HomeFixtures · MW38Manchester City vs Aston Villa — Report
MCI
Manchester City
1 – 2
AVL
Aston Villa
Aston Villa won — xG 1.34 vs 1.77

Timeline

MCI AVL
Goal — Antoine Semenyo 23'
46' 🔁 Sub — Matty Cash
47' Goal — Ollie Watkins
Sub — Rayan Cherki🔁 58'
Sub — Mateo Kovačić🔁 59'
62' Goal — Ollie Watkins
63' 📺 VAR check — Ollie Watkins
73' 🔁 Sub — Youri Tielemans
73' 🔁 Sub — Pau Torres
73' 🔁 Sub — Amadou Onana
Sub — Rayan Aït-Nouri🔁 77'
Sub — Jérémy Doku🔁 77'
Sub — Joško Gvardiol🔁 78'
Yellow card — Rico Lewis🟨 82'
86' 🔁 Sub — John McGinn
VAR check — Phil Foden📺 90+2'

First Half vs Second Half

Metric 1H 2H xG (MCI) 1.19 0.15 Possession (MCI) 57% 47% Shots (MCI) 12 4

Shot Map

AVL shots → ← MCI shots
Goal On target Off target

Lineups

Aston Villa · 4-2-3-1Manchester City · 4-2-2-2
40
Bizot
3
Lindelöf
5
Mings
16
García
22
Maatsen
6
Barkley
26
Bogarde
26
Luiz
10
Buendía
11
Watkins
31
Bailey
1
Trafford
3
Dias
6
Aké
82
Lewis
ST
Stones
14
González
20
Silva
26
Savinho
42
Semenyo
4
Reijnders
47
Foden
Match Rating Leader
WA
Ollie Watkins
9.59

Player Performance

Touch-Derived
AVL
AVLMCI

Average touch location per starter — touch-derived, not tracking data.

MCI
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Value Analysis

Manchester City's chance creation shifted after the break — , with possession moving from 57% to 47%.

The chance-quality ledger — — is the evidence base for the scoreline verdict.

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