Aston Villa vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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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
Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has made two changes to the side who were beaten 2-0 at home by Manchester City. Jordan Ayew and Luke Thomas come into the team for Facundo Buonanotte and Victor Kristiansen.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Unai Emery has made three changes to the Aston Villa side who drew 2-2 with Brighton on Monday night. Pau Torres steps out with a broken metatarsal as Morgan Rogers serves a one-match suspension. Diego Carlos also misses out. The trio are replaced by Tyrone Mings, Ross Barkley, and Matty Cash.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
SUBS: Daniel Iversen, Hamza Choudhury, Caleb Okoli, Wout Faes, Oliver Skipp, Will Alves, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Facundo Buonanotte, Patson Daka.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
LEICESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Jakub Stolarczyk; James Justin, Conor Coady, Jannik Vestergaard, Luke Thomas; Harry Winks, Boubakary Soumare; Jordan Ayew, Bilal El Khannouss, Stephy Mavididi; Jamie Vardy.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
SUBS: Robin Olsen, Ian Maatsen, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Lamare Bogarde, Sil Swinkels, Amadou Onana, Emiliano Buendia, Jamaldeen Jimoh, Jacob Ramsey.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
ASTON VILLA (4-2-3-1): Emiliano Martínez; Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne; Boubacar Kamara, Ross Barkley; Leon Bailey, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn; Ollie Watkins.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Looking to extend their unbeaten home league run to 10 matches, Aston Villa welcome Midlands counterparts Leicester City to Villa Park. The Villans were forced to share the spoils with Brighton during their final contest of 2024, whereas the Foxes were defeated on their own patch by Manchester City to round off a mixed calendar year. Winning just one of their final four top-flight outings prior to the turn of the year, Villa have dropped down to ninth place in the Premier League standings. Leicester’s 2-0 defeat against City extended their winless streak to five, leaving them in 19th place on 14 points, two points adrift of safety with 19 matches left. The team now guided by Van Nistelrooy haven't earned a win in a Premier League away game since October 2024 against Southampton.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Hello and welcome everyone, and a belated Happy New Year to all! We've flicked over into a new calendar year and there are plenty of resolutions to go around, as today, two sides are looking for fresh starts after their previous games in 2024. We bring you live text coverage of Aston Villa v Leicester City, in what's hopefully an engaging clash in the Premier League's 20th matchday.
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