Aston Villa vs Leicester 2022-23 English Premier League

Aston Villa

9': Ollie Watkins
32': Harry Souttar (OG)

FT
2 - 4

Leicester City

12': James Maddison
41': Kelechi Iheanacho
45'+2': Mateus Tetê
79': Dennis Praet

Leicester stun Aston Villa with comeback victory in six-goal thriller

Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates scoring his sides second goal to level the score [1296x729]

Leicester City twice came from a goal down in a frenetic first half to eventually claim a valuable 4-2 victory at Aston Villa on Saturday.

Match Commentary

9': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal.
12': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 1. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
32': Own Goal by Harry Souttar, Leicester City. Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 1.
41': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 2. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes with a cross.
45'+2': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 3. Tetê (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
45'+4': First Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 3.
45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Philippe Coutinho replaces Jacob Ramsey.
45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Álex Moreno replaces Lucas Digne.
56': Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Ashley Young.
67': Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
67': Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces James Maddison.
67': Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
79': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 4. Dennis Praet (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
81': Substitution, Leicester City. Luke Thomas replaces Victor Kristiansen.
82': Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Boubacar Kamara.
82': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Leon Bailey.
83': Substitution, Leicester City. Çaglar Söyüncü replaces Tetê.
86': Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 4.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 42,055

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+56	Arsenal	34	77	5
+41	Liverpool	34	74	4
+44	Manchester City	32	73	3
+21	Aston Villa	34	66	8

Full Table

Statistics

LEI		AVL
0	Fouls	0
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
0	Corner Kicks	0
0	Saves	0
0	Possession	0
0	SHOTS	0
0	ON GOAL	0
0.0	On Target %	0.0
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
0	Blocked Shots	0
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Line-Ups

Aston Villa (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Emiliano Martínez (GK)
5	Tyrone Mings
4	Ezri Konsa
27	Lucas Digne
18	Ashley Young
6	Douglas Luiz
44	Boubacar Kamara
10	Emiliano Buendía
41	Jacob Ramsey
11	Ollie Watkins
31	Leon Bailey

Substitutes:

Calum Chambers, Leander Dendoncker, Álex Moreno, Philippe Coutinho, Matty Cash, Viljami Sinisalo, Jhon Durán, Robin Olsen, John McGinn.

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Danny Ward (GK)
3	Wout Faes
15	Harry Souttar
16	Victor Kristiansen
27	Timothy Castagne
10	James Maddison
22	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
8	Youri Tielemans
14	Kelechi Iheanacho
7	Harvey Barnes
37	Mateus Tetê