Aston Villa v Manchester City, 21 April 2021

Score2-1 to Manchester City
RefereePeter Bankes
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park

View Aston Villa v Manchester City head to head

Kick-off: 8.15pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 42 Aston Villa won: 7 Drawn: 9 Manchester City won: 26 Aston Villa scored: 37 Manchester City scored: 85 Manchester City had now won 12 of the last 14 meetings in the Premier League (lost one).

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

2 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

John McGinn 1 G

Goals:

Phil Foden 22 G
Rodri 40 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré
Forward Ollie Watkins

Starting lineup:

Ederson Goalkeeper
Rúben Dias Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Rodri Defender/Midfielder
John Stones Defender/Midfielder
Olexsandr Zinchenko Defender/Midfielder
Ilkay Gündogan Midfielder
Bernardo Silva Midfielder/Forward
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Gabriel Jesus Forward

Substitutions:

Keinan Davis for Jacob Ramsey 46
Ross Barkley for Marvelous Nakamba 63
Anwar El Ghazi for Bertrand Traoré 75

Substitutions:

Aymeric Laporte for Gabriel Jesus 46
Fernandinho for Riyad Mahrez 90

Cards:

Matty Cash 54 Y
Matty Cash 57 Y
Matty Cash 57 R

Cards:

Ilkay Gündogan 44 Y
John Stones 44 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Björn Engels
Defender Kortney Hause
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder/Forward Carney Chukwuemeka
Forward Keinan Davis

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Zack Steffen
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender Eric García
Defender Aymeric Laporte
Defender Benjamin Mendy
Defender/Midfielder Fernandinho
Defender/Midfielder João Cancelo
Midfielder/Forward Ferran Torres
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

League position: 11th Aston Villa had now scored one goal in each of eight of their last 13 games in the Premier League (none in four of the other five). Villa had now lost four of their last seven games in the Premier League (won one). John McGinn's opening goal was timed at 20 seconds. Villa's quickest goal in the Premier League remained as 12 seconds by Dwight Yorke at Coventry City on 30 September 1995.

Comments:

League position: 1st This was Manchester City’s first win in the six games so far in this Premier League season when they had conceded the first goal (lost three). City had now won ten consecutive away games in the Premier League for a second time (also in December 2017). John McGinn’s goal was the quickest that City had conceded in the Premier League since Alan Shearer for Newcastle United on 18 January 2003 after ten seconds. John Stones was shown a red card following a VAR review for serious foul play.

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

Goals:

John McGinn 1 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender Matt Targett
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré
Forward Ollie Watkins

Substitutions:

Keinan Davis for Jacob Ramsey 46
Ross Barkley for Marvelous Nakamba 63
Anwar El Ghazi for Bertrand Traoré 75

Cards:

Matty Cash 54 Y
Matty Cash 57 Y
Matty Cash 57 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Björn Engels
Defender Kortney Hause
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder/Forward Carney Chukwuemeka
Forward Keinan Davis

Comments:

League position: 11th Aston Villa had now scored one goal in each of eight of their last 13 games in the Premier League (none in four of the other five). Villa had now lost four of their last seven games in the Premier League (won one). John McGinn's opening goal was timed at 20 seconds. Villa's quickest goal in the Premier League remained as 12 seconds by Dwight Yorke at Coventry City on 30 September 1995.

2 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

Phil Foden 22 G
Rodri 40 G

Starting lineup:

Ederson Goalkeeper
Rúben Dias Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Rodri Defender/Midfielder
John Stones Defender/Midfielder
Olexsandr Zinchenko Defender/Midfielder
Ilkay Gündogan Midfielder
Bernardo Silva Midfielder/Forward
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Gabriel Jesus Forward

Substitutions:

Aymeric Laporte for Gabriel Jesus 46
Fernandinho for Riyad Mahrez 90

Cards:

Ilkay Gündogan 44 Y
John Stones 44 R

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Zack Steffen
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender Eric García
Defender Aymeric Laporte
Defender Benjamin Mendy
Defender/Midfielder Fernandinho
Defender/Midfielder João Cancelo
Midfielder/Forward Ferran Torres
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

League position: 1st This was Manchester City’s first win in the six games so far in this Premier League season when they had conceded the first goal (lost three). City had now won ten consecutive away games in the Premier League for a second time (also in December 2017). John McGinn’s goal was the quickest that City had conceded in the Premier League since Alan Shearer for Newcastle United on 18 January 2003 after ten seconds. John Stones was shown a red card following a VAR review for serious foul play.