Premiership · Matchday 02
Manchester United v Aston Villa
1–0
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 20th August 2005 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (66') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 12' Olof Mellberg
- 42' Wayne Rooney
- Half Time
- 59' Gabriel Heinze for O'Shea
- 59' Cristiano Ronaldo for Park
- 66' Ruud van Nistelrooy 1–0
- 90' Paul Scholes
- Minute not recorded
- — Alan Smith
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
Aston Villa Lineup
Starting XI
1 Thomas Sorensen G
3 Jlloyd Samuel D
4 Olof Mellberg D
6 Gareth Barry D
8 Gavin McCann M
9 Juan Pablo Angel F
12 Steven Davis M
15 Ulises De la Cruz M
17 Peter Whittingham M
18 Aaron Hughes D
19 Liam Ridgewell D
Substitutes
11 Nolberto Solano on
13 Stuart Taylor
14 Eric Djemba-Djemba on
21 Gary Cahill
22 Luke Moore 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 162 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 162 times: 79W 35D 48L.
15 May 2004 W 2–0 PL 28 Dec 2004 W 1–0 PL 22 Jan 2005 W 3–1 PL
20 Aug 2005 W 1–0 This match
17 Dec 2005 W 2–0 PL 23 Dec 2006 W 3–0 PL 7 Jan 2007 W 2–1 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 →