Premiership · Matchday 28
Manchester United v Aston Villa
1–0
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 23rd February 2002 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (50') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- Half Time
- 50' Ruud van Nistelrooy 1–0
- 86' Ronny Johnsen for Irwin
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Ronny Johnsen
86' for Irwin
Aston Villa Lineup
Starting XI
1 Peter Schmeichel G
2 Mark Delaney D
4 Olof Mellberg D
6 George Boateng M
8 Juan Pablo Angel F
11 Steve Staunton D
15 Gareth Barry D
18 Steve Stone M
20 Moustapha Hadji M
22 Darius Vassell F
31 Jlloyd Samuel D
Substitutes
9 Dion Dublin on
12 Peter Enckelman
19 Bosko Balaban
21 Thomas Hitzlsperger on
30 Hassan Kachloul
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Graham Taylor
Aston Villa
Match Information
United vs Aston Villa History
Meeting 154 of 203
203
Played
108
Won
43
Drawn
52
Lost
376
Goals For
263
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 19th November 1892. After this match United had played Aston Villa 154 times: 72W 34D 48L.
20 Jan 2001 W 2–0 PL 26 Aug 2001 D 1–1 PL 6 Jan 2002 W 3–2 FAC
23 Feb 2002 W 1–0 This match
26 Oct 2002 D 1–1 PL 15 Mar 2003 W 1–0 PL 6 Dec 2003 W 4–0 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 101 | 69 | 19 | 13 | 218 | 91 | 68.3 |
| 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 9 November 2026. How we compile this data →