Manchester City 3-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2022

Result

Manchester City 3-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 3-2 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 May 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Matty Cash opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Manchester City's goals came from İlkay Gündoğan (76'), Rodri (78') and İlkay Gündoğan (81'). Aston Villa scored through Matty Cash (37') and Philippe Coutinho (69').

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 90 points from 37 and Aston Villa 14th on 45 points from 37. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Aston Villa 14th with 45.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.4), ahead of İlkay Gündoğan (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Matty CashAston Villa · 0-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Tyrone MingsAston Villa
  • 69'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoAston Villa · 0-2
  • 76'Goal · İlkay GündoğanManchester City · 1-2
  • 78'Goal · RodriManchester City · 2-2
  • 81'Goal · İlkay GündoğanManchester City · 3-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Marvelous NakambaAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 8, draws 2, Aston Villa 0.

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, John Stones, Fernandinho, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-2-1)

Robin Olsen, Matty Cash, Calum Chambers, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Emiliano Buendía, Philippe Coutinho, Ollie Watkins