Manchester City v Aston Villa
Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Manchester City3-5-25-3-2Aston Villa
Manchester City bench
- Sun Jihai45 min
- Antoine Sibierski21 min
- Bradley Wright-Phillips5 min
Aston Villa bench
- Patrik Berger45 minA
- Eirik Bakke19 min
- Eric Djemba-Djemba15 min
Goals
3–1- 4'1–0Darius VassellManchester City
- 26'2–0Darius VassellManchester City
- 65'2–1Liam RidgewellAston Villa
- 83'3–1Andrew ColeManchester City
Match numbers
13
Shots
115
Shots on target
52
Corners
617
Fouls
101
Yellow cards
10
Red cards
0Who played
| Manchester City | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David James | 90 | – | ||
| Danny Mills | 90 | – | ||
| Sylvain Distin | 90 | – | ||
| Stephen Jordan | 90 | – | ||
| Joey Barton | 90 | – | ||
| Stephen Ireland | 90 | – | ||
| Kizito Musampa | 90 | – | ||
| Darius Vassell | 90 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Andrew Cole | 85 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Lee Croft | 69 | – | ||
| David Sommeil | 45 | – | ||
| Sun Jihai sub | 45 | – | ||
| Antoine Sibierski sub | 21 | – | ||
| Bradley Wright-Phillips sub | 5 | – |
| Aston Villa | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Taylor | 90 | – | ||
| Mark Delaney | 90 | – | ||
| Olof Mellberg | 90 | – | ||
| Liam Ridgewell | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Gareth Barry | 90 | – | ||
| James Milner | 90 | – | ||
| Steven Davis | 90 | – | ||
| Gavin McCann | 90 | – | ||
| Kevin Phillips | 90 | – | ||
| Luke Moore | 71 | – | ||
| Jlloyd Samuel | 45 | – | ||
| Patrik Berger sub | 45 | 1 | – | |
| Eirik Bakke sub | 19 | – | ||
| Eric Djemba-Djemba sub | 15 | – |