Aston Villa 0-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2006

Result

Aston Villa 0-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 0-3 Manchester United: match report

Aston Villa lost to Manchester United 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Aston Villa did not score. Manchester United scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (58'), Paul Scholes (64') and Cristiano Ronaldo (84').

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 9th on 25 points from 18 and Manchester United 1st on 44 points from 18. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Manchester United 1st with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 8 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 58'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-1
  • 64'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 0-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 73'Yellow card · Chris SuttonAston Villa
  • 78'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 84'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 2, Manchester United 8.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Gavin McCann, Steven Davis, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Chris Sutton, Olof Mellberg, Gary Cahill

Manchester United line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes