English Premier League

FT Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Manchester City WWWWW 2
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Aston Villa LLLWW 1
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MNC202
AVL011
Villa Park · 41,400 att.

Match Report

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Man City edge Aston Villa as Bernardo Silva strikes stunner

Goals from Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva helped Manchester City to a 2-1 win at Aston Villa in a pulsating Premier League clash on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
64
Possession
36
17
SHOTS
9
7
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
547
Accurate Passes
269
611
Passes
333
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
43
37
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
14
11
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
11
13
Effective Clearances
17
13
Clearances
17

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 3Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 19Marvelous NakambaCM
  7. 6Douglas LuizLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaLF
  11. 31Leon BaileyRF

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 27João CanceloRB
  6. 20Bernardo SilvaAM
  7. 16RodriLM
  8. 25FernandinhoRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 26Riyad MahrezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Manchester City 1. Rúben Dias (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  2. 31' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ashley Young replaces Leon Bailey because of an injury.
  3. 43' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Manchester City 2. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus following a fast break.
  4. 47' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 2. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross following a corner.
  5. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Carney Chukwuemeka replaces Matt Targett because of an injury.
  6. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Sanson replaces Marvelous Nakamba.
  7. 87' Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Gabriel Jesus.

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