Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2010
Result
Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa: match report
Manchester City beat Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 28 December 2010. The half-time score was 3-0.
Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Mario Balotelli (8', penalty), Joleon Lescott (13'), Mario Balotelli (27') and Mario Balotelli (55', penalty). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 35 points from 19 and Aston Villa 15th on 20 points from 18. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Aston Villa 9th with 48.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3.
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 W-L-W-W-D and Aston Villa's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 8'Penalty goal · Mario Balotelli
- 13'Goal · Joleon Lescott
- 18'Yellow card · Stephen Warnock
- 27'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 55'Penalty goal · Mario Balotelli
- 70'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
- 90'Yellow card · James Milner
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)
Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Eric Lichaj, Stewart Downing, Marc Albrighton, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Barry Bannan, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar