English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Aston Villa WWDLL 0
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Manchester City WWWWW 2
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Etihad Stadium

Match Report

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Man City beat Villa with Silva's controversial late goal

Bernardo Silva's controversial first Premier League goal of the season helped earn Manchester City a hard-fought 2-0 against Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
16
7
Saves
4
30.9
Possession
69.1
11
SHOTS
28
4
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
207
Accurate Passes
553
285
Passes
628
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
29
0.1
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
40
24
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
12
6
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
11
29
Effective Clearances
11
29
Clearances
11

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 27João CanceloLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 16RodriCM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 20Bernardo SilvaF
  10. 47Phil FodenLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

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. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Timeline

  1. 28' Substitution, Manchester City. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Kyle Walker because of an injury.
  2. 59' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Kevin De Bruyne because of an injury.
  3. 67' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 68' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  5. 68' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Ross Barkley.
  6. 72' Substitution, Manchester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Raheem Sterling.
  7. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Neil Taylor replaces Matt Targett because of an injury.
  8. 79' Goal! Manchester City 1, Aston Villa 0. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Rodrigo.
  9. 86' Neil Taylor (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90' Goal! Manchester City 2, Aston Villa 0. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

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