English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 4, 2015
Aston Villa LWWWL 1
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Manchester United WWLWW 3
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Old Trafford · 75,397 att.

Match Report

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Manchester United up to third as Ander Herrera double downs Aston Villa

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
1
23.6
Possession
76.4
5
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
166
Accurate Passes
668
234
Passes
736
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
9
6
Crosses
41
0.5
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
74
34
Accurate Long Balls
59
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
14
16
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
19
35
Clearances
19

Head to Head

MAN leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MAN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 5Marcos RojoCD-L
  3. 4Phil JonesCD-R
  4. 16Michael CarrickDM
  5. 17Daley BlindLB
  6. 25Antonio ValenciaRB
  7. 31Marouane FellainiCM-L
  8. 21Ander HerreraCM-R
  9. 18Ashley YoungLM
  10. 8Juan MataRM
  11. 10Wayne RooneyF

Substitutes

  1. 33Paddy McNairSUB
  2. 11Adnan JanuzajSUB
  3. 44Andreas PereiraSUB
  4. 7Ángel Di MaríaSUB
  5. 32Víctor ValdésSUB
  6. 2RafaelSUB
  7. 9Radamel FalcaoSUB

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 34Matthew LowtonLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 16Fabian DelphCM-L
  7. 24Carlos SánchezCM-R
  8. 10Andreas WeimannLM
  9. 28Charles N'ZogbiaRM
  10. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorCF-L
  11. 20Christian BentekeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Carles GilSUB
  2. 31Shay GivenSUB
  3. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  4. 12Joe ColeSUB
  5. 4Ron VlaarSUB
  6. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  7. 2Nathan BakerSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Manchester United 1, Aston Villa 0. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daley Blind.
  2. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Alan Hutton because of an injury.
  3. 61' Substitution, Aston Villa. Nathan Baker replaces Charles N'Zogbia.
  4. 70' Substitution, Manchester United. Ángel Di María replaces Ashley Young.
  5. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Joe Cole replaces Andreas Weimann.
  6. 77' Substitution, Manchester United. Falcao replaces Marouane Fellaini.
  7. 79' Goal! Manchester United 2, Aston Villa 0. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross.
  8. 80' Goal! Manchester United 2, Aston Villa 1. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Cole with a cross following a corner.
  9. 83' Fabian Delph (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+2' Goal! Manchester United 3, Aston Villa 1. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Juan Mata.

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