Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2005
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 20 August 2005, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa: match report
Manchester United won against Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 August 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy of Manchester United in the 66th minute.
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Olof Mellberg
- 42'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 66'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 90'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
Head-to-head
Team news
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
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