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
44'
El Ghazi does well inside the box with some quick feet, but his cross is blocked. Another corner for Villa
42'
Villa win a free kick and Targett takes it, but Leicester clear it away. Konsa looks frustrated as he wanted the ball sent in earlier
40'
Maddison takes the corner short, but he's caught off side with the return pass
39'
Castagne wins another corner for Leicester as they hunt for a third goal before half time
38'
Douglas Luiz gives a free kick away, Leicester take it quickly and try to catch Villa on their heels, but they clear the ball away
35'
Villa win another corner, with Barkley sending it deep again, Söyüncü gets his head on it, but it falls to McGinn on the edge of the box, who attempts a shot and blazes it over
34'
Ndidi picks up a yellow for cynical challenge on McGinn
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W. Ndidi
Leicester City
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Fouls3
Fouls against1
31'
Barkley sends it in deep and the ball falls to El Mohamady on the opposite flank, who delivers another cross, but he can't find a Villa player
31'
Targett 's cross goes out for a Villa corner. Barkley to take it
29'
Villa are struggling to hold onto the ball at the moment
26'
Leicester are in full control as they drive forward again, Maddison makes a yard of space, but his effort is blocked
25'
It's looking like a long way back for Villla, but they have time on their side
23'
GOAL! Barnes smashes the ball into the back of the net as he reacts quickly to a shot that is spilt by Martínez
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H. Barnes
Leicester City
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On target1
Blocked Shots1
22'
SHOT! Pereira tries to bend the ball into the top corner, but Martínez catches it with ease
21'
McGinn catches Thomas who goes down
19'
GOAL! Maddison tucks the ball into the corner of the net from range. Villa simply gave him too much space and have been punished for it
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J. Maddison
Leicester City
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Corners4
17'
CHANCE! Watkins does brilliantly to slip El Ghazi in with a neat piece of skill, who then passes to Traoré , but his shot is cut out. That was Villa's best chance of the game
15'
Tielemans launches a long ball over the top to Vardy, but Mings just gets a head on it. That type of ball is so effective with Vardy in the side
13'
Castagne is brought down by McGinn, Maddison takes the free kick deep inside the Villa half. It's sent in deep, but Villa get the ball away
11'
Maddison tries again to work an opportunity from the corner, but Villa clear the ball away
11'
Maddison works the corner well, with the ball coming to Pereira who tries again from range, but his shot deflects for another corner