Aston Villa 1-0 Man City (Oct 26, 2025)

AVL

MCI

19'

Matty Cash

Assist: Emiliano Buendía

29'

Jadon Sancho

Emiliano Buendía

40'

Sávio

HT 1-0

54'

Tijjani Reijnders

61'

Nico O’Reilly

John Stones

61'

Nico González

Bernardo Silva

61'

Jérémy Doku

Oscar Bobb

64'

Nico González

74'

Ross Barkley

John McGinn

74'

Evann Guessand

Jadon Sancho

76'

Rayan Cherki

Tijjani Reijnders

80'

Phil Foden

81'

Boubacar Kamara

84'

Omar Marmoush

Sávio

86'

Donyell Malen

Ollie Watkins

86'

Ian Maatsen

Lucas Digne

FT 1-0

AVL

Team Stats

MCI

Possession

47%

53%

0.56

xG

1.06

9 (3)

Shots (On Target)

18 (4)

24

Touches in Opp Box

33

5

Corners

6

Top Performers

Rating

9.0

Foden

MCI

xG

0.25

Foden

MCI

Chances Created

7

Foden

MCI

Take-ons

2

Foden

MCI

Premier League Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	17	12	3	2	21	39
2	Man City	17	12	1	4	25	37
3	Aston Villa	17	11	3	3	9	36
4	Chelsea	17	8	5	4	12	29
5	Man United	18	8	5	5	4	29
6	Liverpool	17	9	2	6	3	29
7	Sunderland	17	7	6	4	2	27
8	Crystal Palace	17	7	5	5	2	26
9	Brighton	17	6	6	5	2	24
10	Everton	17	7	3	7	-2	24
11	Newcastle	18	6	5	7	0	23
12	Brentford	17	7	2	8	-1	23
13	Fulham	17	7	2	8	-2	23
14	Tottenham	17	6	4	7	3	22
15	Bournemouth	17	5	7	5	-3	22
16	Leeds	17	5	4	8	-7	19
17	Nottm Forest	17	5	3	9	-9	18
18	West Ham	17	3	4	10	-16	13
19	Burnley	17	3	2	12	-15	11
20	Wolves	17	0	2	15	-28	2

Game Summary

Aston Villa emerged victorious over Manchester City, 1 to 0, in the Premier League on October 26.

Game Info

Premier League Matchweek 9

October 26, 2025

Villa Park

Birmingham, England

Referee Michael Oliver

Assistant Ref Stuart Burt

Assistant Ref Ian Hussin

Fourth Official Robert Jones

Video Referee John Brooks

AVL

4-2-3-1

7.7

Martínez

12

86'

7.2

Digne

14

7.2

Torres

4

7.6

Konsa

2

8.3

Cash

7.9

Onana

44

7.5

Kamara

10

29'

7.1

Buendía

6.4

Rogers

7

74'

6.9

McGinn

86'

6.5

Watkins

6.7

Donnarumma

6.9

Gvardiol

7.7

Dias

61'

7.1

Stones

27

7.7

Nunes

76'

6.1

Reijnders

84'

6.4

Sávio

61'

6.9

Silva

9.0

Foden

52

61'

6.4

Bobb

6.9

Haaland

MCI

4-1-4-1

AVL

Managers

MCI

Unai Emery

Pep Guardiola

AVL

Substitutes

MCI

6.6

19

Sancho

29'

74'

7.0

11

Doku

61'

6.7

6

Barkley

74'

7.0

14

González

61'

6.8

29

Guessand

74'

6.7

33

O’Reilly

61'

6.7

17

Malen

86'

7.3

10

Cherki

76'

22

Maatsen

86'

6.6

7

Marmoush

84'

40

Bizot

1

Trafford

3

Nilsson-Lindelöf

6

Aké

5

Mings

82

Lewis

26

Bogarde

8

Kovačić

3'

E. Buendía misses the shot.

6'

T. Reijnders misses the shot.

16'

Sávio commits a foul.

17'

L. Digne made a shot on target.

19'

L. Digne takes a corner.

19'

M. Cash scores a goal. E. Buendía assists on the shot.

22'

E. Haaland made a shot on target.

23'

M. Cash commits a foul.

25'

O. Bobb commits a foul.

25'

T. Reijnders commits a foul.

29'

J. Sancho enters the game. E. Buendía leaves the game.

30'

J. Gvardiol commits a foul.

30'

J. McGinn made a shot on target.

31'

L. Digne takes a corner.

31'

O. Watkins made a shot on target.

31'

O. Watkins made a shot on target.

34'

O. Watkins commits a foul.

35'

T. Reijnders is caught offside.

36'

E. Martínez is caught offside.

37'

J. Gvardiol commits a foul.

38'

T. Reijnders commits a foul.

40'

Sávio commits a foul.

40'

Sávio receives a yellow card.

41'

L. Digne takes a corner.

45'

J. Gvardiol commits a foul.

45'

E. Konsa commits a foul.

45'

P. Torres commits a foul.

46'

J. Gvardiol commits a foul.

48'

P. Foden made a shot on target.

48'

P. Foden takes a corner.

48'

R. Dias made a shot on target.

48'

P. Foden takes a corner.

48'

R. Dias commits a foul.

49'

T. Reijnders misses the shot.

53'

M. Cash takes a corner.

53'

J. McGinn made a shot on target.

54'

T. Reijnders commits a foul.

54'

T. Reijnders receives a yellow card.

59'

P. Foden takes a corner.

60'

P. Foden takes a corner.

60'

R. Dias made a shot on target.

60'

Sávio made a shot on target.

60'

Sávio made a shot on target.

61'

P. Foden takes a corner.

61'

J. Gvardiol misses the shot.

61'

N. O’Reilly enters the game. J. Stones leaves the game.

61'

N. González enters the game. B. Silva leaves the game.

61'

J. Doku enters the game. O. Bobb leaves the game.

63'

L. Digne takes a corner.

64'

N. González commits a foul.

64'

N. González receives a yellow card.

67'

M. Cash commits a foul.

68'

P. Foden takes a corner.

68'

J. Gvardiol misses the shot.

69'

J. Sancho made a shot on target.

69'

J. Sancho made a shot on target.

71'

E. Haaland made a shot on target.

72'

N. González made a shot on target.

73'

T. Reijnders commits a foul.

74'

R. Barkley enters the game. J. McGinn leaves the game.

74'

E. Guessand enters the game. J. Sancho leaves the game.

76'

N. González is caught offside.

76'

R. Cherki enters the game. T. Reijnders leaves the game.

77'

N. González commits a foul.

79'

B. Kamara commits a foul.

80'

N. O’Reilly made a shot on target.

80'

P. Foden commits a foul.

80'

P. Foden receives a yellow card.

81'

B. Kamara commits a foul.

81'

B. Kamara receives a yellow card.

83'

P. Foden made a shot on target.

84'

O. Marmoush enters the game. Sávio leaves the game.

86'

D. Malen enters the game. O. Watkins leaves the game.

86'

I. Maatsen enters the game. L. Digne leaves the game.

87'

R. Cherki made a shot on target.

89'

M. Nunes is caught offside.

90'

N. O’Reilly commits a foul.

90'

N. González made a shot on target.

90'

M. Nunes misses the shot.

90'

A. Onana commits a foul.

90'

E. Haaland made a shot on target.

All

1st

2nd

AVL

Attacking Stats

MCI

Possession

47%

53%

0.56

xG | Expand

1.06

9

Shots

18

3

Shots on Target

4

6

Shots off Target

14

5

Shots Blocked

9

0

Hit Woodwork

0

1

Big Chances Missed

2

618

Touches

665

24

Touches in Opp Box

33

6/13 (46%)

Take-ons

6/17 (35%)

5

Corners

6

AVL

Passing Stats

MCI

0.54

xA | Expand

1.10

0

Big Chances Created

1

6

Chances Created

16

384/445 (86%)

Passes

444/493 (90%)

5

Key Passes

16

60

Long Ball Passes

21

87

Final Third Passes

173

3/12 (25%)

Crosses

7/21 (33%)

0/3 (0%)

Through Balls

2/3 (66.7%)

1

Offsides

3

AVL

Defending Stats

MCI

18

Tackles

14

10

Tackles Won

8

0

Last Man Tackles

0

7

Interceptions

11

21

Clearances

21

45

Recoveries

43

0

Errors Leading to Shot

0

Errors Leading to Goal

0

Penalties Conceded

0

3

Goalkeeper Saves

2

AVL

Other Stats

MCI

1

Yellow Cards

4

0

Red Cards

0

8

Fouls

16

42

Duels Won

41

3

Aerials Won

13

5

Corners Won

6

98

Possessions Lost

95

7

Times Dispossessed

7

AVL

MCI

Player	Rating	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Shots on Target	xG
Matty Cash M. Cash #2	8.3	90	1	0	1	0.05
Amadou Onana A. Onana #24	7.9	90	0	0	0	0.00
Ezri Konsa E. Konsa #4	7.6	90	0	0	0	0.00
Boubacar Kamara B. Kamara #44	7.5	90	0	0	0	0.00
Pau Torres P. Torres #14	7.2	90	0	0	0	0.00
Lucas Digne L. Digne #12	7.2	85	0	0	0	0.06
Emiliano Buendía E. Buendía #10	7.1	28	0	1	0	0.02
John McGinn J. McGinn #7	6.9	73	0	0	0	0.15
Evann Guessand E. Guessand #29	6.8	17	0	0	0	0.00
Ross Barkley R. Barkley #6	6.7	17	0	0	0	0.00
Donyell Malen D. Malen #17	6.7	5	0	0	0	0.00
Jadon Sancho J. Sancho #19	6.6	45	0	0	2	0.16
Ollie Watkins O. Watkins #11	6.5	85	0	0	0	0.12
Morgan Rogers M. Rogers #27	6.4	90	0	0	0	0.00
Ian Maatsen I. Maatsen #22		5	0	0	0	0.00