Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2009

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester City won against Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 March 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Elano opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Elano (24') and Shaun Wright-Phillips (89'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 11th on 32 points from 27 and Aston Villa 4th on 52 points from 27. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · James MilnerAston Villa
  • 24'Goal · ElanoManchester City · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Felipe CaicedoManchester City
  • 56'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 89'Goal · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 2, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka

Aston Villa expected line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Young, Curtis Davies, Zat Knight, Ashley Young, Stiliyan Petrov, James Milner, Gareth Barry, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar