Aston Villa 1–0 Manchester City — Premier League 2025/26 Match Stats

Premier League · 2025Sun, 26 Oct 2025, 14:00 UTCVilla Park

Aston Villa

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1–0Historical match

Manchester City

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Aston Villa won 1–0.

Shots: 918
Shots on target: 34
Possession: 47%53%

Full time

What the match recorded

Aston Villa beat Manchester City 1–0. Recorded in this match (Aston Villa – Manchester City): shots 9–18, shots on target 3–4, possession 47%–53%, corners 5–6. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Aston Villa's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Aston Villa's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.8 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1 goal/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.8 goals/match	1 goal/match	1.33 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Aston Villa show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Aston Villa's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

10.3 shots/match ▲ShotsAston Villa · Manchester City13.7 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Aston Villa	Manchester City	Baseline
Shots	10.3 shots/match	13.7 shots/match	11.8 shots/match
Shots against	12.1 shots/match	9.56 shots/match	11.8 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots9 shots18 shotsAston Villa 9 shots, Manchester City 18 shots
Shots on target3 shots4 shotsAston Villa 3 shots, Manchester City 4 shots
Possession47%53%Aston Villa 47%, Manchester City 53%
Corners5 corners6 cornersAston Villa 5 corners, Manchester City 6 corners
Fouls8 fouls16 foulsAston Villa 8 fouls, Manchester City 16 fouls
Yellow cards1 card4 cardsAston Villa 1 card, Manchester City 4 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Aston Villa

0Draws

3Manchester City

22 Apr 2025Manchester City — Aston Villa · Premier League2–1

21 Dec 2024Aston Villa — Manchester City · Premier League2–1

3 Apr 2024Manchester City — Aston Villa · Premier League4–1

6 Dec 2023Aston Villa — Manchester City · Premier League1–0

12 Feb 2023Manchester City — Aston Villa · Premier League3–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Aston Villa favored in 0 of 9 directional metrics · Manchester City in 8 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Aston Villa9 matchesManchester City9 matches

1 goal/matchGoals scored9/9▲ 1.89 goals/match

0.89 goals/matchGoals allowed9/9▲ 0.78 goals/match

10.3 shots/matchShots9/9▲ 13.7 shots/match

3.11 shots/matchShots on target9/9▲ 4.78 shots/match

54.9%Possession9/9● 58.1%

5.44 corners/match ●Corners9/95.11 corners/match

1.67 cards/matchCards9/91.56 cards/match

9.56 fouls/matchFouls9/99 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples9 / 9home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 26 Oct 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4