Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 February 2021
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Sunday 21 February 2021, 14:05 UTC · half-time 0-2
Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester City: match report
Aston Villa were beaten by Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 February 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.
James Maddison opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Bertrand Traoré (48'). Leicester City scored through James Maddison (19') and Harvey Barnes (23').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 8th on 36 points from 22 and Leicester City 3rd on 46 points from 24. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Leicester City 5th with 66.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harvey Barnes of Leicester City (8.4), ahead of James Maddison (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 4 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 19'Goal · James Maddison
- 23'Goal · Harvey Barnes
- 34'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
- 48'Goal · Bertrand Traoré
- 51'Yellow card · Douglas Luiz
- 59'Yellow card · Ahmed El-Mohamady
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Wesley Moraes
- James Justin
- Dennis Praet
- Kortney Hause
- Wesley Fofana
- Philippe Coutinho
- Ludwig Augustinsson
- Jack Grealish
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Bertrand Traoré, Ross Barkley, Anwar El Ghazi, Ollie Watkins
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Timothy Castagne, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy