Jackson leads Aston Villa to 2-1 win over Manchester City in Premier League

Aston Villa beat visitors Manchester City 2-1 in the match played as part of matchday 8 of the Premier League, on the evening of 24 October Damascus time.

Nicolas Jackson opened the scoring for Aston Villa in the 6th minute, before Erling Haaland equalised for Manchester City in the 52nd minute, only for Jackson to come back and score his second goal, the winner for his side, in the 60th minute.

The match saw no red cards, while each team received 4 yellow cards.

In terms of statistics, Manchester City dominated possession with 63 against 37 for Aston Villa, and made 528 passes compared to 314 for their hosts. Manchester City also had more shots, 15 to 8, and more shots on target, 7 to 2, with an expected goals value of 1.81 for Manchester City compared to 0.64 for Aston Villa. Aston Villa's goalkeeper made 6 saves, while Manchester City's goalkeeper did not record a single save.

Nicolas Jackson was named man of the match after scoring two goals in 82 minutes played, with a rating of 8.93.

With this result, Manchester City top the standings with 21 points from 7 matches after winning all seven of their games, with a goal difference of 19 to 7. Aston Villa, meanwhile, sit in twelfth place with 8 points from 7 matches, having won twice, drawn twice and lost 3 matches, with a goal difference of 7 to 11.