English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 14, 2015
Aston Villa WLLWW 4
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Sunderland LLDLD 0
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Stadium of Light · 45,746 att.

Match Report

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Aston Villa score four at Sunderland to increase pressure on Gus Poyet

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
4
59.6
Possession
40.4
14
SHOTS
12
8
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
463
Accurate Passes
268
556
Passes
368
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.3
75
Long Balls
56
36
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
23
17
Tackles
30
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
11
17
Clearances
11

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 5Wes BrownCD-L
  3. 16John O'SheaCD-R
  4. 4Liam BridcuttDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 15Anthony ReveillereRB
  7. 8Jack RodwellCM-L
  8. 7Sebastian LarssonCM-R
  9. 9Steven FletcherLM
  10. 20Ricardo AlvarezRM
  11. 28Jermain DefoeF

Substitutes

  1. 25Vito MannoneSUB
  2. 22Sebastián CoatesSUB
  3. 19Danny GrahamSUB
  4. 10Connor WickhamSUB
  5. 2Billy JonesSUB
  6. 14Jordi GómezSUB
  7. 27Santiago VerginiSUB

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 34Matthew LowtonLB
  5. 7Leandro BacunaRB
  6. 8Tom CleverleyCM-L
  7. 16Fabian DelphCM-R
  8. 9Scott SinclairLM
  9. 28Charles N'ZogbiaRM
  10. 20Christian BentekeCF-L
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Rushian Hepburn-MurphySUB
  2. 26Lewis KinsellaSUB
  3. 25Carles GilSUB
  4. 10Andreas WeimannSUB
  5. 31Shay GivenSUB
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodSUB
  7. 24Carlos SánchezSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Goal! Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 1. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leandro Bacuna.
  3. 18' Goal! Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 2. Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ciaran Clark.
  4. 37' Goal! Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 3. Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charles N'Zogbia following a fast break.
  5. 44' Goal! Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 4. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Leandro Bacuna with a cross.
  6. 45' Substitution, Sunderland. Connor Wickham replaces Ricardo Álvarez.
  7. 64' Substitution, Aston Villa. Carlos Sánchez replaces Ciaran Clark.
  8. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. Andreas Weimann replaces Charles N'Zogbia.
  9. 83' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rushian Hepburn-Murphy replaces Christian Benteke.
  10. 83' Substitution, Sunderland. Danny Graham replaces Steven Fletcher because of an injury.
  11. 90'+1' Liam Bridcutt (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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