Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 May 2010
Result
Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 1 May 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa: match report
Manchester City won against Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 May 2010. It was 2-1 at half-time.
John Carew opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goals came from C. Tevez (42', penalty), Emmanuel Adebayor (43') and Craig Bellamy (90'). Aston Villa scored through John Carew (16').
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 6th on 63 points from 35 and Aston Villa 5th on 64 points from 36. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 64.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Aston Villa's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · John Carew
- 24'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 42'Penalty goal · C. Tevez
- 43'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 44'Yellow card · Stiliyan Petrov
- 90'Yellow card · James Collins
- 90'Goal · Craig Bellamy
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Pablo Zabaleta, Kolo Touré, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Alberto Tevez
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Stewart Downing, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar