The English Premier League match between Aston Villa vs Man Utd ended with a score of 1-2 for the visitors. This victory made the club nicknamed the Red Devils closer to the European zone.
Manchester United (Man Utd) played an away match against Aston Villa in the 2023/24 English Premier League week 24, Monday (12/2/2024) early morning WIB. The two teams competed at Villa Park Stadium.
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This is the second meeting for Man Utd and Aston Villa in the 2023/24 English Premier League. The first meeting took place at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, where Erik ten Hag’s men won 3-2.
This time, Aston Villa certainly has the ambition to avenge their defeat in the first meeting in Manchester. However, the Man Utd camp also came with the ambition to get three points to get closer to the European zone.
The course of the Aston Villa vs Man Utd match
Judging from the match statistics, Aston Villa as the hosts were able to control the game with ball possession reaching 55%, superior to Man Utd who held ball possession at 45%.
Aston Villa also leads in terms of number of shots, namely 16! Of the 16 shots, 10 of them were on target and only one resulted in a goal. One goal was scored by Douglas Luiz in the 67th minute.
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On the other hand, Man Utd took 10 shots, of which five were on target and two resulted in goals. The two goals were scored by Rasmus Højlund in the 17th minute and Scott McTominay in the 86th minute.
This victory strengthened Man Utd’s position in sixth place with 41 points, close to Aston Villa who are in the Europa League zone, namely fifth with 46 points.
Aston Villa vs Man Utd Player Lineup
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez (GK); Matty Cash, Diego Carlos, Clément Lenglet, Àlex Moreno; Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz; Leon Bailey, John McGinn, Jacob Ramsey; Ollie Watkins.
Manchester United (4-2-3-1)
Andrew Onana (GK); Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; Kobbie Mainoo, Casemiro; Alexander Grenache, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford; Rasmus Hojlund.
Editor: Muhammad Perkasa Al Hafiz