FA Cup · 3rd Round
Aston Villa v Manchester United
2–3
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3–2 at Villa Park on Sunday 6th January 2002 in the FA Cup. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (77') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (80', 82') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 26' Luke Chadwick for Butt
- Half Time
- 52' Ian Taylor 1–0
- 54' Phil Neville OG 2–0
- 56' Ruud van Nistelrooy for Chadwick
- 77' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 2–1
- 80' Ruud van Nistelrooy 2–2
- 82' Ruud van Nistelrooy 2–3
- Full Time 2–3
Match Facts
- A 7th consecutive win in all competitions.
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's 9th goal of 2001-2002, and his 82nd for United.
- Ruud van Nistelrooy's brace took him to 21 in 2001-2002 and 21 for United.
Starting XI
Player
Aston Villa Lineup
Starting XI
1 Peter Schmeichel G
3 Alan Wright D
4 Olof Mellberg D
6 George Boateng M
7 Ian Taylor M
8 Juan Pablo Angel F
10 Paul Merson F
11 Steve Staunton D
17 Lee Hendrie M
22 Darius Vassell F
31 Jlloyd Samuel D
Substitutes
2 Mark Delaney
12 Peter Enckelman
15 Gareth Barry on
18 Steve Stone on
20 Moustapha Hadji on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
John Gregory
Aston Villa
United vs Aston Villa History
Meeting 153 of 202
202
Played
108
Won
42
Drawn
52
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 153 times: 71W 34D 48L.
26 Dec 2000 W 1–0 PL 20 Jan 2001 W 2–0 PL 26 Aug 2001 D 1–1 PL
6 Jan 2002 W 3–2 This match
23 Feb 2002 W 1–0 PL 26 Oct 2002 D 1–1 PL 15 Mar 2003 W 1–0 PL | 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 |
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 →