FA Cup · 3rd Round
Aston Villa v Manchester United
0–2
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
- Kick Off
- Half Time
- 70' Wayne Rooney for Park
- 79' Owen Hargreaves for Saha
- 81' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–1
- 89' Wayne Rooney 0–2
- 90' John O'Shea for Giggs
- Full Time 0–2
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
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
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.
7 Jan 2007 W 2–1 FAC 13 Jan 2007 W 3–1 PL 20 Oct 2007 W 4–1 PL
5 Jan 2008 W 2–0 This match
29 Mar 2008 W 4–0 PL 22 Nov 2008 D 0–0 PL 5 Apr 2009 W 3–2 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 100 | 69 | 18 | 13 | 214 | 87 | 69.0 |
| Away | 99 | 38 | 24 | 37 | 154 | 166 | 38.4 |
| Neutral | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33.3 |
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 →