Game #5728
Aston Villa
2-0-1, 6 PTS
Saturday, 31 August 2024


Won
6th (+6)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Leicester City
0-1-2, 1 PTS
King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,725
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
Leicester City
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s): Ollie Watkins | 28' | Lucas Digne | 63’ |
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 August 2024
❗| 2’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins assisted by Youri Tielemans
🟨 | 8’ Booking, Amadou Onana, Bad Foul
🔁 | 16’ Sub off, Leon Bailey (Injury), Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
❗| 21’ Chance!, Ollie Watkins assisted by Morgan Rogers
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Amadou Onana, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🟨 | 40’ Booking, Youri Tielemans, Bad Foul
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Lamare Bogarde, Bad Foul
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Amadou Onana (Injury), Sub on, Ross Barkley
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Jhon Durán, Assist by Lucas Digne
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Leicester City), Facundo Buonanotte
🟨 | 74’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad Foul
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Lamare Bogarde, Sub on, Kosta Nedeljkovic
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
💥 | 90’+1, 7 minutes of injury time signalled
🟨 | 90’+2 Booking, Jhon Durán, Bad Foul
🕒 | 90’+9 FT Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Villa Possession 42.9%
Opposition Possession 57.1%
Villa Shots 10
Opposition Shots 9
Villa Shots on Target 5
Opposition Shots on Target 3
Villa Shots off Target 3
Opposition Shots off Target 5
Villa Blocked Shots 2
Opposition Blocked Shots 1
Villa Touches in Box 22
Opposition Touches in Box 16
Villa Fouls 21
Opposition Fouls 13
Villa Corners 4
Opposition Corners 1
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 August 2024
Amadou Onana scores his second goal in three appearances in a Villa shirt and becomes the 3rd player to score in each of his first 2 away Premier League appearances for the club after Robbie Keane (February 2012) and Moussa Diaby (August 2023). Onana now has a record of W2 D0 L1, 2 Goals and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Jhon Durán scores his second goal in three games this season and his 10th in 52 appearances (10 Starts) with his first touch just 131 seconds after coming on to make it W26 D10 L16, 10 Goals and 10 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every start he has made so far in his Villa career.
Lucas Digne contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 75th start (96 Appearances) to make it W43 D18 L35, 4 Goals, 11 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Lamare Bogarde, 20, makes his second appearance in a Villa shirt and his first start and first League game, Bogarde’s only other appearance came in the FA Cup defeat to Liverpool when Villa fielded 16 debutants on 8 January 2021. Bogarde now has a record of W1 D0 L1, 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Emiliano Martínez secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 162nd appearance to make it W75 D30 L47, 199 Goals Conceded, 54 Clean Sheets, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Jacob Ramsey makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (81 Starts) to make it W57 D19 L49, 13 Goals, 13 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Morgan Rogers secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (15 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L5, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
John McGinn collects his 57th booking in a Villa shirt on his 239th appearance (229 Starts) as he closes on Gareth Barry’s total of 62 in 440 games.
Joe Gauci makes it 14 squad appearances without making his debut equalling Lee Collins record for an outfield player but still behind fellow goalkeeper Andy Marshall’s 34.
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2020-21
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season: 2024-25
Matchday: #3
League Game: #3
Manager Game: #86
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2024
Attendance: 31,725
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🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Referee: David Coote | 🏴 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-24
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 86 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 15 🟥 25 | 1.78
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Coote | 🏴 | Nottinghamshire, 2010-24
Assistants: Timothy Wood, Craig Taylor.
Fourth official: Darren Bond.
VAR: Alex Chilowicz | 🇺🇸 | New Jersey, 2023-
Assistant VAR: Darren Cann.
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
VAR: Alex Chilowicz | 🇺🇸 | New Jersey, 2023-
🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 1 | 🟩 100% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟥 0 |
Disallowed ❌ 0 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 | ❌ 0 |
Last 5: 🟩
CARDS

🟨 Amadou Onana, Bad Foul
🟨 Youri Tielemans, Bad Foul
🟨 Lamare Bogarde, Bad Foul
🟨 John McGinn, Bad Foul
🟨 Jhon Durán, Bad Foul
CARDS

🟨 Oliver Skipp, Bad Foul
🟨 Caleb Okoli, Bad Foul
🟨 Jamie Vardy, Bad Foul
🟨 Harry Winks
Another away game, another appointment of Coote and 5 Villa players booked without a tackle of note being made as well as four for Leicester. Total lack of self control as usual from Coote.
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Lamare Bogarde comes in for his first Premier League start aged 20 and second start in a Villa shirt. Matty Cash misses out with a hamstring problem suffered against Arsenal that’s likely to keep him out for a month and Diego Carlos misses his first squad of the season.
Sil Swinkles comes into the squad for the first time since February 2023.
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
RB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🚑 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Steve Cooper | 🏴 |

Leicester City
GK Mads Hermansen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Victor Kristiansen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Caleb Okoli | 🇮🇹 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB Wout Faes | 🇧🇪 |
RB James Justin | 🏴 |
M Oliver Skipp | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Harry Winks | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Wilfred Ndidi | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
W Issahaku Fatawu | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Jamie Vardy | 🏴 | 🟨 |
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 16’ | 🚑 |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | 61’ |
🔁 | M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | for M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 62’ |
🔁 | RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | for M Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 79’ |
🔁 | LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Stephy Mavididi | 🏴 | for CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 67’ |
🔁 | M Bilal El Khannouss | 🇲🇦 | for M Oliver Skipp | 🏴 | 68’ |
🔁 | M Facundo Buonanotte | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ | for W Issahaku Fatawu | 🇬🇭 | 68’ |
🔁 | M Bobby De Cordova-Reid | 🇯🇲 | for M Wilfred Ndidi | 🇳🇬 | 89’ |
🔁 | W Kasey McAteer | 🏴 | for CB Caleb Okoli | 🇮🇹 | 92’ |

🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 |
GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 |
CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Daniel Iversen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Jannik Vestergaard | 🇩🇰 |
RB Ricardo Pereira | 🇵🇹 |
M Boubakary Soumaré | 🇫🇷 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | | 125 | 44* | 13 | 13 | 57* | 19 | 49 | - | - | 16 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | | 14* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
SQUAD STATS

🗒️ Starting XI Cost: €231.55m / £191.36m
🗒️ Subs Cost: €74.64m / £61.69m
🗒️ Team Cost: €306.19m / £253.05m
🗒️ Matchday Squad Cost: €346.09m / £286.02m
🗒️ 1st Team Squad Cost:
* 26 Players €449.64m / £371.60m
* 4x Goalkeepers €22.40m
* 4x Defenders €99.60m
* 5x Full Backs €97.85m
* 8x Midfielders €92.75m
* 3x Wingers €86.40m
* 2x Forwards €50.64m
➡️ Loaned Out : 14 Players : €67.30m
🗒️ 1st Team Squad Cost plus Loans : €516.94m / £427.22m
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Squad Size incl. Loans : 40
🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 Starting XI Home Nation : 4/11
🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 Team Home Nation : 6/16
🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 Matchday Squad Home Nation : 6/20
🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 1st Team Squad Home Nation: 9/26
Youth
Starting XI Youth Graduates : 1/11
Team Youth Graduates : 2/16
Matchday Squad Youth Graduates : 4/20
1st Team Squad Youth Graduates : 4/26
Youth Team Call Ups : 1/20
SQUAD STATS

🗒️ Starting XI Cost: €136.24m / £115.04m
🗒️ Subs Cost: €28.00m / £23.64m
🗒️ Team Cost: €164.24m / £138.69m
🗒️ Matchday Squad Cost: €224.10m / £189.23m
🗒️ Full Club Squad Cost excl Loans Out:
* 28 Players €283.00m / £238.87m
* 4x Goalkeepers €22.00m
* 4x Defenders €57.30m
* 5x Full Backs €42.70m
* 9x Midfielders €99.10m
* 4x Wingers €24.50m
* 4x Forwards €37.40m
➡️ Loaned Out : 4 Players : €25.80m / £21.72m
🗒️ Total Squad Cost incl. Loans : €308.80m / £260.64m
🧑🏼🤝🧑🏼 Squad Size incl. Loans : 32
🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 Starting XI Home Nation : 4/11
🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 Team Home Nation : 6/16
🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 Matchday Squad Home Nation : 6/20
🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 🏴 Full Club Squad Home Nation: 12/28
Youth
Starting XI Youth Graduates : 0/11
Team Youth Graduates : 1/16
Matchday Squad Youth Graduates : 1/20
Full Club Squad Youth Graduates : 4/28
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
MATCHDAY SQUAD

Goalkeepers
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | €17.40m / £14.75m
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 | €1.50m / £1.27m
GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 | Youth
Defenders
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | €33.00m / £27.97m
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | €13.30m / £11.27m
CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 | Youth
Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | €44.50m / £37.71m
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | €30.00m / £25.43m
RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | €7.60m / £6.44m
Midfielders
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | €59.35m / £50.02m
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | €9.40m / £7.97m
M John McGinn | 🏴 | €3.10m / £2.63m
M Ross Barkley | 🏴 | €5.90m / £5.00m
M Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Youth
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | Free
Wingers
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | €38.40m / £32.54m
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | €32.00m / £27.12m
Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | €34.00m / £28.82m
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | €16.64m / £14.10m
MATCHDAY SQUAD

Goalkeepers
GK Mads Hermansen | 🇩🇰 | €7.70m / £6.53m | 24 |
GK Daniel Iversen | 🇩🇰 | €260k / £220k | 27 |
Defenders
CB Jannik Vestergaard | 🇩🇰 | €17.60m / £14.91m | 32 |
CB Wout Faes | 🇧🇪 | €17.00m / £14.41m | 26 |
🆕 CB Caleb Okoli | 🇮🇹 | €14.00m / £11.83m | 23 |
Full Backs
RB Ricardo Pereira | 🇵🇹 | €22.00m / £18.64m | 30 |
LB Victor Kristiansen | 🇩🇰 | €14.00m / £11.86m | 21 |
RB James Justin | 🏴 | €6.70m / £5.68m | 26 |
Midfielders
🆕 M Oliver Skipp | 🏴 | €23.50m / £20.03m | 23 |
🆕 M Bilal El Khannouss | 🇲🇦 | €20.50m / £17.26m | 20 |
M Boubakary Soumaré | 🇫🇷 | €20.00m / £16.95m | 25 |
M Wilfred Ndidi | 🇳🇬 | €17.60m / £14.91m | 27 |
M Harry Winks | 🏴 | €11.60m / £9.83m | 28 |
🆕 M Bobby De Cordova-Reid | 🇯🇲 | Free | 31 |
🆕 M Facundo Buonanotte | 🇦🇷 | Loan | 19 |
Wingers
🆕 W Issahaku Fatawu | 🇬🇭 | €17.00m / £14.42m | 20 |
W Stephy Mavididi | 🏴 | €7.50m / £6.36m | 26 |
W Kasey McAteer | 🏴 | Youth | 22 |
Forwards
🆕 CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | €5.90m / £4.97m | 32 |
CF Jamie Vardy | 🏴 | €1.24m / £1.05m | 37 |
🟩 31 Aug 2024, Villa 2-1 Leicester, King Power
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 6 |
1. CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | €2.80m / £2.37m | 12 Aug 23 [59]
2. CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | €22.30m / £18.90m | ACL | 20 Aug 23 [58]
3. M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Free | ACL | 17 Feb 24 [23]
4. RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | €15.75m / £13.35m | Hamstring | 31 Aug 24 [1]
5. CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | €31.00m / £26.27m | 31 Aug 24 [1]
6. W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴 | €16.00m / £13.47m | 31 Aug 24 [1]
Out on Loan | 16 |
1. M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | €20.00m / £16.95m, 32, Vasco da Gama
2. M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴 | Youth, 20, Shrewsbury
3. GK Filip Marschall | 🏴 | Youth, 21, Crewe
4. W Lewis Dobbin | 🏴 | €11.80m / £10.00m, 19, West Bromwich Albion
5. CB Josh Feeney | 🏴 | Youth, 19, Shrewsbury
6. F Louie Barry | 🏴 | €1.00m / £850k, 21, Stockport
7. RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 | Youth, 21, Preston
8. LB Lino Sousa | 🏴 | Free, 19, Bristol Rovers
9. GK James Wright | 🏴 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
10. LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | €13.50m / £11.44m, 31, Forest
11. CB Finley Munroe | 🏴 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
12. M Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴 | €14.00m / £11.89m, 20, Bologna
13. M Enzo Barrenechea | 🇦🇷 | €8.00m / £6.80m, 23, Valencia
14. M Rico Richards | 🏴 | Free, 20, Port Vale
15. M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | €15.00m / £12.71m, 29, Anderlecht
16. CB Yeimar Mosquera | 🇨🇴 | 19 | €475k / £402k | Real Unión
Not Selected | 1 |
1. GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | €3.50m / £2.97m
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
1. GK Jakub Stolarczyk | 🇵🇱 | Free | 23 |
2. CF Patson Daka | 🇿🇲 | €30.00m / £25.42m | 25 |
Out on Loan | 4 |
1. CB Harry Souttar | 🇦🇺 | €17.00m / £14.41m, 25, Sheffield United
2. W Wanya Marçal | 🇵🇹 | Youth, 21, De Graafschap
3. CF Tom Cannon | 🇮🇪 | €8.80m / £7.46m, 21, Stoke
4. CB Ben Nelson | 🏴 | Youth, 20, Oxford
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


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