Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 February 2016

Result

Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 27 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Stoke City defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Marko Arnautovic opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Stoke City's goals came from Marko Arnautovic (51', penalty) and Marko Arnautovic (56'). Aston Villa scored through L. Bacuna (79').

Discipline: Stoke City received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 12th on 33 points from 26 and Aston Villa 20th on 17 points from 26. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marko Arnautovic of Stoke City (8.2), ahead of Glenn Whelan (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Stoke City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Idrissa GueyeAston Villa
  • 45'Yellow card · Alan HuttonAston Villa
  • 51'Penalty goal · Marko ArnautovicStoke City · 1-0
  • 56'Goal · Marko ArnautovicStoke City · 2-0
  • 79'Goal · L. BacunaAston Villa · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jores OkoreAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 4, draws 4, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jack Butland, Phil Bardsley, Geoff Cameron, Philipp Wollscheid, Erik Pieters, Glenn Whelan, Giannelli Imbula, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ibrahim Afellay, Marko Arnautovic, Jonathan Walters

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

Mark Bunn, Alan Hutton, Jores Okore, Joleon Lescott, Aly Cissokho, Jordan Veretout, Ashley Westwood, Idrissa Gueye, Leandro Bacuna, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Carles Gil