Leicester sniff one more goal as Barnes beats Cash, shifts onto his right foot and fires straight into Martinez's arms from the left of the box. That's that!
90' +2
Coutinho inspires cheers from the Leicester fans, sending a volley skyward from inside the D. Villa look spent.
90' +1
Villa have a corner. Moreno fires comfortably over from the left of the box.
90'
There will be four minutes added on to the end of this game. Villa will be wondering how they've lost this after starting the first half so well.
88'
Y. Tielemans gets yellow.
The offside flag goes up against Praet. Leicester's game management has been excellent since half-time.
Tielemans picks up a late yellow card for a poor tackle on Buendia. The Leicester captain won't care.
86'
Ç. Söyüncü gets yellow.
Soyuncu barges into Duran to give Villa a free-kick down their right. The Turkish international is booked. A goal for Villa might give them some hope, but they've been flat in this second half.
85'
Villa get a corner out of Castagne. Konza heads high and wide from Luiz's delivery.
83'
Ç. Söyüncü enters the game and replaces Tetê.
Leicester wisely decide to protect their two-goal lead. Off goes Tete who's done well. On comes their centre-back Soyuncu.
82'
L. Dendoncker enters the game and replaces B. Kamara.
J. Durán enters the game and replaces L. Bailey.
Kamara, who was at fault for Leicester's first goal, goes off. On comes Dendoncker for Villa.
Villa bring on a few more players, but it's surely too late for them to turn this around. Duran is on for Bailey first.
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L. Thomas enters the game and replaces V. Kristiansen.
Kristiansen heads off after a solid debut showing for Leicester. Thomas replaces him at left-back.
79'
D. Praet has scored a goal for Leicester City!
GOAL! ASTON VILLA 2-4 LEICESTER CITY! Praet looks to have sealed the win for Leicester! The Belgian takes advantage of a fluffed clearance to round Martinez, who has been far too eager to rush off his line all game. The substitute fires into the empty net.
77'
This corner's headed out as far as Bailey, who rifles the ball into a crowd of Leicester defenders.
75'
Watkins shoots from the left of the box. It's blocked. It's another Villa corner. The hosts have had plenty of them but haven't been able to trouble Leicester from them yet.
73'
Leicester win a corner of their own which Villa defend capably. The goals have dried up since half-time, but this is still an absorbing match.
71'
Tete strays offside before Villa go up the other end of the pitch and win a corner. Coutinho finds the back of the net but the goal's chalked off. Luiz was offside as he reached Moreno's blocked shot to find him.
69'
Vardy gets caught offside as he chases after Barnes' throughball. His direct runs will keep Villa occupied.
67'
J. Vardy enters the game and replaces K. Ịheanachọ.
D. Praet enters the game and replaces J. Maddison.
N. Mendy enters the game and replaces K. Dewsbury-Hall.
Ward wafts an arm at the ball in to send it spinning towards Coutinho inside the D. The Brazilian hits it way over on the volley.
Maddison is next to leave the pitch. Praet takes his place on it for Leicester.
Last to come on for Leicester for now is Mendy. He replaces Dewsbury-Hall.
Leicester start to make changes of their own. Vardy replaces Iheanacho first. No doubt the Villa defence will love facing him.
66'
Bailey's corner is picked up by Coutinho and floated towards the far post. Souttar intercepts. Villa get another corner.
65'
Souttar makes a well-timed block to stop Watkins from testing Ward. Bailey prepares to take the Villa corner.
62'
Buendia gets on the end of a cutback to have a shot blocked from the edge of the area. Leicester look stingier at the back than they were in the first half.
61'
Tete's proving lively for Leicester down the right. The Shakhtar Donetsk loanee lets fly with his left foot from the edge of the box. His shot whizzes over the crossbar.
59'
M. Cash enters the game and replaces A. Young.
Here's that enforced Villa substitution. Cash takes Young's place at right-back.
57'
Bailey tries to get past Kristiansen but is outmuscled by the Dane who concedes a throw-in. The Villa winger comes away holding his jaw.
56'
T. Castagne gets yellow.
Castagne picks up the game's first yellow card for taking out Watkins on the turn.
54'
Bailey has a pop at goal from distance and gets a comforable save out of Ward.
53'
Leicester's pace on the counter is really worrying Villa. Iheanacho is proving a menace for the hosts' defenders.
51'
Emery yells at his players from the touchline. The Villa boss understandably will want to see better from his players in this second half.
49'
Tete enters the box from the right and teases Moreno, using him to block Martinez's view. The Brazilian eventually goes for the bottom left corner and isn't too far from finding it.
46'
Philippe Coutinho enters the game and replaces J. Ramsey.
Álex Moreno enters the game and replaces L. Digne.
Digne won't be coming out for the second half either. Moreno takes his place at left-back for VIlla.
Villa make two half-time changes. Coutinho replaces the invisible Ramsey.
Villa get the second half started. They've wasted no time in trying to sort themselves out. Will that help the hosts?
45' +3
HALF-TIME: ASTON VILLA 2-3 LEICESTER CITY
45' +2
Tetê has scored a goal for Leicester City! Assist by K. Ịheanachọ.
Iheanacho knew that Tete was heading for the box and unselfishly found him to finish smartly. Villa haven't been able to deal with the Leicester striker in this first half, and now they find themselves behind.
GOAL! ASTON VILLA 2-3 LEICESTER CITY! Tete steals the lead for Leicester just before half-time! Villa once again give the ball away sloppily in their own half, and the Brazilian darts onto Iheanacho's cute throughball. He rounds Martinez and slots into the empty net!
45' +1
Bailey leaves the pitch briefly before getting permission to come back on. There'll be two more minutes of this before the half-time break.
45'
Bailey's down on the turf afer taking a whack in the back. The Jamaican requires some treatment. It looks like a sore one.
43'
For now, Leicester get back on the attack from the kick-off. Tete flings a cross towards Villa's box from the right. It gets hooked away.
41'
K. Ịheanachọ has scored a goal for Leicester City! Assist by H. Barnes.
GOAL! ASTON VILLA 2-2 LEICESTER CITY! Iheanacho levels things up for Leicester again! The Nigerian lurks in the box to nod unmarked past Martinez as he gets on the end of Barnes' excellent left-wing cross.
That was a fantastic delivery by Barnes, who's started this game brightly. It's a shame this game will pause for half-time soon!
40'
Tete buys a free-kick for Leicester as he drifts inside from the right, taking a kick from Digne.
38'
Leicester keep the ball from their corner. Maddison goes for goal first time from outside the box, firing wide of the left-hand post.
36'
Leicester go upfield and win a corner down their right. Rodgers watches impassively from inside his technical area.
32'
H. Souttar is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOAL! ASTON VILLA 2-1 LEICESTER CITY! Villa retake the lead! It's a touch fortunate as Souttar blocks Watkins' shot from the left of the box and steers it past his own goalkeeper Ward, but it's no less than the hosts deserve. That might go down as a Souttar own goal.
26'
Villa are edging possession at the moment. Leicester have plenty of pace to worry the hosts on the counter though.
24'
Watkins chases after a throughball down the left. The Englishman isn't fast enough to reach it before it goes out for a Leicester throw-in.
22'
It's been a breathless start to the game here at Villa Park. Both teams are wasting no time in getting forward when they win the ball. Buendia has an ambitious volley blocked.
20'
Iheanacho gets into a race with Konsa down the left-hand channel and ends up fouling the Villa defender.
18'
Martinez ventures out of his box to clear a hopeful Leicester ball over the top.
16'
Ward wins a free-kick for Leicester as he's unfairly impeded by Bailey. The visitors will be pleased at their speed of recovery.
14'
The Foxes have their tails up as Tete wins a corner down Leicester's right. Martinez comes away from it clutching the ball to his chest.
12'
J. Maddison has scored a goal for Leicester City! Assist by K. Ịheanachọ.
GOAL! ASTON VILLA 1-1 LEICESTER CITY! Leicester equalise instantly due to a Villa mix-up at the back. Kamara gets caught on the ball in the box. Iheanacho pounces on him to find Maddison who gleefully rifles into the net!
Iheanacho didn't have to think too much to find Maddison there. Kamara let the Nigerian pounce on him far too easily. Villa will be furious to have given their lead away that quickly and that cheaply.
9'
O. Watkins has scored a goal for Aston Villa!
GOAL! ASTON VILLA 1-0 LEICESTER CITY! Villa get off to a great start! Buendia goes for goal from outside the D and has his curler crash against the crossbar. It rebounds back into the path of the arriving Watkins, who hooks it past Ward!
8'
From the goal-kick Barnes ghosts in behind Villa's backline. The winger takes a tumble in the box, but the offside flag goes up against him.
7'
Luiz rolls the free-kick to Bailey who whips it in left-footed. Ramsey attacks it and ends up winning Villa a corner, which Leicester defend successfully.
6'
Watkins bursts into space down Villa's left and gets taken out by Tielemans. Bailey and Luiz discuss which one of them will float the ball towards Leicester's box.
5'
Maddison glides past Kamara and gets tripped by the Villa midfielder. Leicester get a free-kick in central midfield.
3'
The crowd is making a decent racket at Villa Park as both teams settle into the game. The home fans certainly have plenty to shout about lately.
1'
Leicester get this Midlands derby underway!
Hello and welcome to our live text commentary of this Premier League match between Aston Villa and Leicester City at Villa Park.
Villa have won five of their last seven Premier League games under Unai Emery and come into this Midlands derby in a good vein of form. Both games they've failed to win so far under the Spaniard have come at home though, so Villa Park isn't a fortress for them just yet.
Villa welcome Leicester, who have lost more games and won fewer points than any other team since the Premier League restarted after the World Cup. With an average of four goals per game in the Foxes' Premier League away games this season, this contest could be great for the neutrals.
ASTON VILLA (4-4-2): Emiliano Martinez (c); Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne; Jacob Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia; Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins.
SUBS: Alex Moreno, Robin Olsen, John McGinn, Leander Dendoncker, Matthew Cash, Philippe Coutinho, Viljami Sinisalo, Calum Chambers, Jhon Duran.
SUBS: Daniel Iversen, Caglar Soyuncu, Lewis Brunt, Nampalys Mendy, Luke Thomas, Patson Daka, Jamie Vardy, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Dennis Praet.
LEICESTER CITY (4-3-3): Danny Ward; Timothy Castagne, Harry Souttar, Wout Faes, Victor Kristiansen; James Maddison, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Youri Tielemans (c); Mateus Tete, Kelechi Iheanacho, Harvey Barnes.
Leicester's run of fun on the road continues then. If they can keep on scoring, they've got nothing to worry about. That's all for now. Goodbye!
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