Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 21 April 2021

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Wednesday 21 April 2021, 19:15 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 21 April 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

John McGinn opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Aston Villa's goal came from John McGinn (1'). Manchester City scored through Phil Foden (22') and Rodri (40').

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 44 points from 30 and Manchester City 1st on 74 points from 32. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 55 points, and Manchester City 1st with 86.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Phil Foden of Manchester City (8.6), ahead of Bernardo Silva (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · John McGinnAston Villa · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · RodriManchester City · 1-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Ilkay GündoganManchester City
  • 44'Red card · John StonesManchester City
  • 54'Yellow card · Matty CashAston Villa
  • 57'Second yellow · Matty CashAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 2, Manchester City 7.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-1-4-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, Marvelous Nakamba, Bertrand Traoré, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Ollie Watkins

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden