Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 15 April 2012

Result

Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 15 April 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester United won against Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 April 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (7', penalty), Danny Welbeck (43'), Wayne Rooney (73') and Nani (90+3'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 79 points from 33 and Aston Villa 15th on 35 points from 32. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 38.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3.

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 L-W-W-W-W and Aston Villa's D-D-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Penalty goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United
  • 38'Yellow card · G. GardnerAston Villa
  • 43'Goal · Danny WelbeckManchester United · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 51'Yellow card · Alan HuttonAston Villa
  • 73'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 3-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Barry BannanAston Villa
  • 90+2'Yellow card · NaniManchester United
  • 90+3'Goal · NaniManchester United · 4-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Mame DioufManchester United · injury (Ruptured Syndesmotic Ligament)

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

David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Rafael, Antonio Valencia, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck

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

Shay Given, Alan Hutton, James Collins, Ciaran Clark, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Ireland, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Gary Gardner, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nathan Baker