Aston Villa 1-4 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2007

Result

Aston Villa 1-4 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2007, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Aston Villa 1-4 Manchester United: match report

Aston Villa lost to Manchester United 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2007. The half-time score was 1-3.

Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Gabriel Agbonlahor (12'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (36'), Wayne Rooney (44'), Rio Ferdinand (45') and Joshua Andrew Harrop (75').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 8th on 14 points from 8 and Manchester United 3rd on 20 points from 9. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Manchester United 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 9 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 44'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-2
  • 45'Goal · Rio FerdinandManchester United · 1-3
  • 52'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerAston Villa
  • 59'Second yellow · Nigel Reo-CokerAston Villa
  • 66'Red card · Scott CarsonAston Villa
  • 67'Yellow card · Ashley YoungAston Villa
  • 68'Missed penalty · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 75'Goal · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United · 1-4
  • 89'Yellow card · NaniManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 1, Manchester United 9.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Carson, Ashley Young, Martin Laursen, Wilfred Bouma, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Luke Moore, Olof Mellberg

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville