Aston Villa beats Manchester City 2-1

Aston Villa closed the 2025-26 Premier League season with a 2-1 win at Manchester City on Sunday, May 24, according to the league’s official fixtures page. Ollie Watkins scored both Villa goals after halftime as Unai Emery’s side finished fourth on 65 points, while City ended second on 78. (premierleague.com) Arsenal finished top on 85 points and Manchester United were third on 71, the Premier League table showed. (premierleague.com) ### How did the scoreline land on the final day? Manchester City lost 2-1 to Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium in Matchweek 38, the Premier League results page showed. The league’s fixtures listing records the match as one of 10 final-day games played on Sunday, with Arsenal winning 2-1 at Crystal Palace and Manchester United beating Brighton 3-0. (premierleague.com) The result mattered only to the final table positions at the top end. Aston Villa’s win left them fourth with 19 wins, eight draws and 11 losses from 38 matches, while Manchester City finished with 23 wins, nine draws and six defeats. (premierleague.com) ### What exactly did Ollie Watkins do? Ollie Watkins scored Aston Villa’s two goals in the second half, with the match page listing him in Villa’s starting lineup for the final-day game at City. The upstream match details cited his goals in the 47th and 61st minutes, turning the match after the break. (premierleague.com) Watkins also finished among the league’s leading scorers for the season. The Premier League stats page lists the Villa forward with 16 goals, fourth in the division behind Erling Haaland, Igor Thiago and Antoine Semenyo. (premierleague.com) ### Where did the result leave the table? Arsenal finished first on 85 points, Manchester City second on 78, Manchester United third on 71 and Aston Villa fourth on 65, according to the official Premier League standings. Liverpool were fifth on 60, followed by Bournemouth on 57. The same standings page shows Aston Villa secured a Champions League place by ending the season in the top four. (premierleague.com) Manchester City also qualified for the Champions League despite the defeat, while Arsenal finished as champions. ### Was this a surprise result or part of Villa’s season? (premierleague.com) Aston Villa ended the season with 56 league goals and a plus-seven goal difference, according to the final table. Those numbers were well short of Manchester City’s 77 goals and plus-42 goal difference, which underlined the scale of Villa’s final-day away win. (premierleague.com) Watkins had been one of Villa’s most reliable scorers all season. The Premier League player stats page places him in the division’s top scorers list, behind Haaland’s 27 and ahead of several players tied on 15. ### What is the cleanest way to read the finish from here? (premierleague.com) The official record is straightforward: Manchester City 1, Aston Villa 2, on Sunday, May 24, in the last round of the Premier League season. The final table now stands with Arsenal first, City second, Manchester United third and Aston Villa fourth, all published on the Premier League’s fixtures and standings pages. (premierleague.com) The next reference point is the archived 2025-26 standings and club results pages on the Premier League website, which now hold the final season records for Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Aston Villa. (premierleague.com 1) (premierleague.com 2)