Manchester United 0-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2009

Result

Manchester United 0-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 12 December 2009, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 0-1 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester United were beaten by Aston Villa 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 December 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Gabriel Agbonlahor of Aston Villa in the 21st minute.

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 34 points from 15 and Aston Villa 5th on 26 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 64.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 90'Yellow card · Luke YoungAston Villa

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Tomasz Kuszczak, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Anderson, Darron Gibson, Danny Welbeck, Nani, Federico Macheda, Michael Owen, Gary Neville

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

Luke Young, Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, Stewart Downing, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar