Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 October 2026

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 24 October 2026, 11:30 UTC · Villa Park, Birmingham · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Aston Villa won against Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 October 2026 at Villa Park. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nicolas Jackson opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Nicolas Jackson (6') and Nicolas Jackson (60'). Manchester City scored through Erling Haaland (52').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 12th on 8 points from 7 and Manchester City 1st on 21 points from 7. In the current table Aston Villa are 10th on 12 points and Manchester City are 2nd on 21 points.

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 Nicolas Jackson of Aston Villa (8.6), ahead of Abdukodir Khusanov (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Nicolas JacksonAston Villa · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Marc GuéhiManchester City
  • 38'Yellow card · Rayan CherkiManchester City
  • 52'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Johan ManzambiAston Villa
  • 55'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 60'Goal · Nicolas JacksonAston Villa · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Elliot AndersonManchester City
  • 76'Yellow card · Ryan McAidooManchester City
  • 83'Yellow card · Brian MadjoAston Villa
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Emiliano BuendíaAston Villa

Form and table

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 1, Manchester City 5.

Team news

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

Zion Suzuki, Matty Cash, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, João Gomes, Alysson, John McGinn, Johan Manzambi, Nicolas Jackson

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guéhi, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernández, Iliman Ndiaye, Rayan Cherki, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

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