Aston Villa vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Villa Park
Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Leicester City today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Barkley jinks away from El Khannouss as the Moroccan lunges in. The former Luton string-puller, and the day's Villa scorer, uses his body expertly to win the foul. It's right on the edge of the box in a great place to shoot. In fact, Villa have five prospective takers gathered around the ball.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Aston Villa have attempted 434 passes in this match, higher than their season average of 433.3 in the Premier League.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
It seems that Mavididi's parity-restoring strike has knocked Villa slightly. Mings just pings the ball out for a Leicester through. Surely the Foxes can't strike twice while the iron is hot? No. Thomas then takes after Mings and does the same.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
To quote a former Leicester sensei here in Brendan Rogers, the Foxes "have shown great character" to get back into this one.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Vestergaard trudges off now, as Wout Faes enters the fray in his place for the final half an hour.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Villa voices soar now, and now Leicester look wounded. Well, perhaps quite literally, as Vestergaard is down. What a blow this could be, he's been one of their best players today.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
While Leicester will draw confidence from early second-half attacks, it doesn't look good for the Foxes. They have failed to win any of their last eight matches when conceding first in the Premier League, since a victory over Southampton on 19th October 2024.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Watkins drives down the left after being supplied well by Digne. Coady tracks him all the way and diverts a ball inward from the left byline into the side-netting for a corner.
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