Aston Villa 1-4 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 March 2014

Result

Aston Villa 1-4 Stoke City

Premier League · Sunday 23 March 2014, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Aston Villa 1-4 Stoke City: match report

Aston Villa lost to Stoke City 1-4 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 March 2014. The half-time score was 1-3.

Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Christian Benteke (5'). Stoke City scored through Peter Odemwingie (22'), Peter Crouch (26'), S. Nzonzi (42') and Geoff Cameron (90').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 10th on 33 points from 29 and Stoke City 12th on 32 points from 30. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Stoke City 9th with 46.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 6 draws and 2 for Stoke City.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-W-L-D-L and Stoke City's W-D-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 1-0
  • 8'Yellow card · Karim El AhmadiAston Villa
  • 22'Goal · Peter OdemwingieStoke City · 1-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosStoke City
  • 26'Goal · Peter CrouchStoke City · 1-2
  • 42'Goal · S. NzonziStoke City · 1-3
  • 52'Yellow card · Christian BentekeAston Villa
  • 72'Yellow card · Marc AlbrightonAston Villa
  • 81'Yellow card · L. BacunaAston Villa
  • 83'Yellow card · Nathan BakerAston Villa
  • 90'Goal · Geoff CameronStoke City · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 6, Stoke City 2.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up (4-3-3)

Brad Guzan, Nathan Baker, Ron Vlaar, Ryan Bertrand, Fabian Delph, Leandro Bacuna, Andreas Weimann, Ashley Westwood, Karim El Ahmadi, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke

Stoke City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Asmir Begović, Ryan Shawcross, Erik Pieters, Geoff Cameron, Marc Wilson, Glenn Whelan, Steven Nzonzi, Peter Crouch, Jonathan Walters, Marko Arnautovic, Charlie Adam