Manchester City 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2026

Result

Manchester City 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Manchester City were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 May 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Manchester City's goal came from Antoine Semenyo (23'). Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (47') and Ollie Watkins (61').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 78 points from 37 and Aston Villa 4th on 62 points from 37. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Aston Villa 4th with 65.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa (8.8), ahead of Emiliano Buendía (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Antoine SemenyoManchester City · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Rico LewisManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 1, Aston Villa 3.

Team news

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

James Trafford, Rico Lewis, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Nico González, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo, Savinho, Phil Foden, Tijjani Reijnders

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

Marco Bizot, Andrés García, Victor Lindelöf, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, Lamare Bogarde, Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey, Ross Barkley, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins