Manchester United 0-0 Villarreal: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 17 September 2008

Result

Manchester United 0-0 Villarreal

Champions League · Wednesday 17 September 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 0-0 Villarreal: match report

Manchester United drew with Villarreal 0-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 17 September 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 3 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Villarreal.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco FarquarsonVillarreal
  • 72'Yellow card · C. TevezManchester United
  • 88'Yellow card · Ariel Santiago IbagazaVillarreal
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Diego LópezVillarreal

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester United 0, draws 2, Villarreal 0.

Team news

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

Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha

Villarreal line-up (4-4-1-1)

Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Edmilson, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Cani, Matías Fernández, Guillermo Franco Farquarson