Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2025
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2025, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United: match report
Aston Villa defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 December 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Morgan Rogers opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Morgan Rogers (45') and Morgan Rogers (57'). Manchester United scored through Matheus Cunha (45+3').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 3rd on 33 points from 16 and Manchester United 7th on 26 points from 16. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 71.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Patrick Dorgu (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 6 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 45'Goal · Morgan Rogers
- 45+3'Goal · Matheus Cunha
- 57'Goal · Morgan Rogers
- 68'Yellow card · Manuel Ugarte
- 72'Yellow card · Diogo Dalot
- 90+2'Yellow card · Lamare Bogarde
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Victor Lindelöf, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins
Manchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Senne Lammens, Leny Yoro, Ayden Heaven, Luke Shaw, Diogo Dalot, Manuel Ugarte, Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu, Mason Mount, Matheus Cunha, Benjamin Sesko