English Carabao Cup

FT Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Birmingham City WWWLD 0
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Aston Villa LWDLL 1
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Villa Park · 34,442 att.

Match Report

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Rudy Gestede's goal gives Aston Villa cup win over rivals Birmingham City

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
2
45.7
Possession
54.3
7
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
252
Accurate Passes
333
354
Passes
420
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
8
16
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.4
78
Long Balls
72
32
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
18
28
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
26
24
Clearances
31

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 16Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 4Micah RichardsCD-R
  4. 23Jordan AmaviLB
  5. 7Leandro BacunaRB
  6. 6Ciaran ClarkCM
  7. 17Jordan VeretoutLM
  8. 15Ashley WestwoodRM
  9. 39Rudy GestedeF
  10. 9Scott SinclairLF
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorRF

BIR · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 23Jonathan SpectorCD-L
  3. 28Michael MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 31Paul CaddisRB
  6. 8Stephen GleesonCM
  7. 6Maikel KieftenbeldLM
  8. 26David DavisRM
  9. 9Clayton DonaldsonF
  10. 7Demarai GrayLF
  11. 19Jacques MaghomaRF

Timeline

  1. 22' Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jordan Ayew replaces Gabriel Agbonlahor.
  4. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Joleon Lescott.
  5. 62' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Birmingham City 0. Rudy Gestede (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Amavi with a cross.
  6. 66' Substitution, Birmingham City. Jon-Miquel Toral replaces David Davis.
  7. 78' Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 80' Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 81' Substitution, Birmingham City. Viv Solomon-Otabor replaces Jacques Maghoma.

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