Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2003
Result
Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa: match report
Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 December 2003. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (16'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (45'), Diego Forlán Corazo (89') and Diego Forlán Corazo (90'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 31 points from 14 and Aston Villa 17th on 14 points from 14. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 56.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Aston Villa's W-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 45'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 55'Yellow card · Lee Hendrie
- 89'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 90'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Tim Howard, Rio Ferdinand, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Darren Fletcher, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Ryan Giggs, Diego Forlán Corazo