Premiership · Matchday 24

Manchester United v Aston Villa

2–0

Saturday 20th January 2001 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,533

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 20th January 2001 in the Premiership. Gary Neville (57') and Teddy Sheringham (87') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time
57' Gary Neville 1–0
63' Andrew Cole for Solskjaer
63' Luke Chadwick for Greening
87' Teddy Sheringham 2–0
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

2 Gary Neville 57'

10 Teddy Sheringham 87'

11 Ryan Giggs

12 Phillip Neville

16 Roy Keane

20 Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

34 Jonathan Greening

Substitutes

Andrew Cole

63' for Solskjaer

Luke Chadwick

63' for Greening

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

John Gregory

Aston Villa

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 151 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 151 times: 70W 33D 48L.

30 Oct 1999 W 3–0 PL 14 May 2000 W 1–0 PL 26 Dec 2000 W 1–0 PL

20 Jan 2001 W 2–0 This match

26 Aug 2001 D 1–1 PL 6 Jan 2002 W 3–2 FAC 23 Feb 2002 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

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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 →