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Game #5308

Aston Villa

Sunday, 13 September 2015

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Lost

15th (-3)

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฅ

Premier League

Leicester City

King Power Stadium

Attendance: 31,733

Leicester City

3-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Micah Richards | 39โ€™ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 63โ€™ |

MATCH TIMELINE

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Sunday, 13 September 2015

๐ŸŸข | 1โ€™ Debut, Joleon Lescott
โšฝ | 39โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Jack Grealish, Assist by Micah Richards
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa
โšฝ | 63โ€™ Goal, 2-0, Carles Gil, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
๐Ÿ” | 66โ€™ Sub off, Carles Gil, Sub on, Jordan Ayew
๐Ÿฅ… | 72โ€™ Goal, 2-1, (Leicester City), Ritchie De Laet
๐Ÿ” | 75โ€™ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Rudy Gestede
๐ŸŸจ | 82โ€™ Booking, Jordan Amavi
๐Ÿฅ… | 82โ€™ Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Jamie Vardy
๐Ÿ” | 86โ€™ Sub off, Leandro Bacuna, Sub on, Alan Hutton
๐Ÿฅ… | 89โ€™ Goal, 2-3, (Leicester City), Nathan Dyer
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Leicester City 2-3 Aston Villa

Possession F | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 21
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 8

ON THIS DAY

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Sunday, 13 September 2015

  • Centre back Joleon Lescott makes a losing debut in a Villa shirt aged 33 after his controversial signing from West Bromwich Albion for a fee of ยฃ1,260,000 earlier this month. Lescott becomes the 884th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football but his signing and time with Villa prove to be an unmitigated disaster on and off the field as his recruitment is seen as one of the biggest errors in the club's history despite hefty competition coming from a decade packed with underwhelming signings.

  • Jack Grealish scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W13 D4 L11, 1 Goals, 5 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Carles Gil scores his 2nd goal for the club on his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L6, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

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๐ŸŸข CB Joleon Lescott | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: ๐Ÿ†
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Leicester City

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European Cup / Champions League: โŒ
League Champions: โŒ
FA Cup Winners: โŒ
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1999-00

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2015-16 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Sunday, 13 September 2015

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tim Sherwood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Borehamwood, 2015
Referee: Mike Dean | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 4.00pm
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฅ 1-0
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฅ 2-3
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฅ Lost
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฅ

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tim Sherwood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2015

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

๐Ÿ•’ 22 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 9 ๐ŸŸจ | 2 ๐ŸŸฅ 11 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Dean | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wirral, 1997-2022
Matches Officiated: 43
๐ŸŸฉ : 15
๐ŸŸจ : 12
๐ŸŸฅ : 16
๐Ÿ†˜ : 4
Previous 5: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ
Last Match: ๐ŸŸฅ 14 Aug 15, Villa 0-1 United (h)
Cards: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ
Assistants: Edward Smart, Simon Long

CARDS

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๐ŸŸจ Jordan Amavi

๐ŸŸจ Marc Albrighton
๐ŸŸจ Nathan Dyer

TEAM NEWS

Gabriel Agbonlahor, Joleon Lescott (debut), Jack Grealish and Carles Gil replace Ciaran Clark, Idrissa Gueye, Alan Hutton and Rudy Gestede.

TEAM STATS

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Starting XI Average Age: | 26.39 |
Oldest Player: CB Joleon Lescott | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 33.10 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.02 |

MANAGER

Tim Sherwood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2015

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Guzan | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ |
LB Jordan Amavi | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท | ๐ŸŸจ |
CB Micah Richards | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
CB Joleon Lescott | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸข |
M Carlos Sรกnchez | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด |
M Jack Grealish | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
M Ashley Westwood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Leandro Bacuna | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ | ๐Ÿ” |
W Scott Sinclair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Carles Gil | ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ | โšฝ | ๐Ÿ” |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ | ๐Ÿ” |

MANAGER

Claudio Ranieri | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น |

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Leicester City

GK Kasper Schmeichel | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ |
RB Ritchie De Laet | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช | โšฝ |
CB Wes Morgan | ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ |
CB Robert Huth | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช |
M Jeffrey Schlupp | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ |
M Danny Drinkwater | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gรถkhan Inler |๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ| ๐Ÿ” |
W Marc Albrighton (ex) | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ | ๐Ÿ” |
W Riyad Mahrez | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ |
CF Jamie Vardy | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
CF Shinji Okazaki | ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต | ๐Ÿ” |

SUBSTITUTES

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๐Ÿ” F Jordan Ayew | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ | for W Carles Gil | ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ | 66โ€™ |
๐Ÿ” CF Rudy Gestede | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 75โ€™ |
๐Ÿ” RB Alan Hutton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | for M Leandro Bacuna | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ | 86โ€™ |

SUBSTITUTES

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๐Ÿ” | W Nathan Dyer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ | ๐ŸŸจ | for CF Shinji Okazaki | ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต | 46โ€™ |
๐Ÿ” | M Nโ€™Golo Kantรฉ | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท | for M Gรถkhan Inler |๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ| 64โ€™ |
๐Ÿ” | CF Leonardo Ulloa | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท | for W Marc Albrighton (ex) | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 64โ€™ |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bunn | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Ciaran Clark | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
LB Kieran Richardson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jordan Veretout | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Schwarzer | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ |
RB Danny Simpson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy King | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CF Andrej Kramaric | ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท |

Player Positions:

โ€‹

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Halfโ€จ

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

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Match Symbols:

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โšฝ | Goal
๐Ÿ”ฅ | Assist
๐Ÿ” | Substitution

๐ŸŸจ | Booking

๐ŸŸฅ | Sending off

๐Ÿ†˜ | Poor refereeing performance
๐ŸŸข : Debut ๐Ÿ”ด : Final Game

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Brad Guzan | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ |
144
142*
0
1
45
32
67*
217*
33
7
0
W Scott Sinclair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
17
11*
8
0
6
1
10*
-
-
0
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
F Jordan Ayew | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ |
4
1*
0
0
2
0
2*
-
-
1
0

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: ยฃ27.90m
Home Nation ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: ยฃ22.50m
Team Cost: ยฃ50.40m
Squad Cost: ยฃ60.08m
Home Nation ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง : 9/18
Homegrown: 3/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: ยฃ24.78m
Home Nation ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง : 3/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: ยฃ16.30m
Team Cost: ยฃ41.08m
Squad Cost: ยฃ50.89m
Home Nation ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง : 6/18
Homegrown: 1/18

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Brad Guzan | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | ยฃ0.90m |
GK Mark Bunn | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |

LB Jordan Amavi | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท | ยฃ9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ยฃ4.05m |
LB Kieran Richardson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.68m |

CB Joleon Lescott | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ1.26m |
CB Ciaran Clark | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | Youth |
CB Micah Richards | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |

M Jordan Veretout | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท | ยฃ9.00m |
M Carlos Sรกnchez | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด | ยฃ5.40m |
M Ashley Westwood | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ | ยฃ1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |

W Carles Gil | ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ | ยฃ3.78m |
W Scott Sinclair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ3.15m |

F Jordan Ayew | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ | ยฃ10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ | ยฃ7.65m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Youth |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Kasper Schmeichel | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ | ยฃ1.43m |
GK Mark Schwarzer | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ | Free |

RB Danny Simpson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ2.13m |
RB Ritchie De Laet | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช | ยฃ1.07m |

CB Robert Huth | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช | ยฃ3.59m |
CB Wes Morgan | ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ | ยฃ1.00m |

M Nโ€™Golo Kantรฉ | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท | ยฃ7.68m |
M Gรถkhan Inler | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ | ยฃ5.98m |
M Danny Drinkwater | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ0.77m |
M Jeffrey Schlupp | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ | Youth |
M Andy King | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Free |

W Riyad Mahrez | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ | ยฃ0.43m |
W Marc Albrighton (ex) | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Free |
W Nathan Dyer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Loan |

CF Shinji Okazaki | ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต | ยฃ9.39m |
CF Leonardo Ulloa | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท | ยฃ8.62m |
CF Andrej Kramaric | ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท | ยฃ7.68m |
CF Jamie Vardy | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ยฃ1.12m |

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
CB Jores Okore | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ |
FB Josรฉ รngel Crespo | ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ |
W Adama Traorรฉ | ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ |
M Idrissa Gueye | ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ |

Out on Loan | 6 |
RB Aly Cissokho | ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท | Porto
F Callum Robinson | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | Bristol City
RB Janoi Donacien | ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ | Wycombe
LB Joe Bennett | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bournemouth
CB Nathan Baker | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Bristol City
GK Jed Steer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Huddersfield

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Media & Commentary

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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EXTERNAL MATCH REPORT LINKS

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AVFC HISTORY MATCH SUMMARY

Villa go into a two goal lead to then collapse and record their third defeat in five Premier League games. Tim Sherwoodโ€™s Villa lose to Leicester despite being two goals up until 72โ€™. This was the fourth time Villa had let a two goal lead slip to fall to defeat in the Premier League. Sherwoodโ€™s Villa had conceded fourteen goals in their last five away games and had now lost twelve in twenty two games since his appointment.

MATCH QUOTES

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โ€Iโ€™ve never felt this bad. Ever. There was a lot of bad play there in the last half hour. The only way you can stop the momentum is to stop the opposition. We turned it over stupidly. โ€œWhat can I say? Iโ€™m gutted for everyone whoโ€™s associated with the football club. We have to stop letting in soft goals. Who cares if we played well? We lost. Totally lost.โ€ Tim Sherwood, Sunday, 13 September 2015.

ORIGINAL MATCH REPORT

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*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 13 September 2015

*Unbeaten Leicester City produced a thrilling second-half comeback to recover from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa and move second in the table.* Jack Grealish curled in a deserved opener from 20 yards, his first goal, for a dominant Villa early on and Carles Gil swept in a second. Ritchie de Laet volleyed the hosts a lifeline and Jamie Vardy prodded Leicester level. Nathan Dyer scored the winner with a brave late header on his debut. The winger had only signed from Swansea on loan on deadline day but made himself an instant hero and left Villa with just one win from five matches. He just beat goalkeeper Brad Guzan to a chipped pass from the impressive Riyad Mahrez before taking a blow to the head and staying down injured as the ball rolled into the net. Algerian winger Mahrez proved the inspiration behind Leicesterโ€™s second-half recovery as he continued his impressive start to the season. He had scored four goals already this season to help the Foxes to an unbeaten start, but a poor first half was mirrored by his side as they were dominated by Villa. He came to life after the break with a stunning display of pace and skill, having a hand in all three of rejuvenated Leicesterโ€™s second-half goals. His improvement, and his sideโ€™s, came when they switched to a 4-2-3-1 from a 4-4-2, as the Foxes took the game to Villa. They were well on top when Gil doubled Villaโ€™s lead but, with Mahrezโ€™s corner flicked home by De Laet, Leicester continued to push and got the goals their second-half display deserved. Leicester City have now gone nine Premier League games unbeaten, winning six, and are joint level with Manchester City as the Premier Leagueโ€™s form team since 4 April. Leicester have picked up 33 points from 14 matches and, with the exception of top scorers Manchester City, have scored at least 11 more goals than any other team in this period. There were fears for their top-flight safety after the sacking of manager Nigel Pearson in the summer but, under former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri, they have continued where they left off. Who will Grealish choose? Villa had to cope with the summer losses of Fabian Delph, Ron Vlaar and Christian Benteke down the spine of their team, making their slow start to the season no surprise. But 20-year-old Villa academy product Grealish helped his side control the first half, in just his second league appearance this season, and thoroughly deserved his first goal. He struggled to repeat his influence after the break though as Villa were undone by a vibrant Leicester. With the Republic of Ireland and England wanting him to commit his international future to them, repeats of Sundayโ€™s first-half performance will increase the interest in the talented midfielder.

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