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Villa 2-1 Man City stats breakdown: 2 shots on target - but both went in
24.10.26, 22:26 Updated 25.10.26, 15:45 7 Minute Read
The story in brief
- Villa won with 36.1% possession, eight shots and 16 penalty-area entries to City's 31.
- Two Villa shots found the target all afternoon. Both went in.
- Villa made zero attacking-third recoveries in the second half, and still managed to score.
Manchester City led almost every column on the stats sheet. Aston Villa led the only one that counts - as The Holte Roar's tactical breakdown explains.
City won every column but one
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