Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 December 2021
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Sunday 5 December 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City: match report
Aston Villa beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 December 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Harvey Barnes opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ezri Konsa (17') and Ezri Konsa (54'). Leicester City scored through Harvey Barnes (14').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 13th on 16 points from 14 and Leicester City 10th on 19 points from 14. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Leicester City 8th with 52.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Cash of Aston Villa (8.2), level with Ezri Konsa (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 5 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Harvey Barnes
- 17'Goal · Ezri Konsa
- 54'Goal · Ezri Konsa
- 55'Yellow card · Marvelous Nakamba
- 90'Yellow card · James Maddison
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ashley Young, John McGinn, Marvelous Nakamba, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Ollie Watkins, Emiliano Buendía
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Timothy Castagne, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Luke Jonathan Thomas, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Wilfred Ndidi, Ademola Lookman, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Patson Daka