English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 31, 2024
Aston Villa DLLWL 2
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Leicester City LLDLW 1
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King Power Stadium · 31,725 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Aston Villa back on track with win at Leicester

Aston Villa returned to winning ways in the Premier League as goals by Amadou Onana and Jhon Duran wrapped up a 2-1 victory at Leicester City on Saturday.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
13
5
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
3
42.4
Possession
57.6
10
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
318
Accurate Passes
457
383
Passes
513
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
38
Long Balls
34
22
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
11
25
Effective Clearances
18
25
Clearances
18

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Mads HermansenG
  2. 5Caleb OkoliCD-L
  3. 3Wout FaesCD-R
  4. 16Victor KristiansenLB
  5. 2James JustinRB
  6. 6Wilfred NdidiAM
  7. 22Oliver SkippLM
  8. 8Harry WinksRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 18Jordan AyewAM-L
  11. 7Fatawu IssahakuAM-R

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 26Lamare BogardeRB
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-L
  7. 24Amadou OnanaCM-R
  8. 7John McGinnLM
  9. 31Leon BaileyRM
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsCF-L
  11. 27Morgan RogersCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Leon Bailey because of an injury.
  3. 26' Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 28' Goal! Leicester City 0, Aston Villa 1. Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins following a set piece situation.
  5. 40' Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Lamare Bogarde (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Ollie Watkins.
  8. 62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ross Barkley replaces Amadou Onana because of an injury.
  9. 63' Goal! Leicester City 0, Aston Villa 2. Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross.
  10. 67' Substitution, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi replaces Jordan Ayew.
  11. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Abdul Fatawu.
  12. 68' Substitution, Leicester City. Bilal El Khannouss replaces Oliver Skipp.
  13. 73' Goal! Leicester City 1, Aston Villa 2. Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
  14. 73' Caleb Okoli (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 74' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. Kosta Nedeljkovic replaces Lamare Bogarde.
  17. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen replaces Jacob Ramsey.
  18. 83' Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 89' Substitution, Leicester City. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  20. 90'+2' Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+2' Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Caleb Okoli.
  22. 90'+3' Harry Winks (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.

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