[Match Thread] Aston Villa vs Man. City

Aston Villa Starting 11 Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Tielemans, Kamara, Onana; McGinn, Duran, Rogers

Man. City Starting 11 Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol; Gundogan, Kovacic; Silva, Foden, Grealish; Haaland

Aston Villa Subs Olsen, Watkins, Nedeljkovic, Mings, Maatsen, Buendia, Bogarde, Barkley, Bailey

Man. City Subs Carson, Ake, De Bruyne, Doku, McAtee, O'Reilly, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, Walker

Aston Villa 2-1 Man. City

Few former players face each other today. Grealish starts for City having played for Villa until 2021 where he moved for £100 million. Morgan Rogers started at City before moving to Middlesbrough in 2023 before his January move to Villa. Carson and Walker also used to play at Villa back in the day. They start on the bench.

Match Events

Kick off!

1 min: Duran almost scores from a one on one, and Torres header comes off the crossbar as Ortega makes a world class save to keep it just over the line

16 min: DURAN!!! Tielemans sends a stunning through ball that splits the City defence, Rogers is through, he sees Duran free to his right and passes to Duran who then easily finishes the one on one

36 min: Cash booked for a foul on Grealish. This was coming

Half time. Villa are winning 1-0 so far. Grealish and Martinez get into a confrontation and I think a booking was shown.

Second half underway, Walker came on for Stones

46 min: Lewis booked for fouling Tielemans on the counter

64 min: ROGERS!!! He drives with the ball from his own half, muscling off the defenders, finds McGinn who slows down the game and cuts in, then back to Rogers who makes a hit of space and fires low across the goal. Great goal by Rogers!

71 min: Gundogan off for Savinho

79 min: Duran comes off for Watkins

83 min: Gvardiol booked for a foul on McGinn. Doku comes on for Kovacic

86 min: Grealish booked for a foul on McGinn

89 min: Rogers is subbed off for Buendia

92 min: Foden scores… Digne slips on the ball, Foden pounces to intercept and fires a low shot. Silly error

93 min: McGinn yellow for fouling Lewis