Manchester City 2-1 Aston Villa final score - 22 April 2025, Premier League

Aston Villa are too eager and fall into an offside trap.

The home team have replaced Kevin De Bruyne with Manuel Akanji. This is the second substitution made today by Pep Guardiola.

Ball safe as Man City is awarded a throw-in in their half.

Matheus Nunes is on target to give Man City a 2-1 advantage. Jeremy Doku with an assist there.

Throw-in for Man City in their own half.

Ruben Dias (Man City) gets in a header on goal but the attempt is cleared.

Man City have been awarded a corner by Craig Pawson.

Throw-in for Man City close to the penalty box.

Corner awarded to Aston Villa.

Bernardo Silva is booked for the home team.

Donyell Malen is replacing Morgan Rogers for the away team.

Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) has received a first yellow card.

Free kick for Man City in their own half.

Craig Pawson awards the away team a throw-in.

Craig Pawson signals a free kick to Man City in their own half.

Aston Villa drive forward but Ollie Watkins is judged offside.

Free kick for Aston Villa in their own half.

In Manchester a free kick has been awarded the away team.

Omar Marmoush for Man City is whistled offside.

Matheus Nunes (Man City) gets a yellow card.

Aston Villa awarded a free kick in their own half.

Ollie Watkins is on a sub for Marcus Rashford for Aston Villa.

Unai Emery is making the team's third substitution at Etihad Stadium with Marco Asensio replacing Amadou Onana.

Jeremy Doku is replacing James McAtee for Man City at Etihad Stadium.

It's a goal kick for the away team in Manchester.

Man City's Omar Marmoush misses with an attempt on goal.

Ball goes out of play for a Man City goal kick.

At Etihad Stadium, Josko Gvardiol has been yellow-carded for the home team.

Craig Pawson awards Aston Villa a goal kick.

Josko Gvardiol's header is off-target for Man City.

Man City have been awarded a corner by Craig Pawson.

Throw-in for Aston Villa in their own half.

Aston Villa awarded a free kick in their own half.

Craig Pawson signals a Man City throw-in in Aston Villa's half.

It's a goal kick for the home team in Manchester.

Aston Villa are coming forward and Marcus Rashford gets in a strike, it misses the target, however.

Man City pushes forward through Mateo Kovacic, whose finish on goal is saved.

Craig Pawson signals a free kick to Man City.

Aston Villa make their second substitution with John McGinn replacing Jacob Ramsey.

The away team replace Matty Cash with Axel Disasi.

Ball goes out of play for a Aston Villa goal kick.

Man City's James McAtee gets his shot away but it misses the target.

Craig Pawson signals a free kick to Aston Villa.

Corner awarded to Man City.

Omar Marmoush for Man City gets in a strike but fails to hit the target.

Corner awarded to Man City.

Man City have been awarded a corner by Craig Pawson.

Aston Villa have a goal kick.

Man City's Nico O'Reilly breaks free at Etihad Stadium. But the strike goes wide of the post.

Free kick for Man City in the half of Aston Villa.

Craig Pawson awards Aston Villa a goal kick.

Corner awarded to Man City.

Man City have been awarded a corner by Craig Pawson.

Corner awarded to Man City.

Morgan Rogers for Aston Villa has been booked by Craig Pawson and receives a first yellow card.

In Manchester a free kick has been awarded the home team.

Free kick for Man City in their own half.

Goal kick for Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium.

The first-half has ended.

Ball goes out of play for a Aston Villa goal kick.

Craig Pawson signals a free kick to Man City in their own half.

Aston Villa have been awarded a corner by Craig Pawson.

Free kick Aston Villa.

Matheus Nunes of Man City is pulled up for offside.

Marcus Rashford gets his shot on target but fails to score for Aston Villa.

Throw-in for Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium.

Aston Villa have a goal kick.

Craig Pawson awards Aston Villa a goal kick.

Omar Marmoush (Man City) wins the ball in the air but heads wide.

Aston Villa's Lucas Digne has been booked in Manchester.

Free kick for Man City in their own half.

Goal kick for Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium.

It's a goal kick for the away team in Manchester.

Josko Gvardiol (Man City) is first to the ball but his header is off-target.

Man City have been awarded a corner by Craig Pawson.

Ball safe as Man City is awarded a throw-in in their half.

Mateo Kovacic of Man City smashes in a shot on target. The keeper saves, though.

Aston Villa awarded a throw-in in their own half.

Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) goes close with a header but the ball is scrambled away by Aston Villa defenders.

Man City awarded a free kick in their own half.

Craig Pawson signals a free kick to Aston Villa in their own half.

Throw-in for Man City in the half of Aston Villa.

Goal! The away team is awarded a penalty in Manchester. Marcus Rashford converts to level the scoring at 1-1.

Throw-in high up the field for Man City in Manchester.

Throw-in Aston Villa.

Goal! The home team take a 1-0 lead through Bernardo Silva. That's a fine assist from Omar Marmoush.

Corner awarded to Man City.

Aston Villa's Marcus Rashford fires in a great shot but is denied by the woodwork.

Manchester City's performance of the last 5 matches is better than Aston Villa's.

Did you know that Manchester City scores 22% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?

Manchester City scores 2.58 goals when playing at home and Aston Villa scores 1.33 goals when playing away (on average).

Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Manchester City and Aston Villa is 1.4.

Average number of goals in meetings between Manchester City and Aston Villa is 3.

Manchester City scores 1.8 goals in a match against Aston Villa and Aston Villa scores 1.2 goals against Manchester City (on average).

In the last 5 meetings Manchester City won 2, Aston Villa won 2, 1 draws.

Aston Villa's performance of the last 5 matches is better than Manchester City's.

In Premier League, Aston Villa has better performance than Manchester City.

When Aston Villa is down 1-0 away, they win 5% of their matches.

When Manchester City is down 0-1 home, they win 61% of their matches.

When Aston Villa leads 0-1 away, they win in 81% of their matches.

When Manchester City leads 1-0 at home, they win in 58% of their matches.

On their last meeting Aston Villa won by 1 goals.

The winner of their last meeting was Aston Villa.

Manchester City wins 45% of halftimes, Aston Villa wins 23%.

Manchester City wins 1st half in 45% of their matches, Aston Villa in 23% of their matches.

Aston Villa have scored at least one goal for 16 consecutive matches.

Bernardo Silva has more yellow cards (6) than any other player at Manchester City. Morgan Rogers has collected 8 for Aston Villa.

Erling Haaland is Manchester City's top scorer with 21 goals. Ollie Watkins has scored 14 times for Aston Villa.

Aston Villa haven't scored in 4 of their 16 away matches in Premier League this season.

Manchester City haven't scored in 2 of their 16 home matches in Premier League this season.

When playing at home, Manchester City have not lost to Aston Villa in their last 9 encounters.

Manchester City haven't lost in their last 6 games.

Did you know that Aston Villa scores 24% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?

Did you know that Manchester City scores 21% of their goals between the minutes 31-45?

Aston Villa have a winning streak of 4 matches in Premier League.

Last season's matches: 4-1 (Manchester City at home) and 1-0 (Aston Villa at home).

Aston Villa's last away win against Manchester City was in 2007.

During the last 53 meetings, Manchester City have won 34 times, there have been 11 draws while Aston Villa have won 8 times. The goal difference is 111-47 in favour of Manchester City.

During the last 26 meetings with Manchester City playing at home, Manchester City have won 22 times, there have been 2 draws while Aston Villa have won 2 times. The goal difference is 71-21 in favour of Manchester City.

The most common result of matches between Manchester City and Aston Villa when Manchester City is playing at home is 3-1. 4 matches have ended with this result.