Premiership · Matchday 34

Aston Villa v Manchester United

0–3

HT 0–2

Thursday 9th July 2020 · Villa Park · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3–0 at Villa Park on Thursday 9th July 2020 in the Premiership. Bruno Fernandes (27'), Mason Greenwood (45'+5') and Paul Pogba (58') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Jonathan Moss.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
27' Bruno Fernandes pen 0–1
40' Aaron Wan-Bissaka
45' Nemanja Matic
45+5' Mason Greenwood Assist: Anthony Martial 0–2
Half Time 0–2
52' Ezri Konsa
58' Paul Pogba Assist: Bruno Fernandes 0–3
65' Scott McTominay for Matic
66' Brandon Williams for Wan-Bissaka
70' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Fernandes
76' Odion Ighalo for Martial
76' Daniel James for Greenwood
81' Marvelous Nakamba
87' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues
Full Time 0–3

Match Facts

A 5th consecutive win in all competitions.
Bruno Fernandes' 8th goal of 2019-2020, and his 8th for United.
Mason Greenwood's 16th goal of 2019-2020, and his 16th for United.
Paul Pogba's 1st goal of 2019-2020, and his 32nd for United.

66%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Jonathan Moss

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

6 Paul Pogba 58'

18 Bruno Fernandes 27'

23 Luke Shaw

26 Mason Greenwood 45'+5

Substitutes

65' for Matic

66' for Wan-Bissaka

Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

70' for Fernandes

Odion Ighalo

76' for Martial

Daniel James

76' for Greenwood

Aston Villa Lineup

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

3 Neil Taylor LB

6 Douglas Luiz CM-R

7 John McGinn CM-L

10 Jack Grealish RCF

15 Ezri Konsa RB

17 Trézéguet LM

20 Mbwana Samatta F

21 Anwar El Ghazi RM

29 Pepe Reina G

30 Kortney Hause CD-R

40 Tyrone Mings CD-L

Substitutes

8 Henri Lansbury

11 Marvelous Nakamba on

14 Conor Hourihane on

23 Jota

24 Frédéric Guilbert

25 Ørjan Nyland

27 Ahmed Elmohamady

36 Indiana Vassilev on

39 Keinan Davis 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

4-2-3-1

Formation

Aston Villa

4-4-1-1

Man Utd Aston Villa

66%

Possession

34%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.12

Avg Player Rating

5.92

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 188 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 188 times: 99W 40D 49L.

14 Aug 2015 W 1–0 PL 16 Apr 2016 W 1–0 PL 1 Dec 2019 D 2–2 PL

9 Jul 2020 W 3–0 This match

1 Jan 2021 W 2–1 PL 9 May 2021 W 3–1 PL 25 Sep 2021 L 0–1 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 →