Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 16 September 2007
Result
Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 16 September 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa: match report
Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 September 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Michael Johnson of Manchester City in the 48th minute.
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 8th on 9 points from 5 and Aston Villa 11th on 7 points from 4. Manchester City went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Aston Villa's W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 48'Goal · Michael Johnson
- 68'Yellow card · Sun Jihai
- 78'Yellow card · Luke Moore
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Micah Richards, Nedum Onuoha, Vedran Ćorluka, Javier Garrido, Michael Johnson, Martin Petrov, Dietmar Hamann, Emile Mpenza Lokonda, Darius Vassell, Elano
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Luke Moore, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg