Man City vs Aston Villa

20 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Bernardo Silva 79’
  • Ilkay Gündogan 90’ (pen)

Match summary

Man City won 2-0 at home to Aston Villa. It was goalless at half-time.

Bernardo Silva put Man City ahead in the 79th minute, set up by Rodri and Ilkay Gündogan made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.71 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Aston Villa's 0.60 from 11.

Match stats

Man City Aston Villa
28 Shots 11
9 Shots on Target 4
16 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.34 xG 0.60
2.58 Non-penalty xG 0.60
21 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man City Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Bernardo Silva
Assist: Rodri1-0 (Man City)
79’
Ilkay Gündogan
Penalty2-0 (Man City)
90’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Aston Villa
  • John McGinn
  • Neil Taylor

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 3.71 0.60 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 1-0 79’ 90’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 2-0 90’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.71 0.60 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), 1-0 Silva 79’ 90’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 2-0 Gündogan 90’
Man City 3.71 xGAston Villa 0.60 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Man City attacking 
90’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 4’ John Stones (Man City), from a corner, 0.68 xG, blocked 4’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.54 xG, saved 32’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 46’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 69’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 63’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 69’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 76’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 23’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 9’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 12’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 45’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 72’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 89’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 51’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 54’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 66’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 67’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 27’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 52’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 13’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 76’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 88’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 67’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 32’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 4’ John Stones (Man City), from a corner, 0.68 xG, blocked 4’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.54 xG, saved 32’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 46’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 69’ Rúben Dias (Man City), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 69’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 63’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 76’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 9’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 23’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 45’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 72’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 12’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 89’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 51’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 54’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 66’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 67’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 27’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 47’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 8’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 13’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 61’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 37’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 88’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 61’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 32’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 67’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Phil Foden (Man City), 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
Kyle Walker DEF270 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF901 0.130.000
John Stones DEF901 0.680.000
João Cancelo DEF903 0.140.142
Ilkay Gündogan MID9016 1.210.082
Rodri MID9013 0.140.764
Kevin De Bruyne MID613 0.120.313
Raheem Sterling FWD742 0.180.122
Bernardo Silva FWD9012 0.610.021
Phil Foden FWD905 0.400.336
Oleksandr Zinchenko Sub630 0.000.000
Gabriel Jesus Sub292 0.100.121
Riyad Mahrez Sub160 0.000.081

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 73% Avg odds 1.31
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.79
Aston Villa win 10% Avg odds 9.32

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

Form going into the game

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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.