Stoke City 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 April 2013
Result
Stoke City 1-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 6 April 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Stoke City 1-2 Aston Villa: match report
Stoke City lost to Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 April 2013. The half-time score was 0-1.
Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Stoke City's goal came from Michael Kightly (80'). Aston Villa scored through Gabriel Agbonlahor (9'), Matthew Lowton (87') and Christian Benteke (90+1').
Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 14th on 33 points from 31 and Aston Villa 18th on 30 points from 31. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 41 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 6 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Aston Villa's L-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 36'Yellow card · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 64'Yellow card · Ryan Shotton
- 65'Yellow card · Fernando Marchiori
- 80'Goal · Michael Kightly
- 87'Goal · Matthew Lowton
- 90'Yellow card · Charlie Adam
- 90+1'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 90+2'Yellow card · Charlie Adam
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Asmir Begović, Ryan Shawcross, Robert Huth, Marc Wilson, Steven Nzonzi, Matthew Etherington, Jonathan Walters, Kenwyne Jones, Ryan Shotton, Dean Whitehead, Geoff Cameron
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)
Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Jordan Bowery, Fabian Delph, Ashley Westwood, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke, Brad Guzan, Joe Bennett, Andreas Weimann, Nathan Baker