Manchester United Data
FA Cup · 3rd Round

Aston Villa v Manchester United

0–2
Saturday 5th January 2008 · Villa Park · Att: 33,630

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2–0 at Villa Park on Saturday 5th January 2008 in the FA Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo (81') and Wayne Rooney (89') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. Half Time
  3. 70' Wayne Rooney for Park
  4. 79' Owen Hargreaves for Saha
  5. 81' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–1
  6. 89' Wayne Rooney 0–2
  7. 90' John O'Shea for Giggs
  8. Full Time 0–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Aston Villa Lineup

Starting XI
3 Wilfred Bouma D
4 Olof Mellberg D
5 Martin Laursen D
6 Gareth Barry M
7 Ashley Young F
10 John Carew F
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor F
15 Curtis Davies D
19 Stilian Petrov M
20 Nigel Reo-Coker M
22 Scott Carson G
Substitutes
8 Luke Moore on
13 Stuart Taylor
16 Zat Knight
26 Craig Gardner on
28 Shaun Maloney on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Martin O'Neill
Aston Villa

Match Information

Man Utd Aston Villa
51%
Possession
49%
18
Shots
7
6
Shots on Target
2
5
Corners
5
8
Fouls
13
0
Offsides
0
3
Saves
6

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 168 of 202
202
Played
108
Won
42
Drawn
52
Lost
372
Goals For
259
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 19th November 1892. After this match United had played Aston Villa 168 times: 85W 35D 48L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 100691813 2148769.0
Away 99382437 15416638.4
Neutral 3102 4633.3
All 202 meetings with Aston Villa →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →