On the evening of October 6, 2024/2025, Villa hosted Manchester United at Villa Park in the seventh round of the English Premier League season. Maguire retired at the end of the first half, and both teams failed to score in the first half, with a score of 0:0 at half-time.
In the first half, Rashford's shot was blocked by Martinez in the 4th minute, Watkins' shot from inside the box was deflected in the 7th minute, Bidas' shot from long range in the 19th minute was deflected in the 35th minute, Bailly's shot from the air was blemished after Digne's pass, and Gana Qiao's shot from inside the box was obtained by Martinez in the 38th minute.
In the second half, Rashford's shot was deflected off the crossbar by Martinez in the 48th minute, Velakash's shot went wide in the 50th minute, Thielemans' shot was blocked by Onana in the 55th minute, and Watkins' shot went over the crossbar in the 56th minute. In the 60th minute Watkins' shot went over the bar, in the 66th minute B Faye's free kick hit the crossbar and Anthony's shot was deflected, in the 74th minute Digne's free kick went over the crossbar and in the 76th minute Anthony's shot was saved by Martinez. In the 92nd minute, Bidas' shot was blocked by Dalot, in the 94th minute, Evans' header from a United corner went wide, and in the 97th minute, Rodgers rolled his shot to the far corner of the net. The match ended in a 0-0 draw between Villa and United, with United going winless in their last 5 matches.
Both sides' starting lineups:
Villa: 23 - Martinez / 12 - Digne, 14 - Torres, 4 - Konsa (11 mins 3 - Carlos), 2 - Cash / 8 - Tielemans, 6 - Barclay / 19 - Bidas, 27 - Rodgers, 31 - Bailey (61 mins 9 - Doolan) / 11 - Watkins.
Manchester United: 24 - Onana / 20 - Dalot, 35 - Evans, 5 - Maguire (45 mins 4 - Derecht), 3 - Mazrahi (45 mins 2 - Lindelof) / 14 - Eriksson, 37 - Maynu / 10 - Rashford (63 mins 21 - Anthony), 8 - B Faye, 17 - Garnacho / 9 - Hoylén (63 mins 11 - Zylkirch).
