Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 22 January 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 January 2005. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (8'), Louis Saha (69') and Paul Scholes (70'). Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (53').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 47 points from 23 and Aston Villa 10th on 31 points from 23. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.

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