English Premier League

FT Monday, March 4, 2013
Manchester City DDLWW 1
–
Aston Villa LLDWL 0
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MNC101
AVL000
Villa Park · 33,217 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
7
52.8
Possession
47.2
20
SHOTS
10
8
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
377
Accurate Passes
327
475
Passes
416
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
29
Long Balls
70
18
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
4
17
Effective Tackles
16
24
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
13
32
Clearances
29

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Brad GuzanG
  2. 32Nathan BakerCD-L
  3. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-R
  4. 27Joe BennettLB
  5. 34Matthew LowtonRB
  6. 10Charles N'ZogbiaAM
  7. 16Fabian DelphLM
  8. 15Ashley WestwoodRM
  9. 20Christian BentekeF
  10. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorAM-L
  11. 26Andreas WeimannAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Brett HolmanSUB
  2. 1Shay GivenSUB
  3. 21Jordan BowerySUB
  4. 24Simon DawkinsSUB
  5. 18Yacouba SyllaSUB
  6. 30Eric LichajSUB
  7. 8Karim El AhmadiSUB

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 33Matija NastasicCD-L
  3. 28Kolo TouréCD-R
  4. 22Gaël ClichyLB
  5. 5Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 42Yaya TouréAM
  7. 17Jack RodwellLM
  8. 14Javi GarcíaRM
  9. 32Carlos TevezF
  10. 21David SilvaAM-L
  11. 7James MilnerAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Gareth BarrySUB
  2. 8Samir NasriSUB
  3. 6Joleon LescottSUB
  4. 10Edin DzekoSUB
  5. 11Scott SinclairSUB
  6. 13Aleksandar KolarovSUB
  7. 30Costel PantilimonSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Substitution, Manchester City. Edin Dzeko replaces Jack Rodwell because of an injury.
  2. 45'+1' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Manchester City 1. Carlos Tévez (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  3. 65' Foul by James Milner (Manchester City).
  4. 75' Matija Nastasic (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 75' Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 84' Attempt missed. Javi García (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a corner.
  7. 86' Attempt missed. Samir Nasri (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva with a through ball.
  8. 90'+1' Substitution, Aston Villa. Karim El Ahmadi replaces Ashley Westwood.
  9. 90'+4' Hand ball by Fabian Delph (Aston Villa).

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