Aston Villa v Manchester City, 26 October 2025

Score1-0 to Aston Villa
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park
Attendance41,988

View Aston Villa v Manchester City head to head

Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 51 Aston Villa won: 10 Drawn: 10 Manchester City won: 31 Aston Villa scored: 48 Manchester City scored: 101 . Manchester City had now lost on three consecutive league visits to Villa Park for the first time since August 1975 (five).

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

0 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

Matty Cash 19 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Defender/Midfielder Boubacar Kamara
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Defender/Midfielder Amadou Onana
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Rogers
Forward Ollie Watkins

Starting lineup:

Gianluigi Donnarumma Goalkeeper
Joško Gvardiol Defender
Rúben Dias Defender
Matheus Nunes Defender/Midfielder
John Stones Defender/Midfielder
Oscar Bobb Midfielder
Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder
Bernardo Silva Midfielder/Forward
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Sávio Midfielder/Forward
Erling Haaland Forward

Substitutions:

Jadon Sancho for Emi Buendía 29
Ross Barkley for John McGinn 74
Evann Guessand for Jadon Sancho 74
Ian Maatsen for Lucas Digne 86
Donyell Malen for Ollie Watkins 86

Substitutions:

Jérémy Doku for Oscar Bobb 61
Nico González for Bernardo Silva 61
Nico O'Reilly for John Stones 61
Rayan Cherki for Tijjani Reijnders 76
Omar Marmoush for Sávio 84

Cards:

Boubacar Kamara 81 Y

Cards:

Sávio 40 Y
Tijjani Reijnders 54 Y
Nico González 64 Y
Phil Foden 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder/Forward Donyell Malen
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho
Forward Evann Guessand

On the bench:

Goalkeeper James Trafford
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender/Midfielder Rico Lewis
Defender/Midfielder Nico O'Reilly
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder/Forward Rayan Cherki
Midfielder/Forward Jérémy Doku
Midfielder/Forward Nico González
Forward Omar Marmoush

Comments:

League position: 8th . Aston Villa had now become the first team to win four consecutive games immediately after failing to win in their opening five games of a season in the top division since Preston North End in League Division One in 1936-37. . Villa had now taken 52 points from their 28 games in the Premier League in 2025 (won 15, lost 6). . They now remained unbeaten in their last 31 home games in the Premier League when scoring first since a 4-2 defeat to Arsenal in February 2023 (won 27).

Comments:

League position: 5th . Manchester City failed in their attempt to score the opening goal in seven consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2024 (eight). . The Citizens failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2021 (three). . Pep Guardiola had now lost 50 of his 351 games in the Premier League (won 251).

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Matty Cash 19 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Defender/Midfielder Boubacar Kamara
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Defender/Midfielder Amadou Onana
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Rogers
Forward Ollie Watkins

Substitutions:

Jadon Sancho for Emi Buendía 29
Ross Barkley for John McGinn 74
Evann Guessand for Jadon Sancho 74
Ian Maatsen for Lucas Digne 86
Donyell Malen for Ollie Watkins 86

Cards:

Boubacar Kamara 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder/Forward Donyell Malen
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho
Forward Evann Guessand

Comments:

League position: 8th . Aston Villa had now become the first team to win four consecutive games immediately after failing to win in their opening five games of a season in the top division since Preston North End in League Division One in 1936-37. . Villa had now taken 52 points from their 28 games in the Premier League in 2025 (won 15, lost 6). . They now remained unbeaten in their last 31 home games in the Premier League when scoring first since a 4-2 defeat to Arsenal in February 2023 (won 27).

0 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Gianluigi Donnarumma Goalkeeper
Joško Gvardiol Defender
Rúben Dias Defender
Matheus Nunes Defender/Midfielder
John Stones Defender/Midfielder
Oscar Bobb Midfielder
Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder
Bernardo Silva Midfielder/Forward
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Sávio Midfielder/Forward
Erling Haaland Forward

Substitutions:

Jérémy Doku for Oscar Bobb 61
Nico González for Bernardo Silva 61
Nico O'Reilly for John Stones 61
Rayan Cherki for Tijjani Reijnders 76
Omar Marmoush for Sávio 84

Cards:

Sávio 40 Y
Tijjani Reijnders 54 Y
Nico González 64 Y
Phil Foden 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper James Trafford
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender/Midfielder Rico Lewis
Defender/Midfielder Nico O'Reilly
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder/Forward Rayan Cherki
Midfielder/Forward Jérémy Doku
Midfielder/Forward Nico González
Forward Omar Marmoush

Comments:

League position: 5th . Manchester City failed in their attempt to score the opening goal in seven consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2024 (eight). . The Citizens failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2021 (three). . Pep Guardiola had now lost 50 of his 351 games in the Premier League (won 251).