Premiership · Matchday 38
Aston Villa v Manchester United
0–2
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2–0 at Villa Park on Saturday 15th May 2004 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (4') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (10') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 4' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–1
- 10' Ruud van Nistelrooy 0–2
- 38' Cristiano Ronaldo
- Half Time
- 52' Juan Pablo Angel
- 60' Jlloyd Samuel
- 61' Louis Saha for van Nistlerooy
- 65' Lee Hendrie
- 66' Darren Fletcher
- 67' Paul Scholes
- 73' Eric Djemba Djemba for O'Shea
- 75' Darren Fletcher
- 83' Thomas Hitzlsperger
- 85' Cristiano Ronaldo
- Full Time 0–2
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Aston Villa Lineup
Starting XI
1 Thomas Sorensen G
3 Jlloyd Samuel D
4 Olof Mellberg D
6 Gareth Barry D
7 Lee Hendrie M
8 Gavin McCann M
12 Thomas Hitzlsperger M
15 Ulises De la Cruz D
16 Peter Crouch F
18 Juan Pablo Angel F
24 Liam Ridgewell D
Substitutes
2 Mark Delaney
9 Dion Dublin on
13 Stefan Postma
14 Marcus Allback on
17 Peter Whittingham on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
David O'Leary
Aston Villa
Match Information
United vs Aston Villa History
Meeting 159 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 159 times: 76W 35D 48L.
15 Mar 2003 W 1–0 PL 6 Dec 2003 W 4–0 PL 4 Jan 2004 W 2–1 FAC
15 May 2004 W 2–0 This match
28 Dec 2004 W 1–0 PL 22 Jan 2005 W 3–1 PL 20 Aug 2005 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 ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →