Manchester United 3-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 April 2009
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 5 April 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Manchester United 3-2 Aston Villa: match report
Manchester United beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 April 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (11'), Cristiano Ronaldo (80') and Federico Macheda (90'). Aston Villa scored through John Carew (29') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (58').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 65 points from 29 and Aston Villa 5th on 52 points from 30. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Aston Villa's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 12'Yellow card · James Milner
- 29'Goal · John Carew
- 58'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 79'Yellow card · Ashley Young
- 80'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90'Yellow card · Federico Macheda
- 90'Goal · Federico Macheda
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Young, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar