Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2024
Result
Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 31 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa: match report
Leicester City were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 August 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Amadou Onana opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Leicester City's goal came from Facundo Buonanotte (73'). Aston Villa scored through Amadou Onana (28') and Jhon Durán (63').
Discipline: Leicester City received 5 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 15th on 1 point from 2 and Aston Villa 12th on 3 points from 2. Leicester City went on to finish that season 18th with 25 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 66.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Victor Kristiansen of Leicester City (7.5), ahead of Mads Hermansen (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leicester City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Amadou Onana
- 26'Yellow card · Oliver Skipp
- 28'Goal · Amadou Onana
- 40'Yellow card · Youri Tielemans
- 55'Yellow card · Lamare Bogarde
- 63'Goal · Jhon Durán
- 73'Goal · Facundo Buonanotte
- 73'Yellow card · Caleb Okoli
- 74'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 83'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
- 90+2'Yellow card · Jhon Durán
- 90+3'Yellow card · Harry Winks
- 90+5'Yellow card · Steve Cooper
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mads Hermansen, James Justin, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Victor Kristiansen, Harry Winks, Oliver Skipp, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Wilfred Ndidi, Jordan Ayew, Jamie Vardy
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Emiliano Martínez, Lamare Bogarde, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins