Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Monday 31 October 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday 31 October 2005. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Darius Vassell opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Darius Vassell (4'), Darius Vassell (26') and Andy Cole (83'). Aston Villa scored through Liam Ridgewell (65').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 8th on 17 points from 10 and Aston Villa 16th on 9 points from 10. Manchester City went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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