Aston Villa player ratings vs Leicester City: Defender lands 7.5/10 after latest Premier League win

After a fruitful summer transfer window, Aston Villa returned to Premier League action and secured a 2-1 win over Leicester City during their visit to the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

New signing Amadou Onana, who joined the Villans in July for £50 million, opened up his account with a goal just before the half an hour mark. Jhon Durán came on in the second half to replace Ollie Watkins and made an immediate impact, scoring just minutes after taking to the pitch.

Leicester hit back with a goal from their own substitution Facundo Buonanotte shortly after Duran, but it proved to be nothing more than a consolation goal as Villa dug in their heels and saw out the the result. The win sees them bounce back from their previous 2-0 defeat to Arsenal at Villa Park, and puts them sixth in the table ahead of the remaining fixtures.

It was a hard-fought result for Villa, with Leicester pushing for a result on home soil but it wasn’t enough to snatch a point late on. We’ve taken a look at how Unai Emery’s players performed in their Saturday outing — here’s a list of each performance rating as listed by WhoScored?

Aston Villa player ratings vs Leicester City

Emi Martínez — 6.6

Lamare Bogarde — 6.3 (Kosta Nedeljković — 6.2)

Ezri Konsa — 6.8

Pau Torres — 6.6

Lucas Digne — 7.5

Leon Bailey — 6.1 (Jacob Ramsey — 7.1, Ian Maatsen — 6.2)

Amadou Onana — 7.4 (Ross Barkley — 6.3)

Youri Tielemans — 7.1

John McGinn — 6.6

Morgan Rogers — 6.7

Ollie Watkins — 6.6 (Jhon Durán — 6.9)

Aston Villa will return to action on September 14th when they host Everton at home. The Toffees were dealt a massive blow at Goodison Park after Bournemouth produced a stunning three-goal comeback to win from 2-0 down. The defeat means Everton are still searching for their first win of the new season, and they have shipped ten goals in three fixtures.