BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa conquers Manchester City 1-0 after L. Bailey scored just 1 goal (74′).

The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham. The referee was John Brooks with the assistance of Lee Betts and Akil Howson. The 4th official was Anthony Taylor. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 3.07 degrees Celsius or 37.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Standings

After playing this match, Aston Villa has 32 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Manchester City will stays with 30 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will host Arsenal on the 9th of December with a 20-6 head to head statistic in favor of Arsenal (6 draws).

Manchester City will play away against Luton Town on the 10th of December with a 0-0 head to head record.

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez (7.3), Ezri Konsa (7.7), Diego Carlos (7.0), Pau Torres (7.1), Lucas Digne (7.5), Leon Bailey (8.1), Boubacar Kamara (7.3), Douglas Luiz (7.8), John McGinn (8.1), Youri Tielemans (7.3) and Ollie Watkins (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Matty Cash, Moussa Diaby (7.0), Álex Moreno, Clément Lenglet, Nicolò Zaniolo, Jhon Durán, Leander Dendoncker, Jacob Ramsey (6.4) and Filip Marschall.

Aston Villa could not rely on the presence of Moussa Diaby (injured).

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 4 changes: Youri Tielemans for Jacob Ramsey (85′), Leon Bailey for Moussa Diaby (85′), Ollie Watkins for Jhon Durán (90′) and Lucas Digne for Álex Moreno (90′).

Player of the match: John McGinn​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Aston Villa was John McGinn even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 32 passes (66% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 14 duels out of 25. He performed 1 cross.

Manchester City – Formation

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

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (8.1), Kyle Walker (6.7), Rúben Dias (8.1), Josko Gvardiol (8.4), John Stones  (6.7), Manuel Akanji (6.7), Bernardo Silva (7.5), Rico Lewis (6.4), Julián Álvarez (6.3), Phil Foden (7.0) and Erling Haaland  (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nathan Aké, Mateo Kovacic (6.4), Kalvin Phillips, Stefan Ortega, Sergio Gómez, Matheus Nunes (6.4), Scott Carson and Oscar Bobb (6.6).

Substitutions

Manchester City made 3 changes: Julián Álvarez for Mateo Kovacic (68′), Rico Lewis for Matheus Nunes (68′) and Phil Foden for Oscar Bobb (73′).

Player of the match: Josko Gvardiol​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Josko Gvardiol.

His rating is 8.4 with 59 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Manchester United – Chelsea – 2-1
• Crystal Palace – AFC Bournemouth – 0-2
• Sheffield United – Liverpool – 0-2
• Fulham – Nottingham Forest – 5-0
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Brentford – 2-1
• Aston Villa – Manchester City – 1-0