Man City vs Aston Villa

12 February 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Rodri 4’
  • Ilkay Gündogan 39’
  • Riyad Mahrez 45+1’ (pen)
  • Ollie Watkins 61’

Match summary

Man City won 3-1 at home to Aston Villa. Man City led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Rodri put Man City ahead with a header in the 4th minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gündogan made it 2-0 in the 39th minute, set up by Erling Haaland, and Riyad Mahrez made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Ollie Watkins pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 61st minute, set up by Douglas Luiz.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.64 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Aston Villa's 0.28 from 6.

Match stats

Man City Aston Villa
17 Shots 6
9 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.61 xG 0.28
2.85 Non-penalty xG 0.28
7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man City Aston Villa
Kick-off
Rodri
Assist: Riyad Mahrez1-0 (Man City)
4’
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: Erling Haaland2-0 (Man City)
39’
Riyad Mahrez
Penalty3-0 (Man City)
45+1’
Half-time3-0
61’
Ollie Watkins
Assist: Douglas Luiz3-1 (Aston Villa)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man City
  • Rúben Dias
Aston Villa
  • Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
  • Lucas Digne

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.64 0.28 4’ Rodri (Man City), 1-0 4’ 39’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 2-0 39’ 45+1’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 3-0 45+1’ 61’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 3-1 61’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.64 0.28 4’ Rodri (Man City), 1-0 Rodri 4’ 39’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 2-0 Gündogan 39’ 45+1’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 3-0 Mahrez 45+1’ 61’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 3-1 Watkins 61’
Man City 3.64 xGAston Villa 0.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Man City attacking 
46’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 21’ Erling Haaland (Man City), from a corner, 0.54 xG, off target 39’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 84’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 11’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 66’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, blocked 58’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 48’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 61’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 1’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+2’ Jhon Durán (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 29’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 21’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 27’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 42’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 68’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 38’ Rodri (Man City), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Jack Grealish (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 79’ Jhon Durán (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 81’ Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 46’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 21’ Erling Haaland (Man City), from a corner, 0.54 xG, off target 39’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 84’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 11’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 66’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, blocked 58’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 48’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 61’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 1’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+2’ Jhon Durán (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 29’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 21’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 27’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 42’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 68’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 38’ Rodri (Man City), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Jack Grealish (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 79’ Jhon Durán (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 81’ Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Aymeric Laporte DEF900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF491 0.060.000
Bernardo Silva MID901 0.060.000
Rodri MID9013 0.190.564
Riyad Mahrez MID88113 1.270.122
Kevin De Bruyne MID900 0.000.113
Ilkay Gündogan MID9014 0.950.000
Jack Grealish MID722 0.080.361
Erling Haaland FWD4911 0.540.521
Julián Álvarez Sub412 0.490.582
Manuel Akanji Sub410 0.000.000
Phil Foden Sub180 0.000.000
Nathan Aké Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 73% Avg odds 1.32
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.56
Aston Villa win 10% Avg odds 9.78

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-1 Man City, 03 Sep 22 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-0 Man City, 06 Dec 23  All Man City vs Aston Villa meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.