Premiership · Matchday 32
Manchester United v Aston Villa
4–0
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 4–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 29th March 2008 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (17'), Carlos Tévez (33') and Wayne Rooney (53', 70') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 17' Cristiano Ronaldo 1–0
- 22' Wilfred Bouma
- 33' Carlos Tévez 2–0
- Half Time
- 53' Wayne Rooney 3–0
- 60' Nemanja Vidic
- 61' Oliveira Anderson for Carrick
- 62' Owen Hargreaves for Ferdinand
- 62' John O'Shea for Evra
- 70' Wayne Rooney 4–0
- Full Time 4–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Substitutes
Oliveira Anderson
61' for Carrick
Owen Hargreaves
62' for Ferdinand
John O'Shea
62' for Evra
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
9 Marlon Harewood F
10 John Carew F
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor F
19 Stilian Petrov M
20 Nigel Reo-Coker M
22 Scott Carson G
Substitutes
13 Stuart Taylor
16 Zat Knight
17 Moustapha Salifou on
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
Match Information
United vs Aston Villa History
Meeting 169 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 169 times: 86W 35D 48L.
13 Jan 2007 W 3–1 PL 20 Oct 2007 W 4–1 PL 5 Jan 2008 W 2–0 FAC
29 Mar 2008 W 4–0 This match
22 Nov 2008 D 0–0 PL 5 Apr 2009 W 3–2 PL 12 Dec 2009 L 0–1 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 →