Aston Villa 1-2 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2015
Result
Aston Villa 1-2 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aston Villa 1-2 Stoke City: match report
Aston Villa lost to Stoke City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.
Scott Sinclair opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Scott Sinclair (20'). Stoke City scored through Andrea Pirlo (45') and Victor Moses (90+3', penalty).
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 18th on 22 points from 25 and Stoke City 11th on 32 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Stoke City 9th with 53.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 5 draws and 3 for Stoke City.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Stoke City's L-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Scott Sinclair
- 35'Yellow card · Philipp Wollscheid
- 45'Goal · Andrea Pirlo
- 59'Yellow card · Carlos Sánchez
- 63'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
- 90'Yellow card · Ron Vlaar
- 90+2'Second yellow · Ron Vlaar
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Victor Moses
- 90+6'Yellow card · Jonathan Walters
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Kieran Richardson, Fabian Delph, Carlos Sánchez, Carles Gil, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Scott Sinclair, Christian Benteke
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Asmir Begović, Phil Bardsley, Philipp Wollscheid, Marc Wilson, Erik Pieters, Glenn Whelan, Steven Nzonzi, Jonathan Walters, Stephen Ireland, Victor Moses, Mame Diouf