Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 August 2008

Result

Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 17 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City: match report

Aston Villa defeated Manchester City 4-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 August 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

John Carew opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from John Carew (47'), Gabriel Agbonlahor (68'), Gabriel Agbonlahor (74') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (76'). Manchester City scored through Elano (63') and Vedran Ćorluka (90').

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Tal Ben HaimManchester City
  • 47'Goal · John CarewAston Villa · 1-0
  • 63'Goal · ElanoManchester City · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 2-1
  • 74'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 3-1
  • 76'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 4-1
  • 90'Goal · Vedran ĆorlukaManchester City · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 2, Manchester City 7.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel

Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Vedran Ćorluka, Javier Garrido, Tal Ben Haim, Michael Johnson, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Kelvin Etuhu, Ched Evans, Elano