Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 15 April 2012
Result
Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 15 April 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa: match report
Manchester United won against Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 April 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (7', penalty), Danny Welbeck (43'), Wayne Rooney (73') and Nani (90+3'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 79 points from 33 and Aston Villa 15th on 35 points from 32. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 38.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Aston Villa's D-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Penalty goal · Wayne Rooney
- 9'Yellow card · Michael Carrick
- 38'Yellow card · G. Gardner
- 43'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 49'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 51'Yellow card · Alan Hutton
- 73'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 90+1'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 90+2'Yellow card · Nani
- 90+3'Goal · Nani
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
David de Gea, Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young, Park Ji-Sung, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernández Balcázar
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Shay Given, Alan Hutton, James Collins, Ciaran Clark, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Ireland, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Gary Gardner, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nathan Baker