Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 20 January 2021

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Wednesday 20 January 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 20 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Bernardo Silva opened the scoring in the 79th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Bernardo Silva (79') and Ilkay Gündogan (90', penalty). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 35 points from 17 and Aston Villa 11th on 26 points from 15. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Aston Villa 11th with 55.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodri of Manchester City (9.1), ahead of Phil Foden (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Red card · Manny OnariaseAston Villa
  • 67'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
  • 68'Yellow card · Manny OnariaseAston Villa
  • 79'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 1-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Neil TaylorAston Villa
  • 86'Yellow card · Neil TaylorAston Villa
  • 90'Penalty goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 7, draws 2, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

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

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rúben Dias, João Cancelo, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Bertrand Traoré, Ross Barkley, Jack Grealish, Ollie Watkins