English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 26, 2015
West Ham United LDDDD 1
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Aston Villa LLDLD 1
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AVL011
Villa Park · 38,193 att.

Match Report

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Jordan Ayew earns Aston Villa a point at home to West Ham

Jordan Ayew rescued a point for battling Aston Villa as they were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
3
40.9
Possession
59.1
10
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
222
Accurate Passes
354
309
Passes
431
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
16
Crosses
43
0.1
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
57
20
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
14
21
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
19
48
Clearances
29

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 16Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 7Leandro BacunaLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 19Jordan AyewM
  7. 24Carlos SánchezCM
  8. 17Jordan VeretoutAM
  9. 8Idrissa GueyeLM
  10. 15Ashley WestwoodRM
  11. 39Rudy GestedeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Mark Bunn
  2. 20Adama Traoré
  3. 6Ciaran Clark
  4. 9Scott Sinclair
  5. 25Carles Gil
  6. 18Kieran Richardson
  7. 40Jack Grealish

WHU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Adrián G
  2. 21Angelo OgbonnaCD-L
  3. 19James CollinsCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 5James TomkinsRB
  6. 16Mark NobleAM
  7. 8Cheikhou KouyatéLM
  8. 14Pedro ObiangRM
  9. 11Enner ValenciaF
  10. 10Mauro ZárateAM-L
  11. 30Michail AntonioAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Alex SongSUB
  2. 39Josh CullenSUB
  3. 12Carl JenkinsonSUB
  4. 35Reece OxfordSUB
  5. 33Stephen HendrieSUB
  6. 40Djair Parfitt-WilliamsSUB
  7. 1Darren RandolphSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 38' Substitution, Aston Villa. Carles Gil replaces Carlos Sánchez because of an injury.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! Aston Villa 0, West Ham United 1. Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michail Antonio.
  5. 45' Substitution, West Ham United. Carl Jenkinson replaces James Tomkins because of an injury.
  6. 58' James Collins (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Goal! Aston Villa 1, West Ham United 1. Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  8. 74' Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 75' Substitution, West Ham United. Alexandre Song replaces Aaron Cresswell.
  10. 78' Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 83' Substitution, Aston Villa. Adama Traoré replaces Jordan Veretout.
  12. 85' Substitution, West Ham United. Reece Oxford replaces Mauro Zárate.
  13. 90'+4' Joleon Lescott (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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