English Premier League

FT Sunday, September 13, 2009
Aston Villa WWWWW 1
–
Birmingham City DDWLL 0
St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park · 25,196 att.

Team Stats

20
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
1
50.4
Possession
49.6
13
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
279
403
Passes
397
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
58
28
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
18
Effective Tackles
16
22
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
24
53
Clearances
38

Head to Head

AVL leads series 4-1

Lineups

BIR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Joe HartG
  2. 20Franck QueudrueCD-L
  3. 14Roger JohnsonCD-R
  4. 21Stuart ParnabyLB
  5. 28Teemu TainioRB
  6. 18Keith FaheyCM-L
  7. 4Lee BowyerCM-R
  8. 12Barry FergusonRCM
  9. 16James McFaddenLM
  10. 7Sebastian LarssonRM
  11. 8Garry O'ConnorF

Substitutes

  1. 26Lee CarsleySUB
  2. 9Kevin PhillipsSUB
  3. 22Damien JohnsonSUB
  4. 1Maik TaylorSUB
  5. 19Gary McSheffreySUB
  6. 17Giovanny EspinozaSUB
  7. 11Christian BenitezSUB

AVL · 4-5-1

  1. 1Brad FriedelG
  2. 5Richard DunneCD-L
  3. 29James CollinsCD-R
  4. 25Stephen WarnockLB
  5. 24Carlos CuéllarRB
  6. 19Stilian PetrovCM-L
  7. 20Nigel Reo-CokerCM-R
  8. 4Steve SidwellAM
  9. 7Ashley YoungLM
  10. 8James MilnerRM
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF

Substitutes

  1. 26Craig GardnerSUB
  2. 16Fabian DelphSUB
  3. 23Habib BeyeSUB
  4. 10John CarewSUB
  5. 22Brad GuzanSUB
  6. 21Nicky ShoreySUB
  7. 18Emile HeskeySUB

Timeline

  1. 45'
  2. 71'
  3. 79'
  4. 85'
  5. 87'

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