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

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

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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