Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 4 April 2023

Result

Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Tuesday 4 April 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Leicester City were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 April 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Leicester City's goal came from Harvey Barnes (35'). Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (24') and Bertrand Traoré (87').

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aston Villa received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 19th on 25 points from 28 and Aston Villa 9th on 41 points from 28. Leicester City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Aston Villa 7th with 61.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emiliano Buendía of Aston Villa (7.7), level with Ollie Watkins (7.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Harvey BarnesLeicester City · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Timothy CastagneLeicester City
  • 64'Yellow card · Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLeicester City
  • 70'Second yellow · Kiernan Dewsbury-HallLeicester City
  • 87'Goal · Bertrand TraoréAston Villa · 1-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Wout FaesLeicester City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Iversen, Timothy Castagne, Harry James Souttar, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Victor Kristiansen, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, James Maddison, Jamie Vardy, Harvey Barnes

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

Emiliano Martínez, Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Álex Moreno, Jacob Ramsey, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Emiliano Buendía, Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins