Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United: result and report
Premier League · Friday 13 January 2023
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United
Premier League · Friday 13 January 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United: match report
Aston Villa defeated Leeds United 2-1 in the Premier League on Friday 13 January 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Leon Bailey opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Leon Bailey (3') and Emiliano Buendía (64'). Leeds United scored through Patrick Bamford (83').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 22 points from 18 and Leeds United 14th on 17 points from 17. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Leeds United 19th with 31.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Douglas Luiz of Aston Villa (7.7), ahead of Ezri Konsa (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 3 for Leeds United.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Leon Bailey
- 33'Yellow card · Robin Koch
- 63'Yellow card · Boubacar Kamara
- 64'Goal · Emiliano Buendía
- 83'Goal · Patrick Bamford
- 89'Yellow card · Illan Meslier
- 90+2'Yellow card · Emiliano Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Emiliano Martínez, Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey, Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, Jacob Ramsey, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Illan Meslier, Luke Ayling, Robin Koch, Liam Cooper, Pascal Struijk, Marc Roca, Tyler Adams, Jack Harrison, Brenden Aaronson, Wilfried Gnonto, Rodrigo