Manchester United 4-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2014

Result

Manchester United 4-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2014, 12:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester United 4-1 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 March 2014. The half-time score was 2-1.

Ashley Westwood opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (20'), Wayne Rooney (45', penalty), Juan Mata (57') and Chicharito (90+1'). Aston Villa scored through Ashley Westwood (13').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 55 points from 31 and Aston Villa 12th on 33 points from 30. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 37.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · RafaelManchester United
  • 13'Goal · Ashley WestwoodAston Villa · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Alexander BüttnerManchester United
  • 20'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · L. BacunaAston Villa
  • 45'Penalty goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Juan MataManchester United · 3-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandAston Villa
  • 88'Yellow card · Ciaran ClarkAston Villa
  • 90+1'Goal · ChicharitoManchester United · 4-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 7, draws 2, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones, Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Mark Rooney, Michael Carrick, Juan Mata, Robin van Persie, Marouane Fellaini, Danny Welbeck

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

Brad Guzan, Leandro Bacuna, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Ryan Bertrand, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph, Marc Albrighton, Andreas Weimann, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke