Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2025

Result

Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City: match report

Aston Villa defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 October 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Matty Cash of Aston Villa in the 19th minute.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 12th on 12 points from 8 and Manchester City 3rd on 16 points from 8. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Manchester City 2nd with 78.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Phil Foden of Manchester City (7.9), ahead of Matty Cash (7.6).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Matty CashAston Villa · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · SavinhoManchester City
  • 54'Yellow card · Tijjani ReijndersManchester City
  • 64'Yellow card · Nico GonzálezManchester City
  • 80'Yellow card · Phil FodenManchester City
  • 81'Yellow card · Boubacar KamaraAston Villa

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Amadou Onana, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins

Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Tijjani Reijnders, Oscar Bobb, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Savinho, Erling Haaland