Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 1 February 2011

Result

Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Tuesday 1 February 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 February 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (1'), Wayne Rooney (45') and Nemanja Vidic (64'). Aston Villa scored through Darren Bent (59').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 51 points from 23 and Aston Villa 13th on 28 points from 24. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Aston Villa 9th with 48.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · Darren BentAston Villa · 2-1
  • 64'Goal · Nemanja VidicManchester United · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 6, draws 3, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov

Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)

Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Ciaran Clark, James Collins, Kyle Walker, Stewart Downing, Marc Albrighton, Jean Makoun, Stiliyan Petrov, Darren Bent, Brad Friedel