Aston Villa vs Leicester City, 2020-21 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueLeicester keep pace at top with Barnes, Maddison strikes at Aston Villa
James Maddison and Harvey Barnes scored quick-fire first-half goals as Leicester City notched up a 2-1 win away to Aston Villa.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt saved. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 4': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Luke Thomas (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonny Evans.
- 4': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Thomas.
- 11': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
- 11': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
- 11': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ahmed El Mohamady.
- 13': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 13': Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anwar El Ghazi.
- 19': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 1. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
- 21': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 21': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Attempt saved. Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 23': Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 23': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 2. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
- 26': Hand ball by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 26': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 26': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
- 30': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 30': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 31': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
- 32': Attempt missed. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) with an attempt from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross following a corner.
- 33': Offside, Aston Villa. Matt Targett tries a through ball, but Ollie Watkins is caught offside.
- 34': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 34': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 35': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
- 35': Attempt missed. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 38': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 38': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 39': Foul by Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa).
- 39': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Matt Targett.
- 41': Offside, Leicester City. Timothy Castagne tries a through ball, but James Maddison is caught offside.
- 41': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Leicester City).
- 41': Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 44': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jonny Evans.
- 45': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 0, Leicester City 2.
- 47': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by James Maddison (Leicester City).
- 48': Attempt blocked. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Targett with a cross.
- 48': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 2. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
- 51': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 51': Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 51': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 52': Offside, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings tries a through ball, but Ollie Watkins is caught offside.
- 53': Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
- 54': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
- 57': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
- 57': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Foul by Ahmed El Mohamady (Aston Villa).
- 59': Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Ahmed El Mohamady (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 60': Attempt saved. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 60': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Emiliano Martínez.
- 61': Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 64': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
- 64': Substitution, Leicester City. Nampalys Mendy replaces James Maddison because of an injury.
- 67': Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
- 67': Foul by Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City).
- 67': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
- 70': Foul by Timothy Castagne (Leicester City).
- 70': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 74': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ahmed El Mohamady.
- 75': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
- 75': Offside, Aston Villa. John McGinn tries a through ball, but Trézéguet is caught offside.
- 76': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Ross Barkley.
- 76': Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Ricardo Pereira.
- 77': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
- 77': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Attempt saved. Trézéguet (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
- 80': Offside, Aston Villa. John McGinn tries a through ball, but Ollie Watkins is caught offside.
- 81': Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Sanson replaces Douglas Luiz.
- 82': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Harvey Barnes.
- 83': Attempt missed. Morgan Sanson (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
- 84': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
- 84': Foul by Trézéguet (Aston Villa).
- 84': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City).
- 85': Trézéguet (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 86': Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Youri Tielemans.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Targett with a headed pass.
- 89': Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
- 90'+1': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 90'+3': Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
- 90'+4': Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ahmed El Mohamady with a cross.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 2.
- 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 2.
Statistics
 LEI |
AVL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 11 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 1 | Saves | 5 |
| 50.1 | Possession | 49.9 |
| 16 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 374 | Accurate Passes | 345 |
| 450 | Passes | 430 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 13 | Crosses | 28 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 43 | Long Balls | 59 |
| 12 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 16 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 23 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 23 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 31 | +39 | 70 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | +32 | 61 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 31 | +13 | 55 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 31 | +5 | 54 |
Line-Ups
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 26 | Emiliano Martínez (GK) |
| 5 | Tyrone Mings |
| 4 | Ezri Konsa |
| 18 | Matt Targett |
| 27 | Ahmed Elmohamady  |
| 20 | Ross Barkley |
| 7 | John McGinn |
| 6 | Douglas Luiz |
| 11 | Ollie Watkins |
| 21 | Anwar El Ghazi |
| 15 | Bertrand Traoré |
Leicester City (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel (GK) |
| 4 | Caglar Söyüncü |
| 6 | Jonny Evans |
| 33 | Luke Thomas |
| 27 | Timothy Castagne |
| 10 | James Maddison |
| 25 | Wilfred Ndidi |
| 8 | Youri Tielemans |
| 9 | Jamie Vardy |
| 15 | Harvey Barnes |
| 21 | Ricardo Pereira |
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