English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 28, 2014
Sunderland LDDWL 0
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Aston Villa WWLDL 0
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Villa Park · 35,436 att.

Match Report

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Aston Villa's Fabian Delph sent off in home stalemate with Sunderland

Aston Villa's Fabian Delph sent off in home stalemate with Sunderland

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
4
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
3
51.9
Possession
48.1
14
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
434
Accurate Passes
401
510
Passes
466
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
7
26
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
61
31
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
17
11
Tackles
23
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
42
27
Clearances
42

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 4Ron VlaarD
  3. 21Alan HuttonD
  4. 6Ciaran ClarkD
  5. 23Aly CissokhoD
  6. 24Carlos SánchezM
  7. 10Andreas WeimannM
  8. 16Fabian DelphM
  9. 8Tom CleverleyM
  10. 20Christian BentekeF
  11. 28Charles N'ZogbiaF

Substitutes

  1. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  2. 17Chris HerdSUB
  3. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  4. 5Jores OkoreSUB
  5. 31Shay GivenSUB
  6. 37Callum RobinsonSUB
  7. 34Matthew LowtonSUB

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 5Wes BrownCD-L
  3. 16John O'SheaCD-R
  4. 4Liam BridcuttDM
  5. 2Billy JonesLB
  6. 27Santiago VerginiRB
  7. 14Jordi GómezCM-L
  8. 7Sebastian LarssonCM-R
  9. 10Connor WickhamLM
  10. 11Adam JohnsonRM
  11. 9Steven FletcherF

Substitutes

  1. 20Ricardo AlvarezSUB
  2. 30William BuckleySUB
  3. 22Sebastián CoatesSUB
  4. 23Emanuele GiaccheriniSUB
  5. 6Lee CattermoleSUB
  6. 17Jozy AltidoreSUB
  7. 25Vito MannoneSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Substitution, Sunderland. Lee Cattermole replaces Liam Bridcutt because of an injury.
  2. 44' Ron Vlaar (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 49' Fabian Delph (Aston Villa) is shown the red card.
  4. 56' Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 57' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Charles N'Zogbia.
  6. 57' Substitution, Sunderland. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Sebastian Larsson.
  7. 61' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jores Okore replaces Ciaran Clark.
  8. 68' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Tom Cleverley.
  9. 73' Adam Johnson (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Sunderland. William Buckley replaces Santiago Vergini.
  11. 89' Wes Brown (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+2' Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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