Aston Villa 3-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 August 2003

Result

Aston Villa 3-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 30 August 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Aston Villa 3-1 Leicester City: match report

Aston Villa beat Leicester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 August 2003. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Aston Villa's goals came from an own goal by Ben Thatcher (8'), Juan Ángel Arango (10') and Juan Ángel Arango (16'). Leicester City scored through Mustafa Izzet (53').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 1 point from 3 and Leicester City 15th on 2 points from 3. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 56 points, and Leicester City 18th with 33.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 2 draws and 1 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-D-L and Leicester City's D-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Own goal · Ben ThatcherAston Villa · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Juan Ángel ArangoAston Villa · 2-0
  • 16'Goal · Juan Ángel ArangoAston Villa · 3-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Leslie FerdinandLeicester City
  • 40'Second yellow · Leslie FerdinandLeicester City
  • 43'Yellow card · Mustafa IzzetLeicester City
  • 52'Yellow card · Ronny JohnsenAston Villa
  • 53'Goal · Mustafa IzzetLeicester City · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 2, Leicester City 1.