Aston Villa 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 May 2021

Result

Aston Villa 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 9 May 2021, 13:05 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Bertrand Traoré opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Bertrand Traoré (24'). Manchester United scored through Bruno Fernandes (52', penalty), Mason Greenwood (56') and Edinson Cavani (87').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 48 points from 33 and Manchester United 2nd on 67 points from 33. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 74.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (7.8), ahead of Dean Henderson (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 8 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

24'Goal · Bertrand TraoréAston Villa · 1-0
45+1'Yellow card · O. WatkinsAston Villa
52'Penalty goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 1-1
56'Goal · Mason GreenwoodManchester United · 1-2
67'Yellow card · Harry MaguireManchester United
79'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
87'Goal · Edinson CavaniManchester United · 1-3
89'Second yellow · O. WatkinsAston Villa

Head-to-head

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

Manchester United 2-1 Aston VillaPremier League · 1 Jan 2021
Aston Villa 0-3 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 9 Jul 2020
Manchester United 2-2 Aston VillaPremier League · 1 Dec 2019
Manchester United 1-0 Aston VillaPremier League · 16 Apr 2016
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 14 Aug 2015
Manchester United 2-1 Aston VillaPremier League · 4 Apr 2015

Team news

Unavailable

Phil JonesManchester United · injury (Knee Injury)
Timothy Fosu-MensahManchester United · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Daniel JamesManchester United · injury (Unknown Injury)
Mahmoud TrezeguetAston Villa · injury (Knee Surgery)
Raphaël VaraneManchester United · injury (Leg Injury)
Philippe CoutinhoAston Villa · injury (Ruptured Meniscus)
Anthony MartialManchester United · injury (Ruptured Knee Ligament)
Jack GrealishAston Villa · injury (Shinbone Injury)

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Bertrand Traoré, Ross Barkley, Anwar El Ghazi, Ollie Watkins

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dean Henderson, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Fred, Mason Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford