Bristol City 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Championship · Friday 28 September 2018

Result

Bristol City 1-1 Aston Villa

Championship · Friday 28 September 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol City 1-1 Aston Villa: match report

Bristol City drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 28 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Josh Brownhill opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Bristol City's goal came from Josh Brownhill (16'). Aston Villa scored through Birkir Bjarnason (45+3').

Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 9th on 14 points from 9 and Aston Villa 13th on 13 points from 9. Bristol City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Aston Villa 5th with 82.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Brownhill of Bristol City (7.8), ahead of Birkir Bjarnason (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Josh BrownhillBristol City · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · J. KodjiaAston Villa
  • 45+3'Goal · Birkir BjarnasonAston Villa · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Jack HuntBristol City
  • 57'Yellow card · Matty TaylorBristol City
  • 62'Yellow card · Alan HuttonAston Villa

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bristol City 1, draws 1, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)

Niki Mäenpää, Jack Hunt, Adam Webster, Nathan Baker, Lloyd Kelly, Callum O'Dowda, Josh Brownhill, Marlon Pack, Niclas Eliasson, M. Taylor, Andreas Weimann

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

Ørjan Nyland, Axel Tuanzebe, James Chester, Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, John McGinn, Birkir Bjarnason, Jack Grealish, C. Hourihane, Jonathan Kodjia, Tammy Abraham