Aston Villa — Manchester City 2:1, 24 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 8 Saturday 24 October · 11:30 UTC

Aston Villa 6th · 11 pts DWWDW

2 : 1 1st half 1:0

Manchester City 1th · 21 pts LLLWW

Villa Park · referee P. Bankes

Match predictionValue

Manchester City to score

85% · Both teams scored in 5 of 8 Manchester City games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Manchester City to score”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Aston Villa 25% draw 24% Manchester City 51%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Manchester City win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Manchester City win — they got it wrong.

fans 59 votes

Aston Villa 27% draw 15% Manchester City 58%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

N. Jackson assist: J. McGinn 1-0 6'

M. Guehi 32'

R. Cherki 38'

R. Lewis for M. Guehi 46'

P. Foden for R. Cherki 46'

E. Haaland assist: I. Ndiaye 1-1 52'

J. Manzambi 54'

M. Cash 55'

I. Mbaye for Alysson 59'

N. Jackson assist: I. Mbaye 2-1 60'

E. Buendia for J. Manzambi 66'

R. Barkley for J. McGinn 66'

R. McAidoo for I. Ndiaye 69'

E. Anderson 74'

R. McAidoo 76'

L. Goretzka for Joao Gomes 82'

B. Madjo for N. Jackson 82'

B. Madjo 83'

E. Buendia 90+5'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Manchester City

Zion Suzuki  
Matty Cash  3 Victor Lindelöf  14 Pau Torres  22 Ian Maatsen  
Boubacar Kamara  35 João Gomes  
Alysson  7 John McGinn  44 Johan Manzambi  
Nicolas Jackson  

Erling Haaland  
Iliman Ndiaye  10 Rayan Cherki  11 Jérémy Doku  
Elliot Anderson  17 Enzo Fernández  
Abdukodir Khusanov  6 Marc Guéhi  3 Rúben Dias  24 Joško Gvardiol  
Gianluigi Donnarumma  

Aston Villa bench

39Brian Madjo
10Emiliano Buendía
53George Hemmings
19Ibrahim Mbaye
26Lamare Bogarde
27Leon Goretzka
40Marco Bizot
6Ross Barkley
5Tyrone Mings

Manchester City bench

32Ayyoub Bouaddi
28Gerónimo Rulli
8Mateo Kovačić
33Nico O'Reilly
47Phil Foden
21Rayan Aït-Nouri
82Rico Lewis
56Ryan McAidoo
22Vitor Reis

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

37%Possession63%

8Shots15

2Shots on target7

3Shots off target4

3Blocked shots4

6Shots inside box12

2Shots outside box3

48Attacks135

22Dangerous attacks89

4Corners7

1Offsides2

21Fouls17

4Yellow cards4

6Saves0

314Passes528

254Accurate passes472

19Free kicks22

16Throw-ins14

13Goal kicks8

0Penalties0

Aston Villa

Manchester CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Aston Villa and Manchester City met on matchday 8 of the Premier League on 24 October at Villa Park. Final score — 2:1.

Aston Villa sit 6th on 11 points after 9 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches. Manchester City sit 1th on 21 points after 10 matches (7 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches, 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Aston Villa won 2, Manchester City won 0. Aggregate score — 3:1.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Aston Villa last five Manchester City

DWWDW form LLLWW

9 Matches 10

3 — 3 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 7 — 0 — 3

10 — 13 Scored — conceded 21 — 13

1.33 Points per game 2.1

1.11 Goals scored per game 2.1

2 Clean sheets 3

3 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 5 Current streak winless in 3

Aston Villa at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, goals 6—7, 1 points per match.

Manchester City away: 5 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 10—6, 1.8 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

2 Aston Villa wins 0 draws 0 Manchester City wins goals 3:1 Aston Villa — Manchester City

24/05/2026	Manchester City — Aston Villa	1:2	Premier League
26/10/2025	Aston Villa — Manchester City	1:0	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	10	9	0	1	15—5	27
2	Manchester City	10	7	0	3	21—13	21
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	6	1	2	24—7	19
…
11	Newcastle United	10	3	3	4	13—16	12
12	Aston Villa	9	3	3	3	10—13	12
13	Hull City	10	2	5	3	11—11	11

Full Premier League table

Aston Villa — Manchester City, 24 October 2026, 11:30 UTC : score 2:1