Aston Villa 5-0 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Monday 1 January 2018

Result

Aston Villa 5-0 Bristol City

Championship · Monday 1 January 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Aston Villa 5-0 Bristol City: match report

Aston Villa beat Bristol City 5-0 in the Championship on Monday 1 January 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Scott Hogan opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Scott Hogan (23'), Robert Snodgrass (34'), Robert Snodgrass (60'), Birkir Bjarnason (72') and Conor Hourihane (85'). Bristol City did not score.

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Bristol City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 8th on 41 points from 25 and Bristol City 3rd on 47 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Bristol City 11th with 67.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bristol City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Snodgrass of Aston Villa (8.7), ahead of Alan Hutton (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 1 draw and 1 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Scott HoganAston Villa · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Nathan BakerBristol City
  • 34'Goal · Robert SnodgrassAston Villa · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Robert SnodgrassAston Villa · 3-0
  • 72'Goal · Birkir BjarnasonAston Villa · 4-0
  • 85'Goal · Conor HourihaneAston Villa · 5-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 1, Bristol City 1.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-1-4-1)

Sam Johnstone, James Chester, Alan Hutton, Tommy Elphick, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Robert Snodgrass, Jack Grealish, C. Hourihane, Mile Jedinak, Albert Adomah, Scott Hogan

Bristol City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Luke Steele, Aden Flint, Bailey Wright, Nathan Baker, Hörður Magnússon, Joe Bryan, Korey Smith, Josh Brownhill, Marlon Pack, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Sander Krabbendam