Leicester City v Aston Villa, 31 August 2024

Score2-1 to Aston Villa
RefereeDavid Coote
CompetitionPremier League
VenueKing Power Stadium
Attendance31,725

View Leicester City v Aston Villa head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 29 Leicester City won: 11 Drawn: 10 Aston Villa won: 8 Leicester City scored: 48 Aston Villa scored: 41 . One of the last seven meetings in the Premier League had now been won by the home team.

1 Leicester City

Manager: Steve Cooper

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Facundo Buonanotte 73 G

Goals:

Amadou Onana 28 G
Jhon Durán 63 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen
Defender Wout Faes
Defender Victor Kristiansen
Defender Caleb Okoli
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Defender/Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi
Midfielder Abdul Fatawu
Midfielder Oliver Skipp
Midfielder Harry Winks
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Jamie Vardy

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Pau Torres Defender
Lamare Bogarde Defender/Midfielder
Lucas Digne Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Amadou Onana Defender/Midfielder
Leon Bailey Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Youri Tielemans Midfielder
Morgan Rogers Midfielder/Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Stephy Mavididi for Jordan Ayew 67
Facundo Buonanotte for Abdul Fatawu 68
Bilal El Khannous for Oliver Skipp 68
Bobby Decordova-Reid for Wilfred Ndidi 89
Kasey McAteer for Caleb Okoli 90+2

Substitutions:

Jacob Ramsey for Leon Bailey 16
Jhon Durán for Ollie Watkins 61
Ross Barkley for Amadou Onana 62
Ian Maatsen for Jacob Ramsey 79
Kosta Nedeljković for Lamare Bogarde 79

Cards:

Oliver Skipp 26 Y
Caleb Okoli 74 Y
Jamie Vardy 83 Y
Harry Winks 90+3 Y

Cards:

Amadou Onana 8 Y
Youri Tielemans 40 Y
Lamare Bogarde 55 Y
John McGinn 74 Y
Jhon Durán 90+2 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen
Defender Jannik Vestergaard
Defender/Midfielder Ricardo Pereira
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Bilal El Khannous
Midfielder Kasey McAteer
Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Midfielder/Forward Facundo Buonanotte
Midfielder/Forward Stephy Mavididi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joe Gauci
Goalkeeper Oliwier Zych
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Sil Swinkels
Defender/Midfielder Kosta Nedeljković
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Forward Jhon Durán

Comments:

League position: 15th . Leicester City had now lost four of their last nine home league games (won four). . City had now conceded the opening goal in 21 of their last 24 games in the Premier League. . Steve Cooper had now become the first Foxes manager to fail to win any of their first three league games in charge since Paulo Sousa in August 2010.

Comments:

League position: 6th . Aston Villa had now won two of their last nine games in all competitions. . Villa had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last eight games in the Premier League. . They had now won ten of their last 25 away games in the Premier League (lost nine).

1 Leicester City

Manager: Steve Cooper

Goals:

Facundo Buonanotte 73 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen
Defender Wout Faes
Defender Victor Kristiansen
Defender Caleb Okoli
Defender/Midfielder James Justin
Defender/Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi
Midfielder Abdul Fatawu
Midfielder Oliver Skipp
Midfielder Harry Winks
Forward Jordan Ayew
Forward Jamie Vardy

Substitutions:

Stephy Mavididi for Jordan Ayew 67
Facundo Buonanotte for Abdul Fatawu 68
Bilal El Khannous for Oliver Skipp 68
Bobby Decordova-Reid for Wilfred Ndidi 89
Kasey McAteer for Caleb Okoli 90+2

Cards:

Oliver Skipp 26 Y
Caleb Okoli 74 Y
Jamie Vardy 83 Y
Harry Winks 90+3 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen
Defender Jannik Vestergaard
Defender/Midfielder Ricardo Pereira
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Bilal El Khannous
Midfielder Kasey McAteer
Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Midfielder/Forward Facundo Buonanotte
Midfielder/Forward Stephy Mavididi

Comments:

League position: 15th . Leicester City had now lost four of their last nine home league games (won four). . City had now conceded the opening goal in 21 of their last 24 games in the Premier League. . Steve Cooper had now become the first Foxes manager to fail to win any of their first three league games in charge since Paulo Sousa in August 2010.

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Amadou Onana 28 G
Jhon Durán 63 G

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Pau Torres Defender
Lamare Bogarde Defender/Midfielder
Lucas Digne Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Amadou Onana Defender/Midfielder
Leon Bailey Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Youri Tielemans Midfielder
Morgan Rogers Midfielder/Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Jacob Ramsey for Leon Bailey 16
Jhon Durán for Ollie Watkins 61
Ross Barkley for Amadou Onana 62
Ian Maatsen for Jacob Ramsey 79
Kosta Nedeljković for Lamare Bogarde 79

Cards:

Amadou Onana 8 Y
Youri Tielemans 40 Y
Lamare Bogarde 55 Y
John McGinn 74 Y
Jhon Durán 90+2 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Joe Gauci
Goalkeeper Oliwier Zych
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Sil Swinkels
Defender/Midfielder Kosta Nedeljković
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Forward Jhon Durán

Comments:

League position: 6th . Aston Villa had now won two of their last nine games in all competitions. . Villa had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last eight games in the Premier League. . They had now won ten of their last 25 away games in the Premier League (lost nine).