Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2016

Result

Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester City beat Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Yaya Touré opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Yaya Touré (48'), Sergio Agüero (50'), Sergio Agüero (60') and Raheem Sterling (66'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 6th on 45 points from 27 and Aston Villa 20th on 17 points from 28. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David Silva of Manchester City (8.6), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (8.3).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Jordan VeretoutAston Villa
  • 48'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 2-0
  • 60'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 3-0
  • 66'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 4-0
  • 73'Missed penalty · Sergio AgüeroManchester City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Joe Hart, Bacary Sagna, Vincent Kompany, Nicolás Otamendi, Gaël Clichy, Jesús Navas, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, David Silva, Wilfried Bony, Sergio Agüero

Aston Villa line-up (5-3-2)

Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Ciaran Clark, Aly Cissokho, Ashley Westwood, Idrissa Gueye, Jordan Veretout, Jordan Ayew, Gabriel Agbonlahor