Full time: Villa 2, Man City 1
— full time, Villa win
AVLAston Villa beat Manchester City 2-1 at full time, with Nicolas Jackson scoring in the 6th and 60th minutes either side of a Haaland equaliser in the 52nd. Villa had 36.1 per cent of possession and managed 8 shots, 2 on target, while City had 63.9 per cent and 15 shots, 7 on target. Villa led 1-0 at half-time, and there were no red cards.
Nicolas Jackson's 60th-minute strike, teed up by Ibrahim Mbaye, put Aston Villa 2-1 ahead of Manchester City. The goal arrived with the visitors still very much in contention, and Villa now had a lead to protect.
Erling Haaland levelled the match at 52 minutes, converting Iliman Ndiaye's assist to make it 1-1. Manchester City's equaliser arrived from a move that unsettled Aston Villa's shape, and the contest suddenly had no clear favourite.
Nicolas Jackson opened the scoring in the sixth minute, latching onto a fine pass from John McGinn to give Aston Villa a 1-0 lead. The early goal set the tone for a lively contest, with Villa quickly stepping up the tempo at Villa Park.
Source: premierleague.com match clock · FPL live points
AVL climb to 9th.
MCI stay 1st — top of the table.
36%Source: premierleague.com (Opta)
Aston Villa8 shotsMan City15 shotsThe Premier League publishes the zone each shot was taken from, not its exact position or its expected-goals value — so shots are counted by zone, and nothing is sized by xG.
AVL4-2-3-1MCI4-2-3-1Source: premierleague.com team sheet · points are FPL live points
Onside's sealed GW8 captain was Rogers (CHE) — not in this match. The weekly record is on the captain page.
| Player | Pts | xP | G | A | Bonus | BPS | Mins | Own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 3.6 | 2 | · | 3 | 66 | 81 | 26.3% | |
| 8 | 3.6 | 1 | · | 2 | 35 | 90 | 79.0% | |
| 6 | 3.4 | · | 1 | 1 | 29 | 65 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | 2.0 | · | 1 | · | 25 | 68 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | 3.6 | · | · | · | 26 | 90 | 3.1% | |
| 4 | 2.7 | · | · | · | 18 | 90 | 0.4% | |
| 4 | 1.1 | · | 1 | · | 16 | 31 | 0.1% | |
| 3 | · | · | · | · | 19 | 90 | 1.2% | |
| 3 | 3.3 | · | · | · | 4 | 90 | 4.0% | |
| 2 | 3.5 | · | · | · | 27 | 90 | 4.6% | |
| 2 | 1.6 | · | · | · | 18 | 90 | 3.7% | |
| 2 | 2.6 | · | · | · | 11 | 81 | 0.1% | |
| 2 | 4.6 | · | · | · | 9 | 90 | 0.6% | |
| 2 | · | · | · | · | 9 | 90 | 0.3% | |
| 2 | · | · | · | · | 5 | 90 | 0.4% | |
| 1 | 2.8 | · | · | · | 21 | 90 | 3.7% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | · | 13 | 90 | 25.8% | |
| 1 | 3.2 | · | · | · | 8 | 65 | 7.2% | |
| 1 | 3.2 | · | · | · | 6 | 45 | 2.5% | |
| 1 | 3.0 | · | · | · | 3 | 90 | 2.0% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 | 58 | 0.1% | |
| 1 | 1.1 | · | · | · | 2 | 24 | 0.2% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 | 8 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | · | -1 | 45 | 0.2% | |
| 1 | 4.1 | · | · | · | -4 | 90 | 7.3% | |
| 0 | · | · | · | · | 6 | 21 | 0.1% | |
| 0 | · | · | · | · | 2 | 8 | 0.2% | |
| 0 | 2.6 | · | · | · | 0 | 45 | 35.2% | |
| 0 | 2.7 | · | · | · | -1 | 45 | 15.9% | |
| 0 | 2.5 | · | · | · | -2 | 24 | 1.2% |
Points are FPL's live points, bonus included once confirmed. Ownership is FPL's overall selected-by. “XI” marks a player in Onside's model XI for GW8, sealed before the deadline. “xP” is Onside's expected points for the player, sealed before the GW8 deadline and never revised.
Aston Villa 2–1 Man City, Gameweek 8. Full match report with goals, cards, lineups and a complete event timeline — plus AI-powered analysis for fantasy managers.
Kick-off
Aston Villa 2–1 Man City in Gameweek 8.
N.Jackson opened the scoring for Aston Villa on 6' in the Gameweek 8 fixture.
N.Jackson scored the decisive goal for Aston Villa on 60' — the strike that put Aston Villa ahead for good in the AVL 2–1 MCI result.
No red cards were shown in the Gameweek 8 fixture between Aston Villa and Man City.