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
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.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Liam Ridgewell
- 66'Yellow card · David Sommeil
- 71'Goal · Darius Vassell
Head-to-head
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