Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2004

Result

Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2004, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United: match report

Aston Villa lost to Manchester United 0-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 28 December 2004. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Joshua Andrew Harrop of Manchester United in the 41st minute.

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 25 points from 19 and Manchester United 4th on 37 points from 19. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 6 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Manchester United's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United
  • 41'Goal · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · John O'SheaManchester United
  • 75'Yellow card · Iván Gabriel HeinzeManchester United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 2, Manchester United 6.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy