Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of Aston Villa vs Leicester City. The Foxes are making the short trip the West Midlands off the back of a frustrating goalless draw in the Europa League, while Villa will want to build on their consecutive clean sheets as they push for a Champions League spot. All the team new, stats and facts to follow with kick off at 14:05 GMT
Premier League / Matchday 25
Villa Park / 21.02.2021
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- B. Traoré(48')
- J. Maddison(19')
- H. Barnes(23')
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Updated 21/02/2021 at 16:01 GMT
70'
Vardy almost get on the end of Barnes pass, but it's just too heavy for the striker
67'
Free kick for Villa with Barkley sending it in, but Leicester clear the ball away
67'
Change for Villa Trézéguet comes on
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On
Trezeguet
Aston Villa
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Off
A. El Ghazi
Aston Villa
Free Kicks1
64'
Change for Leicester as Maddison finally comes off for Mendy
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On
N. Mendy
Leicester City
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Off
J. Maddison
Leicester City
Goals1
On target2
Blocked Shots2
Fouls1
63'
CHANCE! Vardy just drags his shot wide of the post with a left footed shot
62'
Maddison makes his way back onto the pitch as Rogers assesses the situation from the sidelines
61'
It looks like Maddison is coming off, he's holding his hip. Mendy is stripped off and ready to come on
60'
Maddison takes the corner and sends it deep into the Villa box, but the ball is cleared away
59'
SAVE! Martínez gets across quickly to push Maddison's free kick out for a corner
58'
El Mohamady is booked as he catches Barnes. Maddison to take the free kick
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Yellow card
A. Al-Muhamadi
Aston Villa
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Free Kicks1
56'
Douglas Luiz will need to be careful as his fouls Maddison, he wouldn't want to pick up a second yellow card
55'
Maddison is back on the pitch as he looks to shake off his knock
54'
Maddison looks to be in some discomfort as he receives treatment
52'
Both teams going toe to toe as they search for a goal
51'
Douglas Luiz picks up a booking
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Yellow card
Douglas Luiz
Aston Villa
Yellow Cards1
Fouls2
Fouls against1
Free Kicks2
48'
GOAL! Traoré does brilliantly to react quickly as he gets a foot on Targett's cross which bounced past McGinn inside the box before coming to him. That's Villa's first shot on target
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Goal
B. Traoré
Aston Villa
Goals1
On target1
Blocked Shots1
Fouls1
45'
Leicester get the second half under way
End of 1st Half
45'+1
Half time and it's 2-0 to Leicester who have been unstoppable in the first 45 minutes. Villa look like they are really missing Jack Grealish
45'
One added minute to be played at Villa Park
44'
Barkley delivers the corner, but it cleared away
44'
El Ghazi does well inside the box with some quick feet, but his cross is blocked. Another corner for Villa