Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2016

Result

Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Marcus Rashford of Manchester United in the 32nd minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 52 points from 32 and Aston Villa 20th on 18 points from 33. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.

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

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 L-W-W-L-W and Aston Villa's D-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonAston 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)

David de Gea, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo, Anthony Martial, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Michael Carrick, Morgan Schneiderlin, Marcus Rashford

Aston Villa expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Brad Guzan, Aly Cissokho, Joleon Lescott, Alan Hutton, Ciaran Clark, Ashley Westwood, Carles Gil, Jordan Veretout, Idrissa Gueye, Jordan Ayew