Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 22 April 2025

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Tuesday 22 April 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester City won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 22 April 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Bernardo Silva opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Bernardo Silva (7') and Matheus Nunes (90+4'). Aston Villa scored through Marcus Rashford (18', penalty).

Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 5th on 58 points from 33 and Aston Villa 7th on 57 points from 33. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 66.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (7.9), ahead of Bernardo Silva (7.6).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Bernardo SilvaManchester City · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Pep GuardiolaManchester City
  • 18'Penalty goal · Marcus RashfordAston Villa · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Lucas DigneAston Villa
  • 50'Yellow card · Morgan RogersAston Villa
  • 70'Yellow card · Josko GvardiolManchester City
  • 77'Yellow card · Matheus NunesManchester City
  • 85'Yellow card · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa
  • 86'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 90+4'Goal · Matheus NunesManchester City · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • RodriManchester City · injury (Unknown Injury)
  • John StonesManchester City · injury (Unknown Injury)
  • Nathan AkéManchester City · injury (Unknown Injury)
  • Erling HaalandManchester City · injury (Unknown Injury)
  • EdersonManchester City · injury (Unknown Injury)

Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Stefan Ortega, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Mateo Kovacic, James McAtee, Bernardo Silva, İlkay Gündoğan, Omar Marmoush, Kevin De Bruyne

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, Jacob Ramsey, Marcus Rashford