Aston Villa v Leicester City, 21 February 2021

Score2-1 to Leicester City
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park

View Aston Villa v Leicester City head to head

Kick-off: 2.05pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 24 Aston Villa won: 5 Drawn: 9 Leicester City won: 10 Aston Villa scored: 33 Leicester City scored: 41 Leicester City had now won on consecutive league visits to Villa Park for the first time since August 1969.

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

2 Leicester City

Manager: Brendan Rodgers

Goals:

Bertrand Traoré 48 G

Goals:

James Maddison 19 G
Harvey Barnes 23 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré
Forward Ollie Watkins

Starting lineup:

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper
Cağlar Söyüncü Defender
Timothy Castagne Defender
Jonny Evans Defender
Luke Thomas Defender
Wilfred Ndidi Defender/Midfielder
Ricardo Pereira Defender/Midfielder
James Maddison Midfielder
Youri Tielemans Midfielder
Harvey Barnes Midfielder/Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Trézéguet for Anwar El Ghazi 67
Jacob Ramsey for Ross Barkley 76
Morgan Sanson for Douglas Luiz 81

Substitutions:

Nampalys Mendy for James Maddison 64
Daniel Amartey for Ricardo Pereira 76
Hamza Choudhury for Youri Tielemans 88

Cards:

Douglas Luiz 51 Y
Ahmed Elmohamady 59 Y

Cards:

Wilfred Ndidi 34 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender/Midfielder Kaine Kesler-Hayden
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder Morgan Sanson
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Vontae Daley-Campbell
Defender Christian Fuchs
Defender/Midfielder Marc Albrighton
Defender/Midfielder Daniel Amartey
Midfielder Cengiz Ünder
Midfielder Hamza Choudhury
Midfielder Nampalys Mendy
Forward Kelechi Iheanacho

Comments:

League position: 8th Aston Villa had now lost 16 of their last 21 games in the Premier League against a team starting the day in the top three (won one). Ollie Watkins failed in his attempt to become the first player to score in four consecutive home games in the Premier League for Villa since Gareth Barry from October to November 2006. They had now scored one goal in each of four of their last five games in the Premier League (none in the other).

Comments:

League position: 3rd Leicester City had now won nine away games in a season in the top division for the third time; previously 1965-66 in League Division One (nine) and 2015-16 in the Premier League (11). City had now taken 302 points from 281 away games in the Premier League (won 78, lost 135). The Foxes had now scored two goals in each of seven of their last 11 games in the Premier League and conceded one goal in each of four of their last five away games in the division (none in the other).

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

Goals:

Bertrand Traoré 48 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré
Forward Ollie Watkins

Substitutions:

Trézéguet for Anwar El Ghazi 67
Jacob Ramsey for Ross Barkley 76
Morgan Sanson for Douglas Luiz 81

Cards:

Douglas Luiz 51 Y
Ahmed Elmohamady 59 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender/Midfielder Kaine Kesler-Hayden
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder Morgan Sanson
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

Comments:

League position: 8th Aston Villa had now lost 16 of their last 21 games in the Premier League against a team starting the day in the top three (won one). Ollie Watkins failed in his attempt to become the first player to score in four consecutive home games in the Premier League for Villa since Gareth Barry from October to November 2006. They had now scored one goal in each of four of their last five games in the Premier League (none in the other).

2 Leicester City

Manager: Brendan Rodgers

Goals:

James Maddison 19 G
Harvey Barnes 23 G

Starting lineup:

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper
Cağlar Söyüncü Defender
Timothy Castagne Defender
Jonny Evans Defender
Luke Thomas Defender
Wilfred Ndidi Defender/Midfielder
Ricardo Pereira Defender/Midfielder
James Maddison Midfielder
Youri Tielemans Midfielder
Harvey Barnes Midfielder/Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Nampalys Mendy for James Maddison 64
Daniel Amartey for Ricardo Pereira 76
Hamza Choudhury for Youri Tielemans 88

Cards:

Wilfred Ndidi 34 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Vontae Daley-Campbell
Defender Christian Fuchs
Defender/Midfielder Marc Albrighton
Defender/Midfielder Daniel Amartey
Midfielder Cengiz Ünder
Midfielder Hamza Choudhury
Midfielder Nampalys Mendy
Forward Kelechi Iheanacho

Comments:

League position: 3rd Leicester City had now won nine away games in a season in the top division for the third time; previously 1965-66 in League Division One (nine) and 2015-16 in the Premier League (11). City had now taken 302 points from 281 away games in the Premier League (won 78, lost 135). The Foxes had now scored two goals in each of seven of their last 11 games in the Premier League and conceded one goal in each of four of their last five away games in the division (none in the other).