Aston Villa vs Man City 2023-24 English Premier League

Aston Villa

74': Leon Bailey

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1 - 0

Manchester City

Aston 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 Commentary

0': First Half begins.
45': John Stones (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': First Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Manchester City 0.
53': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
68': Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Rico Lewis.
68': Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Julián Álvarez.
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.
85': Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces Leon Bailey because of an injury.
85': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Youri Tielemans.
87': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
90': Substitution, Aston Villa. Álex Moreno replaces Lucas Digne.
90': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Ollie Watkins.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 41,421

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+46	Liverpool	35	82	3
+33	Arsenal	35	67	4
+24	Manchester City	36	65	9
+21	Newcastle United	35	63	10

Full Table

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

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

Substitutes:

Nicolò Zaniolo, Clément Lenglet, Álex Moreno, Moussa Diaby, Matty Cash, Leander Dendoncker, Filip Marschall, Jacob Ramsey, Jhon Durán.

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