English Premier League

FT Sunday, October 26, 2025
Manchester City WDWWW 0
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Aston Villa WWWWL 1
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Match Report

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Matty Cash belter sees Aston Villa upset Man City

Matty Cash's brilliant first-half goal earned Aston Villa an excellent 1-0 win over Manchester City, whose Premier League title hopes took an early blow.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
8
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
3
53
Possession
47
18
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
455
Accurate Passes
388
504
Passes
449
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
20
Long Balls
59
10
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
9
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
7
19
Effective Clearances
19
19
Clearances
19

Highlights

01:52 Dawson: Pep needs to address Haaland dependency Watch on ESPN 01:51 Guardiola: Last season was much worse Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 27Morgan RogersAM
  7. 24Amadou OnanaLM
  8. 44Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM-L
  11. 7John McGinnAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Tyrone MingsSUB
  2. 40Marco BizotSUB
  3. 19Jadon SanchoSUB
  4. 6Ross BarkleySUB
  5. 29Evann GuessandSUB
  6. 22Ian MaatsenSUB
  7. 17Donyell MalenSUB
  8. 26Lamare BogardeSUB
  9. 3Victor LindelöfSUB

MNC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 4Tijjani ReijndersDM
  5. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  6. 27Matheus NunesRB
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaCM-L
  8. 47Phil FodenCM-R
  9. 26SávioLM
  10. 52Oscar BobbRM
  11. 9Erling HaalandF

Substitutes

  1. 8Mateo KovacicSUB
  2. 1James TraffordSUB
  3. 10Rayan CherkiSUB
  4. 14Nico GonzálezSUB
  5. 82Rico LewisSUB
  6. 7Omar MarmoushSUB
  7. 33Nico O'ReillySUB
  8. 11Jérémy DokuSUB
  9. 6Nathan AkéSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester City 0. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía following a corner.
  2. 29' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jadon Sancho replaces Emiliano Buendía because of an injury.
  3. 40' Savinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico O'Reilly replaces John Stones.
  6. 61' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico González replaces Bernardo Silva.
  7. 61' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Oscar Bobb.
  8. 64' Nico González (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ross Barkley replaces John McGinn.
  10. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Evann Guessand replaces Jadon Sancho.
  11. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  12. 80' Phil Foden (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 84' Substitution, Manchester City. Omar Marmoush replaces Savinho.
  15. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces Ollie Watkins.
  16. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen replaces Lucas Digne.

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