Premiership · Matchday 15

Manchester United v Aston Villa

4–0

Saturday 6th December 2003 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,621

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 4–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 6th December 2003 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (16', 45') and Diego Forlán (90', 90'+3') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
16' Ruud van Nistelrooy 1–0
45' Ruud van Nistelrooy 2–0
Half Time
55' Lee Hendrie
59' David Bellion for P.Neville
59' Paul Scholes for Giggs
72' Diego Forlán for van Nistlerooy
90' Diego Forlán 3–0
90+3' Diego Forlán 4–0
Full Time 4–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy 16', 45'

11 Ryan Giggs

14 Tim Howard

15 Jose Pereira Kleberson

Substitutes

59' for P.Neville

59' for Giggs

72' for van Nistlerooy

90', 90'+3

Aston Villa Lineup

Starting XI

1 Thomas Sorensen G

2 Mark Delaney D

3 Jlloyd Samuel D

4 Olof Mellberg D

6 Gareth Barry D

7 Lee Hendrie M

8 Gavin McCann M

9 Dion Dublin F

10 Darius Vassell F

17 Peter Whittingham F

18 Juan Pablo Angel F

Substitutes

12 Thomas Hitzlsperger on

13 Stefan Postma

14 Marcus Allback on

15 Ulises De la Cruz

24 Liam Ridgewell

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

David O'Leary

Aston Villa

Match Information

Man Utd Aston Villa

55%

Possession

45%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 157 of 203

203

Played

108

Won

Drawn

Lost

376

Goals For

263

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 19th November 1892. After this match United had played Aston Villa 157 times: 74W 35D 48L.

23 Feb 2002 W 1–0 PL 26 Oct 2002 D 1–1 PL 15 Mar 2003 W 1–0 PL

6 Dec 2003 W 4–0 This match

4 Jan 2004 W 2–1 FAC 15 May 2004 W 2–0 PL 28 Dec 2004 W 1–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	101	69	19	13	218	91	68.3
Away	99	38	24	37	154	166	38.4
Neutral	3	1	0	2	4	6	33.3

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 9 November 2026. How we compile this data →