Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 February 2016
Result
Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 27 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa: match report
Stoke City defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Marko Arnautovic opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Stoke City's goals came from Marko Arnautovic (51', penalty) and Marko Arnautovic (56'). Aston Villa scored through L. Bacuna (79').
Discipline: Stoke City received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 12th on 33 points from 26 and Aston Villa 20th on 17 points from 26. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marko Arnautovic of Stoke City (8.2), ahead of Glenn Whelan (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Stoke City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · Idrissa Gueye
- 45'Yellow card · Alan Hutton
- 51'Penalty goal · Marko Arnautovic
- 56'Goal · Marko Arnautovic
- 79'Goal · L. Bacuna
- 90+4'Yellow card · Jores Okore
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jack Butland, Phil Bardsley, Geoff Cameron, Philipp Wollscheid, Erik Pieters, Glenn Whelan, Giannelli Imbula, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ibrahim Afellay, Marko Arnautovic, Jonathan Walters
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Mark Bunn, Alan Hutton, Jores Okore, Joleon Lescott, Aly Cissokho, Jordan Veretout, Ashley Westwood, Idrissa Gueye, Leandro Bacuna, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Carles Gil