Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2024

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2024, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Aston Villa defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jhon Durán opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Jhon Durán (16') and Morgan Rogers (65'). Manchester City scored through Phil Foden (90+3').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 25 points from 16 and Manchester City 5th on 27 points from 16. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 71.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa (8.1), ahead of Phil Foden (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 1 draw and 8 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Jhon DuránAston Villa · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Emiliano MartínezAston Villa
  • 47'Yellow card · Rico LewisManchester City
  • 65'Goal · Morgan RogersAston Villa · 2-0
  • 84'Yellow card · Josko GvardiolManchester City
  • 87'Yellow card · Jack GrealishManchester City
  • 90+3'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 1, Manchester City 8.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Jhon Durán

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stefan Ortega, Rico Lewis, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, İlkay Gündoğan, Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland