa

48%

Possession

52%

2.1

Expected Goals (xG)

1.4

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.20

Avg Player Rating

6.90

26.1

Avg Age

25.3

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 189 of 202

202

Played

108

Won

Drawn

Lost

372

Goals For

259

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 19th November 1892. After this match United had played Aston Villa 189 times: 100W 40D 49L.

16 Apr 2016 W 1–0 PL 1 Dec 2019 D 2–2 PL 9 Jul 2020 W 3–0 PL

1 Jan 2021 W 2–1 This match

9 May 2021 W 3–1 PL 25 Sep 2021 L 0–1 PL 10 Jan 2022 W 1–0 FAC

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	100	69	18	13	214	87	69.0
Away	99	38	24	37	154	166	38.4
Neutral	3	1	0	2	4	6	33.3

All 202 meetings with Aston Villa →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →