FA Cup · 3rd Round
Manchester United v Aston Villa
2–1
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2–1 at Old Trafford on Sunday 7th January 2007 in the FA Cup. Henrik Larsson (55') and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (90'+1') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 19' Gary Cahill
- Half Time
- 55' Henrik Larsson 1–0
- 72' Darren Fletcher for Park
- 74' Milan Baros 1–1
- 78' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer for Larsson
- 89' John O'Shea for Carrick
- 90+1' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 2–1
- Full Time 2–1
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Darren Fletcher
72' for Park
Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
90'+1 78' for Larsson
John O'Shea
89' for Carrick
Aston Villa Lineup
Starting XI
6 Gareth Barry D
8 Gavin McCann M
9 Juan Pablo Angel F
11 Stilian Petrov M
15 Gabriel Agbonlahor F
16 Wilfred Bouma D
18 Aaron Hughes D
19 Liam Ridgewell D
21 Gary Cahill D
27 Isaiah Osbourne D
28 Gábor Király G
Substitutes
3 Jlloyd Samuel on
10 Milan Baros on ⚽
12 Steven Davis
17 Peter Whittingham
25 Robert Olejnik
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Martin O'Neill
Aston Villa
Match Information
United vs Aston Villa History
Meeting 165 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 165 times: 82W 35D 48L.
20 Aug 2005 W 1–0 PL 17 Dec 2005 W 2–0 PL 23 Dec 2006 W 3–0 PL
7 Jan 2007 W 2–1 This match
13 Jan 2007 W 3–1 PL 20 Oct 2007 W 4–1 PL 5 Jan 2008 W 2–0 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 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →