English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 15, 2012
Swansea City WWWWD 0
–
Aston Villa LLLWD 2
1st2ndT
SWA000
AVL112
Villa Park · 34,005 att.

Team Stats

4
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
3
57.9
Possession
42.1
10
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
398
Accurate Passes
228
474
Passes
327
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
7
23
Crosses
28
0.3
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
42
37
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
11
61
Clearances
24

Head to Head

SWA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 22Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 4Ron VlaarCD-R
  4. 30Eric LichajLB
  5. 34Matthew LowtonRB
  6. 8Karim El AhmadiCM-L
  7. 7Stephen IrelandCM-R
  8. 25Barry BannanLM
  9. 14Brett HolmanRM
  10. 26Andreas WeimannCF-L
  11. 9Darren BentCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Shay GivenSUB
  2. 15Ashley WestwoodSUB
  3. 27Joe BennettSUB
  4. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorSUB
  5. 20Christian BentekeSUB
  6. 21Jordan BowerySUB
  7. 10Charles N'ZogbiaSUB

SWA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Michel VormG
  2. 6Ashley WilliamsCD-L
  3. 5Alan TateCD-R
  4. 33Ben DaviesLB
  5. 22Angel RangelRB
  6. 9MichuCM
  7. 7Leon BrittonLM
  8. 20Jonathan de GuzmánRM
  9. 15Wayne RoutledgeF
  10. 10Danny GrahamLF
  11. 12Nathan DyerRF

Substitutes

  1. 24Ki Sung-YuengSUB
  2. 17Etey ShechterSUB
  3. 26Kemy AgustienSUB
  4. 11Pablo HernándezSUB
  5. 19Luke MooreSUB
  6. 29Jazz RichardsSUB
  7. 25Gerhard TremmelSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Swansea City 0. Matthew Lowton (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 25' Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Matthew Lowton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Michu (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Jonathan De Guzmán (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  6. 71' Foul by Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa).
  7. 71' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  8. 71' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ashley Westwood replaces Stephen Ireland.
  9. 79' Attempt missed. Darren Bent (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross following a corner.
  10. 80' Substitution, Aston Villa. Charles N'Zogbia replaces Brett Holman.
  11. 80' Attempt missed. Ben Davies (Swansea City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Michu.
  12. 88' Attempt missed. Luke Moore (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Ben Davies with a cross.

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