English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 8, 2015
Aston Villa LWDDD 1
–
AFC Bournemouth WDWLD 0
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Vitality Stadium · 11,155 att.

Match Report

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Rudy Gestede scores on Aston Villa debut to beat new boys Bournemouth

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
2
41.6
Possession
58.4
7
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
310
Accurate Passes
464
391
Passes
548
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.1
72
Long Balls
73
32
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
2
20
Effective Tackles
6
24
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
13
39
Clearances
16

Head to Head

AVL leads series 1-0

Lineups

BOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Artur BorucG
  2. 3Steve CookCD-L
  3. 5Tommy ElphickCD-R
  4. 11Charlie DanielsLB
  5. 2Simon FrancisRB
  6. 6Andrew SurmanCM-L
  7. 4Dan GoslingCM-R
  8. 7Marc PughLM
  9. 30Matt RitchieRM
  10. 13Callum WilsonCF-L
  11. 17Joshua KingCF-R

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 4Micah RichardsCD-R
  4. 23Jordan AmaviLB
  5. 7Leandro BacunaRB
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodCM
  7. 8Idrissa GueyeLM
  8. 17Jordan VeretoutRM
  9. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF
  10. 9Scott SinclairLF
  11. 19Jordan AyewRF

Timeline

  1. 24' Joshua King (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Steve Cook (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+1' Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 53' Substitution, Bournemouth. Yann Kermorgant replaces Joshua King.
  5. 59' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rudy Gestede replaces Jordan Ayew.
  6. 69' Substitution, Bournemouth. Max Gradel replaces Marc Pugh.
  7. 71' Substitution, Aston Villa. Carlos Sánchez replaces Jordan Veretout.
  8. 72' Goal! Bournemouth 0, Aston Villa 1. Rudy Gestede (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ashley Westwood with a cross following a corner.
  9. 74' Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 75' Idrissa Gueye (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Kieran Richardson replaces Scott Sinclair.
  12. 80' Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 84' Substitution, Bournemouth. Eunan O'Kane replaces Dan Gosling.
  14. 90'+2' Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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