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Premiership · Matchday 34

Manchester United v Aston Villa

4–0
HT 2–0
Sunday 15th April 2012 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,138

Manchester United beat Aston Villa 4–0 at Old Trafford on Sunday 15th April 2012 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (7', 73'), Danny Welbeck (43') and Nani (90') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 7' Wayne Rooney pen 1–0
  3. 9' Michael Carrick
  4. 38' Gary Gardner
  5. 43' Danny Welbeck Assist: Patrice Evra 2–0
  6. Half Time 2–0
  7. 49' Paul Scholes
  8. 51' Alan Hutton
  9. 61' Luis Nani for Young
  10. 73' Wayne Rooney Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 3–0
  11. 74' Dimitar Berbatov for Rooney
  12. 78' Tom Cleverley for Scholes
  13. 90' Nani Assist: Jonny Evans 4–0
  14. 90' Barry Bannan
  15. 90' Luis Nani
  16. Full Time 4–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 David de Gea
3 Patrice Evra
5 Rio Ferdinand
6 Jonny Evans
10 Wayne Rooney 7', 73'
16 Michael Carrick
18 Ashley Young
19 Danny Welbeck 43'
21 Rafael da Silva
22 Paul Scholes
25 Antonio Valencia
Substitutes
Luis Nani
61' for Young
90'
Dimitar Berbatov
74' for Rooney
Tom Cleverley
78' for Scholes

Aston Villa Lineup

4-5-1
Starting XI
1 Shay Given G
2 Alan Hutton RB
6 James Collins CD-R
7 Stephen Ireland AM
11 Gabriel Agbonlahor F
21 Ciaran Clark CM-L
25 Barry Bannan RM
26 Andreas Weimann LM
30 Eric Lichaj LB
32 Nathan Baker CD-L
38 Gary Gardner CM-R
Substitutes
10 Charles N'Zogbia on
14 Nathan Delfouneso
18 Emile Heskey on
22 Brad Guzan
24 Carlos Cuéllar
35 Daniel Johnson
40 Samir Carruthers on

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

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Alex McLeish
Aston Villa

Match Information

Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
Aston Villa
4-5-1
Man Utd Aston Villa
64%
Possession
36%
25
Shots
9
15
Shots on Target
2
11
Corners
4
8
Fouls
8
0
Offsides
0

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 178 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 178 times: 91W 38D 49L.
13 Nov 2010 D 2–2 PL 1 Feb 2011 W 3–1 PL 3 Dec 2011 W 1–0 PL
15 Apr 2012 W 4–0 This match
10 Nov 2012 W 3–2 PL 22 Apr 2013 W 3–0 PL 15 Dec 2013 W 3–0 PL
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 FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →