Aston Villa vs Man United

9 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–0

Bertrand Traoré 24’

Bruno Fernandes 52’ (pen)
Mason Greenwood 56’
Edinson Cavani 87’

Match summary

Man United came from behind to win 3-1 away at Aston Villa. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Bertrand Traoré put Aston Villa ahead in the 24th minute. In the second half, Bruno Fernandes equalised from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, Mason Greenwood put Man United in front in the 56th minute, set up by Aaron Wan-Bissaka, and Edinson Cavani made it 1-3 with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.89 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Aston Villa's 0.57 from 11. Aston Villa had a player sent off.

Match stats

11 Shots 18

5 Shots on Target 7

5 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 1

1 Red Cards 0

0.57 xG 1.89

0.57 Non-penalty xG 1.13

8 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Aston Villa Man United

Kick-off

Bertrand Traoré

1-0

24’

Half-time1-0

52’

Bruno Fernandes
Penalty

1-1

56’

Mason Greenwood
Assist: Aaron Wan-Bissaka

1-2

87’

Edinson Cavani
Assist: Marcus Rashford

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Ollie Watkins
John McGinn

Man United

Harry Maguire

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 0.57 xGMan United 1.89 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		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.10	3
John McGinn	MID	90		0	0.00	0.07	2
Douglas Luiz	MID	66		0	0.00	0.00	0
Bertrand Traoré	MID	90	1	4	0.27	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	MID	78		1	0.02	0.08	1
Anwar El Ghazi	MID	78		3	0.10	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90		2	0.15	0.00	0
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	24		0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley	Sub	12		0	0.00	0.00	0
Keinan Davis	Sub	12		0	0.00	0.08	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	79			1	0.01	0.02	1
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.19	3
Fred	MID	90			1	0.01	0.05	1
Scott McTominay	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mason Greenwood	MID	66	1		3	0.17	0.00	0
Bruno Fernandes	MID	87	1		4	1.02	0.05	3
Paul Pogba	MID	90			2	0.04	0.12	2
Marcus Rashford	FWD	90		1	3	0.08	0.61	4
Edinson Cavani	Sub	24	1		2	0.47	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 22% Avg odds 4.43

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.94

Man United win 54% Avg odds 1.78

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W L L D W

Man United W W W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 2-1 Aston Villa, 01 Jan 21 Next meeting: Man United 0-1 Aston Villa, 25 Sep 21 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.