Premiership · Matchday 17

Aston Villa v Manchester United

2–1

HT 1–1

Sunday 21st December 2025 · Villa Park · Att: 43,157

Manchester United lost 1–2 to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Sunday 21st December 2025 in the Premiership. Matheus Cunha (45'+3') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
45' Morgan Rogers Assist: John McGinn 1–0
45+3' Matheus Cunha Assist: Patrick Dorgu 1–1
Half Time 1–1
46' Lisandro Martinez for Fernandes
57' Morgan Rogers Assist: Ollie Watkins 2–1
68' Manuel Ugarte
72' Diogo Dalot
73' Jack Fletcher for Sesko
73' Joshua Zirkzee for Ugarte
84' Shea Lacey for Yoro
90' Lamare Bogarde
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

2 Diogo Dalot

7 Mason Mount

8 Bruno Fernandes

10 Matheus Cunha 45'+3

Substitutes

46' for Fernandes

73' for Sesko

73' for Ugarte

84' for Yoro

Aston Villa Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2 Matty Cash RB

3 Victor Lindelöf CD-L

4 Ezri Konsa CD-R

7 John McGinn AM-R

8 Youri Tielemans AM

11 Ollie Watkins F

22 Ian Maatsen LB

23 Emiliano Martínez G

24 Amadou Onana LM

27 Morgan Rogers AM-L ⚽⚽

44 Boubacar Kamara RM

Substitutes

10 Emiliano Buendía on

12 Lucas Digne on

16 Andrés García

17 Donyell Malen on

26 Lamare Bogarde on

29 Evann Guessand on

40 Marco Bizot

53 George Hemmings

56 Leon Routh

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

Managers

MUFC

Ruben Amorim

Manchester United

OPP

Unai Emery

Aston Villa

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-2-1

Formation

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Aston Villa

57%

Possession

43%

1.3

Expected Goals (xG)

1.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.70

Avg Player Rating

7.00

24.8

Avg Age

28.1

United vs Aston Villa History

Meeting 201 of 202

202

Played

108

Won

Drawn

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 201 times: 107W 42D 52L.

11 Feb 2024 W 2–1 PL 6 Oct 2024 D 0–0 PL 25 May 2025 W 2–0 PL

21 Dec 2025 L 1–2 This match

15 Mar 2026 W 3–1 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

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 →