Aston Villa recovers a 0-1 deficit to conquer Leicester City 2-1 with E. Konsa scoring 2 goals. HIGHLIGHTS

BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa managed to find the solution against Leicester City to win 2-1. E. Konsa was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals.

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December 6, 2021

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BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa managed to find the solution against Leicester City to win 2-1. E. Konsa was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Leicester City to strike first with a goal of H. Barnes at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 17′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, E. Konsa gave the win to Aston Villa in the 54′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Leicester City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver with the support of Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.7 degrees Celsius or 72.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.

Match Statistics

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Leicester City

41 Ball Possession 59

Shots

13 Total 12
4 On Target 5
9 Off Target 7
3 Shots blocked 2

90 Attack 141
35 Dangerous attack 60
69 Ball safe 77

25 Free Kicks 9
0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 6

Fouls

8 Total 25
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Leicester City had a strong ball possession 60% while Aston Villa was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Aston Villa was capable to find the solution to win this contest.

Aston Villa shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Leicester City shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Aston Villa received 1 yellow card (M. Nakamba). Regarding the opposition, Leicester City received 1 yellow card (J. Maddison).

Match Timeline

14'

Ezri Konsa(goal)E. Buendia

17'

Jacob Ramsey(var)

45'

Ezri Konsa(goal)J. McGinn

54'

55'

65'

Jamie Vardy - sub ->A. Lookman

77'

78'

84'

86'

Kelechi Iheanacho- sub ->K. Dewsbury-Hall

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After playing this contest, Aston Villa will have 19 points like Leicester City to remain in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Leicester City will stay with 19 points like Aston Villa to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will play away with Liverpool on the 11th of December with a 17-6 head to head in favor of Liverpool (5 draws).

Leicester City will host Newcastle United on the 12th of December with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Leicester City (1 draw).

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa

Emiliano Martínez 1.Argentina

6.6

Ashley Young 18.England

7.1

Tyrone Mings 5.England

6.3

Ezri Konsa 4.England

8.2

17', 54'

Matty Cash 2.Poland

8.1

John McGinn 7.Scotland

7.7

Marvelous Nakamba 19.Zimbabwe

7.0

55'

Douglas Luiz 6.Brazil

6.8

77'

Emiliano Buendía 10.Argentina

7.1

78'

Jacob Ramsey 41.England

6.4

84'

Ollie Watkins 11.England

6.5

Substitutes

Jed Steer 12.England

Axel Tuanzebe 16.England

6.3

84'

Kortney Hause 30.England

J. Philogene 32.England

Anwar El Ghazi 21.Netherlands

Carney Chukwuemeka 33.England

7.0

78'

Tim Iroegbunam 47.England

Morgan Sanson 8.France

6.2

77'

Keinan Davis 39.England

Aston Villa started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez (6.6), Matty Cash (8.1), Ezri Konsa (8.2), Tyrone Mings (6.3), Ashley Young (7.1), John McGinn (7.7), Marvelous Nakamba (7.0), Douglas Luiz (6.8), Jacob Ramsey (6.4), Ollie Watkins (6.5) and Emiliano Buendía (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Axel Tuanzebe (6.3), Kortney Hause, Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Keinan Davis, Anwar El Ghazi, Carney Chukwuemeka (7.0), Jed Steer, Tim Iroegbunam and Morgan Sanson (6.2).

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: D. Luiz for M. Sanson (77′), E. Buendia for C. Chukwuemeka (78′) and J. Ramsey for A. Tuanzebe (84′).

Best player: Ezri Konsa

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aston Villa was Ezri Konsa.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5.

Leicester City – Formation

Leicester City

Kasper Schmeichel 1.Denmark

6.8

Jonny Evans 6.Northern Ireland

7.1

Timothy Castagne 27.Belgium

6.6

Çağlar Söyüncü 4.Turkey

6.9

Luke Thomas 33.England

7.3

Wilfred Ndidi 25.Nigeria

7.4

James Maddison 10.England

6.8

90'

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 22.England

6.4

86'

Harvey Barnes 7.England

6.7

14'

Ademola Lookman 37.Nigeria

5.9

65'

P. Daka 29.Zambia

7.1

78'

Substitutes

D. Ward 12.Wales

Vontae Daley-Campbell 38.England

Jannik Vestergaard 23.Denmark

Boubakary Soumaré 42.France

Marc Albrighton 11.England

Hamza Choudhury 20.England

Jamie Vardy 9.England

6.4

65'

Ayoze Pérez 17.Spain

6.3

78'

Kelechi Iheanacho 14.Nigeria

6.2

86'

Leicester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Brendan Rodgers played with: Kasper Schmeichel (6.8), Timothy Castagne (6.6), Jonny Evans (7.1), Çağlar Söyüncü (6.9), Luke Thomas (7.3), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (6.4), Wilfred Ndidi (7.4), Ademola Lookman (5.9), James Maddison (6.8), Harvey Barnes (6.7) and Patson Daka (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Vontae Daley-Campbell, Jamie Vardy (6.4), Ayoze Pérez (6.3), Jannik Vestergaard, Boubakary Soumaré, Marc Albrighton, Danny Ward, Kelechi Iheanacho (6.2) and Hamza Choudhury.