Man United vs Aston Villa

26 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

Alejandro Garnacho 59’, 71’
Rasmus Højlund 82’

John McGinn 21’
Leander Dendoncker 26’

Match summary

Man United came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Aston Villa. Aston Villa led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, John McGinn put Aston Villa ahead with a direct free kick in the 21st minute and Leander Dendoncker made it 0-2 from a corner in the 26th minute, set up by Clement Lenglet. In the second half, Alejandro Garnacho pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 59th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford, Garnacho equalised in the 71st minute, and Rasmus Højlund won it from a corner in the 82nd minute.

Aston Villa can feel hard done by, creating 1.84 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Man United's 1.20 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 10

7 Shots on Target 4

3 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.20 xG 1.84

1.20 Non-penalty xG 1.84

4 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Man United Aston Villa

Kick-off

21’

John McGinn

0-1

26’

Leander Dendoncker
Assist: Clement Lenglet

0-2

Half-time0-2

Alejandro Garnacho
Assist: Marcus Rashford

1-2

59’

Alejandro Garnacho

2-2

71’

Rasmus Højlund

3-2

82’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Man United

Bruno Fernandes

Aston Villa

Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
Diego Carlos
Jacob Ramsey

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.

Man United 1.20 xGAston Villa 1.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
André Onana	GK	90			0	0.00	0.08	2
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Christian Eriksen	MID	90			2	0.05	0.10	1
Kobbie Mainoo	MID	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alejandro Garnacho	MID	90	2		4	0.64	0.03	1
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			2	0.13	0.30	3
Marcus Rashford	MID	84		1	3	0.23	0.44	1
Rasmus Højlund	FWD	90	1		1	0.11	0.05	1
Antony	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willy Kambwala	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hannibal Mejbri	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Gore	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Diego Carlos	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.76	1
Lucas Digne	DEF	54			0	0.00	0.05	1
Leander Dendoncker	MID	90	1		1	0.76	0.00	0
Douglas Luiz	MID	90			1	0.05	0.11	2
Leon Bailey	MID	81			2	0.14	0.14	1
John McGinn	MID	90	1		3	0.56	0.09	1
Jacob Ramsey	MID	81			1	0.14	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	Sub	36			0	0.00	0.59	2
Moussa Diaby	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolo Zaniolo	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jhon Durán	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Iroegbunam	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 41% Avg odds 2.34

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.75

Aston Villa win 33% Avg odds 2.91

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

Form going into the game

Man United L W L D L

Aston Villa D W W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 1-0 Aston Villa, 30 Apr 23 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-2 Man United, 11 Feb 24 All Man United vs Aston Villa 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.