Manchester United 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008, 17:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 March 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (16'), Carlos Tévez (33'), Wayne Rooney (52') and Wayne Rooney (70'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 72 points from 31 and Aston Villa 8th on 49 points from 31. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Wilfred BoumaAston Villa
  • 33'Goal · Carlos TévezManchester United · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 3-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 70'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 10, draws 0, Aston Villa 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

Aston Villa expected line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Carson, Ashley Young, Martin Laursen, Wilfred Bouma, Curtis Davies, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Shaun Maloney