Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2014

Result

Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester United: match report

Aston Villa drew with Manchester United 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 December 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.

Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Christian Benteke (18'). Manchester United scored through R. Falcao (53').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 19 points from 16 and Manchester United 3rd on 32 points from 16. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Manchester United 4th with 67.

Aston Villa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Manchester United in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · R. FalcaoManchester United · 1-1
  • 65'Red card · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa
  • 75'Yellow card · Tyler BlackettManchester United
  • 75'Yellow card · Brad GuzanAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 2, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (3-4-3)

Brad Guzan, Jores Okore, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Matthew Lowton, Carlos Sánchez, Fabian Delph, Aly Cissokho, Andreas Weimann, Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor

Manchester United expected line-up (3-4-3)

David de Gea, Luke Shaw, Daley Blind, Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo, Chris Smalling, Wayne Mark Rooney, Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María, Marouane Fellaini