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Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 9
Full timeFinished

Score

10Premier League Matchweek 9

Kick-off

26 Oct 2025, 14:00 UTC

Venue

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance

41,988 official

Referee

Michael Oliver

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1
7.377 nations28.1 y184 cm27.2 apps

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

Away • Official lineup

Manchester City

4-1-4-1
7.187 nations26.0 y183 cm23.3 apps
  • Confirmed2 outs

Official lineup released in 4-1-4-1.

Aston Villa

Bench

9
  1. P. 222
    7.0524185 cm6 apps
    • 74'Player 222 on 74'
  2. 26L. Bogarde
    6.5921183 cm24 apps
  3. 22I. Maatsen
    6.9723178 cm26 apps
    • 86'Ian Maatsen on 86'
  4. 19J. Sancho
    6.9725180 cm20 apps
    • 29'Jadon Sancho on 29'
    • 74'Jadon Sancho off 74'
  5. P. 2211
    6.32
    • 86'Player 2211 on 86'
  6. 6R. Barkley
    7.1331189 cm16 apps
    • 74'Ross Barkley on 74'
  7. 5T. Mings
    7.2132196 cm14 apps
  8. 3V. Lindelöf
    6.8631187 cm13 apps
  9. 40M. Bizot
    6.9334193 cm6 apps

Manchester City

Bench

9
  1. 1J. Trafford
    6.9223197 cm3 apps
  2. 6N. Aké
    6.5530180 cm15 apps
  3. 7O. Marmoush
    6.8226183 cm17 apps
    • 84'Omar Marmoush on 84'
  4. 8M. Kovacic
    6.3031177 cm2 apps
  5. 10R. Cherki
    7.7222180 cm28 apps
    • 76'Rayan Cherki on 76'
  6. 11J. Doku
    7.4123173 cm25 apps
    • 61'Jérémy Doku on 61'
  7. 14N. González
    6.6823189 cm23 apps
    • 61'Nico González on 61'
    • 64'Nico González booked 64'
  8. 33N. O'Reilly
    7.5220193 cm31 apps
    • 61'Nico O'Reilly on 61'
  9. 82R. Lewis
    6.5820170 cm10 apps

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 19'
    Home1-0
    Matty Cash scored

    Aston Villa. Assist Emiliano Buendía.

  2. 29'
    Home
    Jadon Sancho on

    Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía off.

  3. 40'
    Away
    Savinho booked

    Manchester City.

  4. 54'
    Away
    Tijjani Reijnders booked

    Manchester City.

  5. 61'
    Away
    Nico O'Reilly on

    Manchester City. John Stones off.

  6. 61'
    Away
    Nico González on

    Manchester City. Bernardo Silva off.

  7. 61'
    Away
    Jérémy Doku on

    Manchester City. Player 564 off.

  8. 64'
    Away
    Nico González booked

    Manchester City.

  9. 74'
    Home
    Ross Barkley on

    Aston Villa. John McGinn off.

  10. 74'
    Home
    Player 222 on

    Aston Villa. Jadon Sancho off.

  11. 76'
    Away
    Rayan Cherki on

    Manchester City. Tijjani Reijnders off.

  12. 80'
    Away
    Phil Foden booked

    Manchester City.

  13. 81'
    Home
    Boubacar Kamara booked

    Aston Villa.

  14. 84'
    Away
    Omar Marmoush on

    Manchester City. Savinho off.

  15. 86'
    Home
    Player 2211 on

    Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins off.

  16. 86'
    Home
    Ian Maatsen on

    Aston Villa. Lucas Digne off.

  17. FT
    Final 1-0

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 0.81
    AttackxG
    1.18
  2. 9
    AttackTotal Shots
    18
  3. 449
    PassingTotal Passes
    504
  4. 11
    DefendingTackles Won
    8
  5. 13
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    17

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 186 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:40 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC