Aston Villa vs Man United

11 February 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Douglas Luiz 67’

Rasmus Højlund 17’
Scott McTominay 86’

Match summary

Man United took a 2-1 win at Aston Villa, with a late winner. Man United led 1-0 at half-time.

Rasmus Højlund put Man United ahead from a corner in the 17th minute, set up by Harry Maguire, Douglas Luiz equalised from a corner in the 67th minute, and Scott McTominay won it with a header in the 86th minute, set up by Diogo Dalot.

Aston Villa can feel hard done by, creating 3.06 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Man United's 2.45 from 17.

Match stats

23 Shots 17

10 Shots on Target 5

10 Corners 8

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.65 xG 2.45

2.65 Non-penalty xG 2.45

10 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Aston Villa Man United

Kick-off

17’

Rasmus Højlund
Assist: Harry Maguire

0-1

Half-time0-1

Douglas Luiz

1-1

67’

86’

Scott McTominay
Assist: Diogo Dalot

1-2

Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa

Matthew Cash
Clement Lenglet
Moussa Diaby

Man United

Casemiro
Kobbie Mainoo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Aston Villa 3.06 xGMan United 2.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90		2	0.04	0.50	2
Diego Carlos	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90		1	0.63	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.10	3
Douglas Luiz	MID	90	1	3	0.75	0.08	1
Boubacar Kamara	MID	69		0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	MID	77		2	0.09	0.12	2
John McGinn	MID	90		4	0.22	0.49	3
Jacob Ramsey	MID	90		5	0.32	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90		3	0.86	0.05	1
Moussa Diaby	Sub	21		2	0.10	0.08	1
Youri Tielemans	Sub	13		0	0.00	0.02	1
Lucas Digne	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolo Zaniolo	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
André Onana	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.44	2
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90		1	2	0.10	0.63	1
Luke Shaw	DEF	50			0	0.00	0.04	1
Casemiro	MID	90			2	0.03	0.08	1
Kobbie Mainoo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.48	4
Alejandro Garnacho	MID	90			6	0.36	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			0	0.00	0.78	8
Marcus Rashford	MID	77			3	0.46	0.00	0
Rasmus Højlund	FWD	90	1		2	1.06	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	13	1		1	0.40	0.00	0
Sofyan Amrabat	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 44% Avg odds 2.16

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.89

Man United win 31% Avg odds 3.13

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa L W D L W

Man United W L D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 3-2 Aston Villa, 26 Dec 23 Next meeting: Aston Villa 0-0 Man United, 06 Oct 24 All Aston Villa vs Man United meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.