English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 4, 2025
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Aston Villa WLWLD 2
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Villa Park · 42,386 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Leon Bailey nets winner as Aston Villa edge Leicester

Leon Bailey scored the winner in Aston Villa's 2-1 Premier League victory over Leicester City, after Stephy Mavididi's equaliser had cancelled out Ross Barkley's strike in an action-packed second half on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
1
39.2
Possession
60.8
4
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
335
Accurate Passes
551
397
Passes
616
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.2
34
Long Balls
37
12
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
10
16
Effective Clearances
15
16
Clearances
15

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 8Youri TielemansAM
  7. 6Ross BarkleyLM
  8. 44Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 7John McGinnAM-L
  11. 31Leon BaileyAM-R

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 41Jakub StolarczykG
  2. 23Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 4Conor CoadyCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 2James JustinRB
  6. 11Bilal El KhannoussAM
  7. 24Boubakary SoumaréLM
  8. 8Harry WinksRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 10Stephy MavididiAM-L
  11. 18Jordan AyewAM-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces John McGinn because of an injury.
  2. 58' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 0. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  3. 62' Substitution, Leicester City. Wout Faes replaces Jannik Vestergaard because of an injury.
  4. 63' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leicester City 1. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Ross Barkley.
  6. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen replaces Lucas Digne.
  7. 76' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Leicester City 1. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ian Maatsen.
  8. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
  9. 82' Substitution, Leicester City. Caleb Okoli replaces Conor Coady.
  10. 83' Substitution, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Jordan Ayew.
  11. 90' Substitution, Leicester City. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Luke Thomas.
  12. 90'+5' Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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