English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 16, 2014
Aston Villa LLWWL 1
–
Stoke City DLWWL 0
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bet365 Stadium · 27,478 att.

Match Report

Weimann seals win for Villa

Andreas Weimann's second-half strike proved the difference as Aston Villa won 1-0 at Stoke on the opening day of the Premier League season.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
0
36.9
Possession
63.1
7
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
197
Accurate Passes
432
289
Passes
517
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
23
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
65
25
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
20
19
Tackles
27
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
43
26
Clearances
43

Head to Head

STK leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Asmir BegovicG
  2. 12Marc WilsonCD-L
  3. 17Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
  4. 3Erik PietersLB
  5. 2Phil BardsleyRB
  6. 7Stephen IrelandAM
  7. 6Glenn WhelanLM
  8. 15Steven N'ZonziRM
  9. 18Mame Biram DioufF
  10. 10Marko ArnautovicAM-L
  11. 27Bojan KrkicAM-R

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 14Philippe SenderosCD-L
  3. 4Ron VlaarCD-R
  4. 23Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 18Kieran RichardsonAM
  7. 16Fabian DelphLM
  8. 15Ashley WestwoodRM
  9. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF
  10. 10Andreas WeimannAM-L
  11. 28Charles N'ZogbiaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 50' Goal! Stoke City 0, Aston Villa 1. Andreas Weimann (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 71' Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Mame Biram Diouf.
  4. 71' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Charles N'Zogbia.
  5. 80' Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 82' Substitution, Stoke City. Charlie Adam replaces Glenn Whelan.
  7. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Andreas Weimann.
  8. 86' Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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