Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 25 April 2006

Result

Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Tuesday 25 April 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Manchester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 25 April 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Darius Vassell of Manchester City in the 71st minute.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 39 points from 35 and Manchester City 15th on 40 points from 34. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 5 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellAston Villa
  • 66'Yellow card · David SommeilManchester City
  • 71'Goal · Darius VassellManchester City · 0-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 2, Manchester City 5.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney

Manchester City line-up

David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Richard Dunne, Micah Richards, Claudio Reyna, Albert Riera, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Georgios Samaras, David James, Joey Barton