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Aston Villa vs Leicester City
4 Jan 2025, 15:00 · Premier League · 2024/2025
Referee
Jarred GillettPremier League 2024/2025 · 16 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Aston VillaMin
Leicester City- ⇄
Jacob Ramsey
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: John McGinn
19′ - ⚽
Ross Barkley 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
58′ - 62′⇄
Wout Faes
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Jannik Vestergaard
- 63′⚽
Stephy Mavididi 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Emiliano Buendía
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ross Barkley
76′ - ⚽
Leon Bailey 2-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Ian Maatsen
Left foot shot
76′ - ⇄
Ian Maatsen
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Lucas Digne
76′ - 82′⇄
Patson Daka
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Conor Coady
- 82′⇄
Caleb Okoli
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Bilal El Khannouss
- 83′⇄
Facundo Buonanotte
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Jordan Ayew
- 90′⇄
Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Luke Thomas
- 90+5′
Boubakary Soumaré
Yellowcard
Foul
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.64 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | 7.73 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.35 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.11 | |
| 76 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 7.32 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7.15 | |
| 76 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 8.09 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7.54 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 6.76 | |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.81 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.62 | |
| 14 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.06 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 6.85 | |
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| 71 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.76 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Aston Villa
Latest: Brighton & Hove Albion · 2–2
Match stats
30 Dec 2024, 19:45 · Home vs Brighton & Hove Albion · 2024/2025
Leicester City
Latest: Liverpool · 1–3
Match stats
26 Dec 2024, 20:00 · Away vs Liverpool · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Aston Villa’s ground: 7 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Aston Villa’s home games with Leicester City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Aston Villa
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Leicester City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Aston Villa
Leicester City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Aston Villa
Leicester City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Aston Villa
Leicester City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.