Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Friday 1 January 2021
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Friday 1 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa: match report
Manchester United won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Friday 1 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Anthony Martial opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Anthony Martial (40') and Bruno Fernandes (61', penalty). Aston Villa scored through Bertrand Traoré (58').
Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Aston Villa received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 30 points from 15 and Aston Villa 5th on 26 points from 14. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Aston Villa 11th with 55.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Grealish of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Aaron Wan-Bissaka (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 49'Yellow card · Harry Maguire
- 55'Yellow card · E. Bailly
- 58'Goal · Bertrand Traoré
- 61'Penalty goal · Bruno Fernandes
- 89'Yellow card · Luke Shaw
- 90'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Phil Jones
- Ross Barkley
- Leander Dendoncker
- Morgan Sanson
- Lucas Digne
- Victor Lindelöf
- Philippe Coutinho
- Mahmoud Trezeguet
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Fred, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Bertrand Traoré, Jack Grealish, Anwar El Ghazi, Ollie Watkins