← All matches
Unai Emery
Aston Villa
Manchester City
Aston Villa
4-2-3-1 · 4-1-4-1
Manchester City
Expected goals (xG) flow
per shotMatch momentum
Minute-by-minute pressure. Bars toward a team mean sustained attacking territory.
Average positions
formation shapeShot map
xG sizedGoalOn targetOff / blocked● size = xG
Goal
On target
Off target
Blocked
● size = xG
Tap a player for their full match card.
Player of the match
Match events
19'
⚽
M. Cash · assist E. Buendía1–0
29'
🔁
J. Sancho ◂ E. Buendía
40'
Savinho
Half-time · 1–0
54'
T. Reijnders
61'
🔁
J. Doku ◂ O. Bobb
61'
🔁
N. González ◂ B. Silva
61'
🔁
N. O’Reilly ◂ J. Stones
64'
N. González
74'
🔁
E. Guessand ◂ J. Sancho
74'
🔁
R. Barkley ◂ J. McGinn
76'
🔁
R. Cherki ◂ T. Reijnders
80'
P. Foden
81'
B. Kamara
84'
🔁
O. Marmoush ◂ Savinho
86'
🔁
I. Maatsen ◂ L. Digne
86'
🔁
D. Malen ◂ O. Watkins
Full-time · 1–0
Coaches
Unai EmeryPep Guardiola 
Recent form
Aston VillaLAGo Ahead Eagles1-2
WATottenham Hotspur2-1
WHBurnley2-1
WAFeyenoord2-0
WHFulham3-1
Manchester CityWAVillarreal2-0
WHEverton2-0
WABrentford1-0
DAAS Monaco2-2
WHBurnley5-1
Match facts
Stadium
Villa Park
City
Birmingham
Referee
Michael Oliver
Kickoff
26 Oct, 14:00 UTC
Competition
Premier League
Aston Villa
4-2-3-1 · 4-1-4-1
Manchester City
23
E. Martínez
7.2
2
M. Cash
8.4
4
E. Konsa
7.5
14
P. Torres
7.5
22
I. Maatsen
6.3
↑ 86'
44
B. Kamara
6.9
24
A. Onana
8.1
6
R. Barkley
6.8
↑ 74'
27
M. Rogers
7.5
19
J. Sancho
7.0
↑ 29'
17
D. Malen
6.5
↑ 86'
25
G. Donnarumma
7.7
27
M. Nunes
6.8
14
N. González
6.9
↑ 61'
3
R. Dias
7.8
24
J. Gvardiol
6.4
10
R. Cherki
6.7
↑ 76'
11
J. Doku
7.3
↑ 61'
47
P. Foden
6.9
33
N. O’Reilly
6.4
↑ 61'
7
O. Marmoush
6.5
↑ 84'
9
E. Haaland
6.7
Substitutes
40GM. Bizot
12DL. Digne↓ 86'7.1
3DV. Lindelöf
5DT. Mings
10ME. Buendía↓ 29'6.9
7MJ. McGinn↓ 74'6.8
26ML. Bogarde
29FE. Guessand↑ 74'6.9
11FO. Watkins↓ 86'6.3
Coach: Unai Emery
Substitutes
1GJ. Trafford
5DJ. Stones↓ 61'6.5
6DN. Aké
82DR. Lewis
52MO. Bobb↓ 61'6.6
20MB. Silva↓ 61'6.2
26MSavinho↓ 84'6.2
4MT. Reijnders↓ 76'6.1
8MM. Kovačić
Coach: Pep Guardiola
Top stats
47%Possession53%
0.81Expected goals (xG)1.18
9Total shots18
3Shots on target4
2Big chances2
5Corners6
Shots
1Shots off target5
5Blocked shots9
8Shots inside box14
1Shots outside box4
0Hit woodwork0
2Big chances missed2
0.16Goals prevented-0.19
Attack
26Touches in box33
48Final third entries52
1Offsides3
16Free kicks8
1Fouled in final third1
Passing
449Passes504
388Accurate passes455
25/59 (42%)Long balls10/20 (50%)
3/12 (25%)Crosses7/21 (33%)
13Throw-ins14
Duels
51Duels49
39/67 (58%)Ground duels28/67 (42%)
3/16 (19%)Aerial duels13/16 (81%)
6/13 (46%)Dribbles6/17 (35%)
7Dispossessed7
Defending
18Tackles14
61Tackles won57
7Interceptions11
19Clearances19
45Recoveries44
Discipline
8Fouls16
1Yellow cards4
Goalkeeping
3Saves2
7Goal kicks3
Report a data issue
Spotted something wrong on this match? Tell us what and we'll fix it.