English Premier League

FT Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Manchester City WWLWL 2
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Aston Villa DDLWL 1
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MNC202
AVL101
Villa Park

Match Report

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Manchester City beat Aston Villa, take step closer to Premier League title

Manchester City took a step closer to the Premier League title after a 2-1 win at Aston Villa on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
1
72
Possession
28
13
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
740
Accurate Passes
239
806
Passes
304
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.4
40
Long Balls
52
25
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
2
Effective Tackles
6
5
Tackles
12
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
5
7
Effective Clearances
20
7
Clearances
20

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

AVL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 19Marvelous NakambaDM
  5. 18Matt TargettLB
  6. 2Matty CashRB
  7. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  8. 7John McGinnCM-R
  9. 41Jacob RamseyLM
  10. 15Bertrand TraoréRM
  11. 11Ollie WatkinsF

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 47Phil FodenLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 0. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
  2. 22' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  3. 40' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 2. Rodrigo (Manchester City) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross following a corner.
  4. 42' Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 44' John Stones (Manchester City) is shown the red card.
  6. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Jacob Ramsey.
  7. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Aymeric Laporte replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  8. 54' Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 57' Second yellow card to Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) for a bad foul.
  10. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ross Barkley replaces Marvelous Nakamba.
  11. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  12. 90' Substitution, Manchester City. Fernandinho replaces Riyad Mahrez.

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