The reigning champions fired out a warning with a big win over Aston Villa at the Etihad. Here, we bring you all the Opta data you need with our Manchester City vs Aston Villa stats page.
Manchester City vs Aston Villa Post-Match Opta Facts
- Manchester City’s Phil Foden scored his third Premier League hat-trick, aged just 23; the only players to score more hat-tricks in the competition before turning 24 are Robbie Fowler (7), Michael Owen (7), Harry Kane (6), and Erling Haaland (5).
- Manchester City are now unbeaten in their last 40 home games in all competitions (W34 D6), only the second time in their history the Citizens have recorded a run of 40+ matches without defeat on home soil (42 games from December 1919 to November 1921).
- Aston Villa suffered their first away defeat of 2024 in the Premier League (P6 W3 D2 L1). The Villans have now, however, lost 19 of their last 20 away games in the competition against sides starting the day in the top three of the table (W1).
- Phil Foden’s hat-trick was the 40th by a Manchester City player in the Premier League; only Liverpool (42) and Arsenal (41) have had more in the competition. Of those 40 Man City hat-tricks, 24 have come under Pep Guardiola.
- Rodri scored his eighth goal of 2023-24 for Manchester City in all competitions, now the highest tally of his career in a single season, overtaking his seven in 2021-22.
- Phil Foden has scored 81 goals for Manchester City in all competitions, but his first goal tonight was the only one of those to come from a direct free-kick.
- Aston Villa’s Jhon Durán (20 years, 112 days) was the youngest visiting player to score against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League since Marcus Rashford in March 2016 (18y 141d).
Manchester City vs Aston Villa Timeline
Manchester City vs Aston Villa Stats Centre
Our live Opta match centre delivers you all the Man City vs Aston Villa stats from City’s 4-1 win on Wednesday night.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
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