Premiership · Matchday 10
Aston Villa v Manchester United
1–4
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 4–1 at Villa Park on Saturday 20th October 2007 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (36', 44'), Rio Ferdinand (45'+2') and Ryan Giggs (75') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 13' Gabriel Agbonlahor 1–0
- 36' Wayne Rooney 1–1
- 44' Wayne Rooney 1–2
- 45+2' Rio Ferdinand 1–3
- Half Time
- 73' Darren Fletcher for Tevez
- 75' Ryan Giggs 1–4
- 77' Cristiano Ronaldo for Giggs
- 77' John O'Shea for Scholes
- Full Time 1–4
Match Facts
Starting XI
Substitutes
Darren Fletcher
73' for Tevez
Cristiano Ronaldo
77' for Giggs
John O'Shea
77' for Scholes
Aston Villa Lineup
Starting XI
3 Wilfred Bouma D
4 Olof Mellberg D
5 Martin Laursen D
6 Gareth Barry M
7 Ashley Young F
8 Luke Moore F
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor F
16 Zat Knight D
20 Nigel Reo-Coker M
22 Scott Carson G
26 Craig Gardner M
Substitutes
13 Stuart Taylor on
15 Curtis Davies
19 Stilian Petrov
27 Isaiah Osbourne on
28 Shaun Maloney on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Martin O'Neill
Aston Villa
United vs Aston Villa History
Meeting 167 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 167 times: 84W 35D 48L.
23 Dec 2006 W 3–0 PL 7 Jan 2007 W 2–1 FAC 13 Jan 2007 W 3–1 PL
20 Oct 2007 W 4–1 This match
5 Jan 2008 W 2–0 FAC 29 Mar 2008 W 4–0 PL 22 Nov 2008 D 0–0 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 FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →