English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 24, 2013
Liverpool WDWWW 1
–
Aston Villa WLDWL 0
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Villa Park · 42,098 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
0
52.6
Possession
47.4
5
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
454
Accurate Passes
404
546
Passes
481
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
9
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
48
Long Balls
57
26
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
5
17
Effective Tackles
24
23
Tackles
31
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
27
44
Clearances
27

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 4Ron VlaarCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 14Antonio LunaLB
  5. 34Matthew LowtonRB
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodCM
  7. 16Fabian DelphLM
  8. 7Leandro BacunaRM
  9. 20Christian BentekeF
  10. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorLF
  11. 10Andreas WeimannRF

Substitutes

  1. 24Aleksandar TonevSUB
  2. 8Karim El AhmadiSUB
  3. 17Chris HerdSUB
  4. 13Jed SteerSUB
  5. 6Ciaran ClarkSUB
  6. 9Nicklas HeleniusSUB
  7. 18Yacouba SyllaSUB

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 5Daniel AggerCD-L
  3. 4Kolo TouréCD-R
  4. 3José EnriqueLB
  5. 2Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 9Iago AspasAM
  7. 21Lucas LeivaLM
  8. 8Steven GerrardRM
  9. 15Daniel SturridgeF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoAM-L
  11. 14Jordan HendersonAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Luis AlbertoSUB
  2. 29Fabio BoriniSUB
  3. 20Aly CissokhoSUB
  4. 31Raheem SterlingSUB
  5. 47Andre WisdomSUB
  6. 24Joe AllenSUB
  7. 1Brad JonesSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Liverpool 1. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by José Enrique.
  2. 22' Antonio Luna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Iago Aspas (Liverpool) Yellow Card at 29'
  4. 40' Fabian Delph (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+2' Glen Johnson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  7. 65' Attempt missed. Glen Johnson (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
  8. 69' Attempt blocked. Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonio Luna.
  9. 73' Attempt missed. Andreas Weimann (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Leandro Bacuna with a cross.
  10. 83' Offside, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.
  11. 83' Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicklas Helenius replaces Ashley Westwood.
  12. 89' Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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