Premiership · Matchday 34

Aston Villa v Manchester United

1–3

HT 1–0

Sunday 9th May 2021 · Villa Park · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3–1 at Villa Park on Sunday 9th May 2021 in the Premiership. Bruno Fernandes (51'), Mason Greenwood (56') and Edinson Cavani (87') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Chris Kavanagh.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
24' Bertrand Traore 1–0
45' Ollie Watkins
Half Time 1–0
51' Bruno Fernandes pen 1–1
56' Mason Greenwood Assist: Aaron Wan-Bissaka 1–2
65' Edinson Cavani for Greenwood
67' Harry Maguire
78' Eric Bailly for Maguire
79' John McGinn
86' Nemanja Matic for Fernandes
87' Edinson Cavani Assist: Marcus Rashford 1–3
89' Ollie Watkins 2nd yellow
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

59%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Chris Kavanagh

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

11 Mason Greenwood 56'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Bruno Fernandes 51'

Substitutes

65' for Greenwood

78' for Maguire

86' for Fernandes

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 LM

7 John McGinn RM

11 Ollie Watkins F

15 Bertrand Traoré AM-R ⚽

18 Matt Targett LB

20 Ross Barkley AM

21 Anwar El Ghazi AM-L

26 Emiliano Martínez G

Substitutes

1 Tom Heaton

9 Wesley on

19 Marvelous Nakamba

27 Ahmed Elmohamady

30 Kortney Hause

39 Keinan Davis on

41 Jacob Ramsey on

52 Jaden Philogene

60 Carney Chukwuemeka

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

4-2-3-1

Formation

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Aston Villa

59%

Possession

41%

1.7

Expected Goals (xG)

0.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.60

Avg Player Rating

6.35

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 190 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 190 times: 101W 40D 49L.

1 Dec 2019 D 2–2 PL 9 Jul 2020 W 3–0 PL 1 Jan 2021 W 2–1 PL

9 May 2021 W 3–1 This match

25 Sep 2021 L 0–1 PL 10 Jan 2022 W 1–0 FAC 15 Jan 2022 D 2–2 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

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 →