Manchester City vs Aston Villa

Final score: Manchester City 1-2 Aston Villa in the Premier League, May 24, 2026. Head-to-head in the last 10 meetings: 5 wins for Manchester City, 1 draws, 4 wins for Aston Villa.

Overview

Football: Premier League · Round 38
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Form: WWWWW Manchester City
: LLDWL Aston Villa

23' A. Semenyo 1-0
HT1-0
46' ▲ M. Cash ▼ A. Garcia
47' 1-1 O. Watkins
58' ▲ R. Cherki ▼ A. Semenyo
59' ▲ M. Kovacic ▼ B. Silva
61' 1-2 O. Watkins · R. Barkley
63' Ollie Watkins
73' ▲ Y. Tielemans ▼ Douglas Luiz
73' ▲ P. Torres ▼ V. Lindelof
73' ▲ A. Onana ▼ L. Bogarde
77' ▲ J. Doku ▼ T. Reijnders
77' ▲ R. Ait-Nouri ▼ N. Ake
78' ▲ J. Gvardiol ▼ J. Stones
82' Rico Lewis
86' ▲ J. McGinn ▼ R. Barkley
90'+2 Phil Foden
FT1-2

Line-ups

Manchester City Formation: 4-2-2-2 · Coach: Pep Guardiola

1J. Trafford 6.3
82R. Lewis 6.0
5J. Stones ▼ 78' 6.5
3R. Dias 6.7
6N. Ake ▼ 77' 6.7
14Nico 7.3
20B. Silva ▼ 59' 6.9
42A. Semenyo ⚽ ▼ 58' 7.5
26Savinho 6.6
47P. Foden 6.5
4T. Reijnders ▼ 77' 6.3

Substitutes 9

13M. Bettinelli
11J. Doku ▲ 77' 6.6
21R. Ait-Nouri ▲ 77' 7.0
24J. Gvardiol ▲ 78' 6.6
27M. Nunes
8M. Kovacic ▲ 59' 6.6
7O. Marmoush
10R. Cherki ▲ 58' 6.3
68M. Alleyne

Aston Villa Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Coach: Unai Emery

40M. Bizot 6.9
16A. Garcia ▼ 46' 6.6
3V. Lindelof ▼ 73' 6.6
5T. Mings 6.9
22I. Maatsen 6.6
26L. Bogarde ▼ 73' 6.7
21Douglas Luiz ▼ 73' 7.2
31L. Bailey 6.3
6R. Barkley ⇢ ▼ 86' 6.7
10E. Buendia 7.9
11O. Watkins ⚽2 9.3

Substitutes 9

64J. Wright
8Y. Tielemans ▲ 73' 7.6
14P. Torres ▲ 73' 6.6
24A. Onana ▲ 73' 6.6
83B. Burrowes
12L. Digne
7J. McGinn ▲ 86' 6.9
2M. Cash ▲ 46' 6.6
53G. Hemmings

Statistics

01⚑9

⚑400

53%Possession47%

16Shots12

3Shots on target5

7Shots off target5

10Shots inside box9

6Shots outside box3

6Blocked shots2

9Corners4

1Offsides1

8Fouls4

1Yellow cards0

3Saves2

0.51Goals prevented0.51

481Passes440

426Accurate passes397

89%Pass accuracy90%

1.34Expected goals (xG)1.77

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	71 - 27	+44	85
2	Manchester City	38	77 - 35	+42	78
3	Manchester United	38	69 - 50	+19	71
4	Aston Villa	38	56 - 49	+7	65
5	Liverpool	38	63 - 53	+10	60
6	Bournemouth	38	58 - 54	+4	57
7	Sunderland	38	42 - 48	-6	54
8	Brighton	38	52 - 46	+6	53
9	Brentford	38	55 - 52	+3	53
10	Chelsea	38	58 - 52	+6	52
11	Fulham	38	47 - 51	-4	52
12	Newcastle	38	53 - 55	-2	49
13	Everton	38	47 - 50	-3	49
14	Leeds	38	49 - 56	-7	47
15	Crystal Palace	38	41 - 51	-10	45
16	Nottingham Forest	38	48 - 51	-3	44
17	Tottenham	38	48 - 57	-9	41
18	West Ham	38	46 - 65	-19	39
19	Burnley	38	38 - 75	-37	22
20	Wolves	38	27 - 68	-41	20