Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2012

Result

Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea City

Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea City: match report

Aston Villa defeated Swansea City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 September 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Matthew Lowton opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Matthew Lowton (16') and Christian Benteke (88'). Swansea City did not score.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Swansea City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 1 point from 3 and Swansea City 2nd on 7 points from 3. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Swansea City 9th with 45.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Swansea City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 1 for Swansea City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Matthew LowtonAston Villa · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Ciaran ClarkAston Villa
  • 37'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonAston Villa
  • 40'Yellow card · MichuSwansea City
  • 80'Yellow card · Eric LichajAston Villa
  • 88'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 1, Swansea City 1.

Team news

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

Brad Guzan, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Eric Lichaj, Matthew Lowton, Stephen Ireland, Karim El Ahmadi, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Darren Bent, Brett Holman

Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Michel Vorm, Alan Tate, Ashley Williams, Àngel Rangel, Ben Davies, Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge, Jonathan de Guzmán, Miguel Pérez Cuesta, Danny Graham, Leon Britton