English Premier League

FT Sunday, October 18, 2020
Aston Villa WWWLW 1
–
Leicester City WWLWL 0
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King Power Stadium

Match Report

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Villa maintain perfect start as Barkley sinks Leicester

Aston Villa stretched their perfect Premier League start to four wins after a superb stoppage-time goal from Ross Barkley gave them a 1-0 victory.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
3
49.5
Possession
50.5
10
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
303
Accurate Passes
313
397
Passes
417
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
61
21
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
24
Interceptions
18
11
Effective Clearances
24
11
Clearances
24

Head to Head

LEI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 3Wesley FofanaCD-R
  4. 24Nampalys MendyDM
  5. 2James JustinLB
  6. 27Timothy CastagneRB
  7. 26Dennis PraetCM-L
  8. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  9. 15Harvey BarnesLM
  10. 17Ayoze PérezRM
  11. 14Kelechi IheanachoF

Substitutes

  1. 13Islam SlimaniSUB
  2. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  3. 12Danny WardSUB
  4. 19Cengiz ÜnderSUB
  5. 5Wes MorganSUB
  6. 20Hamza ChoudhurySUB
  7. 10James MaddisonSUB

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 20Ross BarkleyAM
  7. 7John McGinnLM
  8. 6Douglas LuizRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 17TrézéguetAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Björn EngelsSUB
  2. 15Bertrand TraoréSUB
  3. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  4. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  5. 12Jed SteerSUB
  6. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  7. 14Conor HourihaneSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. James Maddison replaces Dennis Praet.
  6. 70' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Substitution, Leicester City. Islam Slimani replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  8. 73' Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Jonny Evans (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Nampalys Mendy.
  11. 81' Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Trézéguet.
  12. 90'+1' Goal! Leicester City 0, Aston Villa 1. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John McGinn.

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