BIRMINGHAM. Manchester City topped Aston Villa to win 2-1. It was Manchester City to strike first with a goal of R. Dias at the 27′. Then B. Silva scored again for Manchester City in the 43′ minute with a goal. Eventually, O. Watkins reduced the distance for Aston Villa with a goal. Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Manchester City was vastly better in terms of ball possession (64%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Wednesday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. In front of 41,400 spectators. The referee was Mike Dean with the assistance of Ian Hussin and Darren Cann. The 4th official was Craig Pawson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 9 Total 17
- 3 On Target 7
- 6 Off Target 10
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 77 Attack 126
- 30 Dangerous attack 81
- 71 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 10
Fouls
- 8 Total 12
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 1
Ball possession
Manchester City had a strong ball possession 64% while Aston Villa was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Manchester City was more pushing with 81 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.
Aston Villa shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Manchester City shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Aston Villa didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Manchester City didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Aston Villa will stay with 16 points like Brentford and Crystal Palace to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Manchester City will have 32 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Aston Villa – Formation
Aston Villa
67'
47'
Aston Villa adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez , Matty Cash , Ezri Konsa , Tyrone Mings , Matt Targett , John McGinn , Marvelous Nakamba , Douglas Luiz , Leon Bailey , Ollie Watkins and Emiliano Buendía .
The home team had on the bench: Morgan Sanson , K. Hause, Ashley Young , J. Steer, K. Davis, A. Tuanzebe, A. El Ghazi, Carney Chukwuemeka and J. Ramsey.
Aston Villa could not rely on the presence of A. Young (injured) and C. Chukwuemeka (injured).
Substitutions
Aston Villa made 3 changes: L. Bailey for A. Young (31′), M. Targett for C. Chukwuemeka (67′) and M. Nakamba for M. Sanson (77′).
Best player: Douglas Luiz
The most impressive player for Aston Villa was Douglas Luiz.
His rating is with 31 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.
Manchester City – Formation
Manchester City
Also Manchester City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson , João Cancelo , Rúben Dias , Nathan Aké , Oleksandr Zinchenko , Rodri , Fernandinho , Bernardo Silva , Riyad Mahrez , Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling .
They had on the bench: J. Wilson-Esbrand, S. Carson, C. Palmer, Jack Grealish , L. Mbete-Tabu, J. McAtee, R. Lavia, Z. Steffen and P. Foden.
Substitutions
Manchester City made only 1 change substituting Gabriel Jesus for J. Grealish (87′).
Best player: Gabriel Jesus
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Gabriel Jesus even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 27 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Aston Villa – Manchester City – 1-2
- Everton – Liverpool – 1-4
- Watford – Chelsea – 1-2
- West Ham United – Brighton & Hove Albion – 1-1
- Wolverhampton Wanderers – Burnley – 0-0
