Leicester vs Aston Villa Player Ratings: Digne impresses in away win for Villa

Here are the player ratings for the Leicester vs Aston Villa Premier League game from the 2024/2025 season on Saturday, August 31st 2024.

 
6:11pm on Saturday 31st August 2024
By
Jake Skudder

Aston Villa were able to record another impressive win this afternoon in their 3pm kickoff against Leicester, who still only have 1 point to their name this season in the Premier League.

Player Ratings

Leicester City

Leicester had a very average afternoon, with no player managing to get a rating better than a 7.0. Substitute Buonanotte managed to get a 7.0 with his goal and Harry Winks managed a 6.9 with his overall contributions.

Aston Villa

Villa's players had a more impressive afternoon away from home, with Tielemans (7.1), Onana (7.3) and Digne (7.4) all getting over a 7.0 rating.

Best Player of the Match

Lucas Digne

Despite Onana and Duran getting the goals, it was Lucas Digne whose 7.4 rated performance that made him the best player on the pitch.

With 3 tackles won, 2 interceptions and his assist he was able to grab the player of the match plaudits in our rankings.

Lucas Digne
D (L) - Aston Villa - 31 yrs
MAN OF THE MATCH
90'
7.4
Aug 31, 2024
90Minutes played
1Assists
3Tackles won
2Interceptions
7Final third passes
13Duels
6Duels won
3Tackles won

Worst Player on the Pitch

Jamie Vardy

With zero shots on goal across the 90 minutes, Jamie Vardy unfortunately was unable to make enough of an impact on this game to get any better than a 5.5 rating on the day.

Leicester will be looking to him to produce far more this season as the 37-year-old will be pivotal to them staying up in the Premier League for another season, should they manage to do so.

Jamie Vardy
S (C) - Leicester - 37 yrs
90'
5.5
Aug 31, 2024
90Minutes played
0Goals
0Total shots
0Shots on target
3Fouls
1Offsides
3Touches in box
3Duels won

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