Aston Villa vs Manchester City, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueAston Villa leapfrog Manchester City in table with huge win
Aston Villa stunned Manchester City with a fully-deserved 1-0 win on Wednesday thanks to a deflected shot from Leon Bailey, leaving the reigning Premier League champions in an unfamiliar fourth position and six points off the top.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Attempt missed. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 4': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 4': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Attempt saved. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 6': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ederson.
- 7': Attempt saved. Pau Torres (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 11': Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden with a through ball.
- 11': Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from very close range is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 12': Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
- 12': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Offside, Manchester City. Julián Álvarez is caught offside.
- 17': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 17': John Stones (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 19': Kyle Walker (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Attempt saved. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ezri Konsa.
- 22': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ederson.
- 23': Attempt blocked. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.
- 23': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by John Stones.
- 24': Attempt saved. John McGinn (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
- 24': Foul by Julián Álvarez (Manchester City).
- 24': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Carlos.
- 28': Foul by Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
- 28': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 29': Attempt missed. Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 30': Offside, Manchester City. Julián Álvarez is caught offside.
- 31': Attempt missed. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
- 33': Delay in match because of an injury Lucas Digne (Aston Villa).
- 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 36': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Foul by Rico Lewis (Manchester City).
- 38': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa).
- 38': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41': Attempt missed. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 43': Foul by Manuel Akanji (Manchester City).
- 43': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Rico Lewis (Manchester City).
- 44': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by John Stones (Manchester City).
- 44': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': John Stones (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Manchester City 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 0, Manchester City 0.
- 46': Offside, Manchester City. Phil Foden is caught offside.
- 49': Foul by Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
- 49': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Rico Lewis (Manchester City).
- 53': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Offside, Manchester City. Phil Foden is caught offside.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.
- 58': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 58': Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 60': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 60': Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
- 61': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross.
- 64': Attempt missed. John McGinn (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
- 64': Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Foul by Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
- 66': Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 67': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
- 67': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
- 67': Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Rico Lewis.
- 68': Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Julián Álvarez.
- 69': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
- 69': Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
- 71': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 73': Substitution, Manchester City. Oscar Bobb replaces Phil Foden.
- 74': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 0. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 76': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 76': Kyle Walker (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Attempt blocked. John McGinn (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.
- 78': Attempt saved. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 78': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ederson.
- 79': Delay in match because of an injury Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Erling Haaland (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Diego Carlos (Aston Villa).
- 81': Erling Haaland (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 81': Foul by Diego Carlos (Aston Villa).
- 84': Delay in match because of an injury Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 85': Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces Leon Bailey because of an injury.
- 85': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Youri Tielemans.
- 86': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
- 87': Hand ball by Pau Torres (Aston Villa).
- 87': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
- 89': Offside, Manchester City. Kyle Walker is caught offside.
- 90': Substitution, Aston Villa. Álex Moreno replaces Lucas Digne.
- 90': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Ollie Watkins.
- 90'+2': Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
- 90'+3': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
- 90'+5': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 90'+5': Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 0.
- 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 0.
Statistics
MNC | AVL | |
---|---|---|
13 | Fouls | 13 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
5 | Offsides | 0 |
0 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
6 | Saves | 2 |
53.9 | Possession | 46.1 |
2 | SHOTS | 22 |
2 | ON GOAL | 7 |
1.0 | On Target % | 0.3 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
454 | Accurate Passes | 372 |
520 | Passes | 436 |
0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
1 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
7 | Crosses | 17 |
0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
41 | Long Balls | 54 |
23 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
0 | Blocked Shots | 9 |
12 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
19 | Tackles | 15 |
0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
6 | Interceptions | 7 |
29 | Effective Clearances | 6 |
29 | Clearances | 6 |
Game Information
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 41,421
Premier League Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester City | 9 | +11 | 23 |
2 | Liverpool | 9 | +12 | 22 |
3 | Arsenal | 9 | +7 | 18 |
4 | Aston Villa | 9 | +5 | 18 |
Line-Ups
Aston Villa (4-4-1-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Emiliano Martínez (GK) |
14 | Pau Torres |
3 | Diego Carlos |
12 | Lucas Digne |
4 | Ezri Konsa |
6 | Douglas Luiz |
44 | Boubacar Kamara |
7 | John McGinn |
31 | Leon Bailey |
11 | Ollie Watkins |
8 | Youri Tielemans |
Manchester City (3-2-4-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
31 | Ederson (GK) |
3 | Rúben Dias |
24 | Josko Gvardiol |
2 | Kyle Walker |
25 | Manuel Akanji |
5 | John Stones |
47 | Phil Foden |
20 | Bernardo Silva |
9 | Erling Haaland |
19 | Julián Álvarez |
82 | Rico Lewis |
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