Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2016

Result

Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester City: match report

Aston Villa drew with Leicester City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Shinji Okazaki opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Rudy Gestede (75'). Leicester City scored through Shinji Okazaki (28').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 20th on 12 points from 21 and Leicester City 4th on 39 points from 21. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 20th with 19 points, and Leicester City 1st with 76.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 3 for Leicester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Mark BunnAston Villa
  • 28'Goal · Shinji OkazakiLeicester City · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Aly CissokhoAston Villa
  • 33'Missed penalty · Riyad MahrezLeicester City
  • 75'Goal · Rudy GestedeAston Villa · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Robert HuthLeicester City
  • 85'Yellow card · L. BacunaAston Villa
  • 85'Yellow card · Jamie VardyLeicester City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 2, Leicester City 3.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up (4-3-3)

Alan Hutton, Leandro Bacuna, Joleon Lescott, Idrissa Gueye, Jordan Veretout, Ashley Westwood, Jordan Ayew, Carles Gil

Leicester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Christian Fuchs, Wes Morgan, Danny Simpson, Robert Huth, N'Golo Kanté, Riyad Mahrez, Marc Albrighton, Danny Drinkwater, Jamie Vardy, Shinji Okazaki