Aston Villa vs Manchester City

Premier League 26 Oct 2025, 14:00
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
1–0
HT 1–0
FULL TIME
Manchester City
Manchester City
🏟 Villa Park Round 9

Match report

Aston Villa edged past Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League on 26 October 2025.

Manchester City had 18 shots to Aston Villa's 9.

The match was played at Villa Park.

Half-time 1-0 Possession 47% - 53% Shots 9 - 18 On target 3 - 4 Corners 5 - 6 Fouls 8 - 16 Yellow cards 5
8
Player of the match
Matty Cash
Aston Villa · 1 goal
8 Pau Torres captained the side
8 Amadou Onana captained the side
8 Rúben Dias 71 passes (96% accurate)
7 Emiliano Martínez 3 saves
First half vs second half
Manchester City came out stronger after half-time, with 15 second-half shots against 3 before the break.
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 6–3 3–15
Shots On Goal 1–1 2–3
Ball Possession 55–45 —
Corners 3–0 2–6
Attacks 41–47 40–63
Match statistics
5 Corners 6
13 Throw In 13
18 Free Kick 10
7 Goal Kick 3
5 Substitution 5
81 Attacks 110
29 Dangerous Attacks 69
3 On Target 4
6 Off Target 14
9 Shots Total 18
3 Shots On Goal 4
1 Shots Off Goal 5
5 Shots Blocked 9
6 Shots Inside Box 14
3 Shots Outside Box 4
8 Fouls 16
5 Corners 6
1 Offsides 3
47% Ball Possession 53%
1 Yellow Cards 4
3 Saves 2
441 Passes Total 490
378 Passes Accurate 440
Line-ups 4-2-3-1  vs  4-1-4-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Aston Villa · 4-2-3-1
23 E. Martínez
2 M. Cash 4 E. Konsa 14 P. Torres 12 L. Digne
44 B. Kamara 24 A. Onana
7 J. McGinn 27 M. Rogers 10 E. Buendía
11 O. Watkins
Manchester City · 4-1-4-1
25 G. Donnarumma
27 M. Nunes 5 J. Stones 3 R. Dias 24 J. Gvardiol
4 T. Reijnders
52 O. Bobb 47 P. Foden 20 B. Silva 26 Savinho
9 E. Haaland
Aston Villa
Coach
Unai Emery Etxegoien
Substitutes
  • 19 Jadon Sancho
  • 6 Ross Barkley
  • 29 Evann Guessand
  • 22 Ian Maatsen
  • 17 Donyell Malen
  • 40 Marco Bizot
  • 3 Victor Lindelöf
  • 5 Tyrone Mings
  • 26 Lamare Bogarde
Manchester City
Coach
Josep Guardiola i Sala
Substitutes
  • 33 Nico O'Reilly
  • 11 Jérémy Doku
  • 14 Nico González
  • 10 Rayan Cherki
  • 7 Omar Marmoush
  • 1 James Trafford
  • 6 Nathan Aké
  • 82 Rico Lewis
  • 8 Mateo Kovačić
Substitutions
  • 29' ↑ J. Sancho ↓ E. Buendia Aston Villa
  • 61' ↑ J. Doku ↓ O. Bobb Manchester City
  • 61' ↑ N. O'Reilly ↓ J. Stones Manchester City
  • 61' ↑ Nico ↓ B. Silva Manchester City
  • 74' ↑ R. Barkley ↓ J. McGinn Aston Villa
  • 76' ↑ R. Cherki ↓ T. Reijnders Manchester City
  • 84' ↑ O. Marmoush ↓ Savinho Manchester City
  • 86' ↑ I. Maatsen ↓ L. Digne Aston Villa
  • 86' ↑ D. Malen ↓ O. Watkins Aston Villa
Cards
  • 40' Savinho Manchester City
  • 54' T. Reijnders Manchester City
  • 64' Nico Manchester City
  • 80' P. Foden Manchester City
  • 81' B. Kamara Aston Villa
Head-to-head
Aston Villa 3 2 draws 8 Manchester City
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2024-04-03 Manchester City vs Aston Villa 4 - 1
2023-12-06 Aston Villa vs Manchester City 1 - 0
Recent form
Aston Villa D D D D D
Manchester City W D D D D
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Aston Villa vs Manchester City?
Aston Villa won 1-0 against Manchester City on 26 October 2025.
Who won Aston Villa vs Manchester City?
Aston Villa won the match 1-0.
Where was Aston Villa vs Manchester City played?
The match was played at Villa Park.
Who had more possession in Aston Villa vs Manchester City?
Manchester City had 53% of possession, compared to 47% for the other side.