English League Championship

FT Sunday, April 23, 2017
Birmingham City DLLDL 0
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Aston Villa WWDLL 1
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Villa Park · 40,884 att.

Match Report

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Harry Redknapp makes losing Birmingham start at Aston Villa

Agbonlahor's introduction as a substitute just before the hour at Villa Park immediately brought an otherwise dour encounter to life.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
1
51.4
Possession
48.6
6
SHOTS
4
1
ON GOAL
1
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
203
Accurate Passes
199
330
Passes
324
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.6
3
Accurate Crosses
3
26
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.2
79
Long Balls
95
32
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
12
8
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
50
23
Clearances
50

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 34Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
  3. 12James ChesterCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 25Mile JedinakCM
  7. 7Leandro BacunaLM
  8. 5Henri LansburyRM
  9. 9Scott HoganF
  10. 40Jack GrealishLF
  11. 37Albert AdomahRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Tommy ElphickSUB
  2. 31Mark BunnSUB
  3. 23Jordan AmaviSUB
  4. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorSUB
  5. 16James BreeSUB
  6. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  7. 22Gary GardnerSUB

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 4Paul RobinsonCD-L
  3. 5Ryan ShottonCD-R
  4. 3Jonathan GroundsLB
  5. 2Emilio NsueRB
  6. 26David DavisAM
  7. 12Craig GardnerLM
  8. 6Maikel KieftenbeldRM
  9. 15Lukas JutkiewiczF
  10. 19Jacques MaghomaAM-L
  11. 14Ché AdamsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Robert TescheSUB
  2. 25Josh CogleySUB
  3. 1Adam LegzdinsSUB
  4. 8Stephen GleesonSUB
  5. 33Cheick KeitaSUB
  6. 20Greg StewartSUB
  7. 31Krystian BielikSUB

Timeline

  1. 59' Substitution, Aston Villa. Gabriel Agbonlahor replaces Jack Grealish.
  2. 62' Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 62' Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 68' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Birmingham City 0. Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
  5. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Gary Gardner replaces Albert Adomah.
  6. 83' Substitution, Aston Villa. Conor Hourihane replaces Scott Hogan.
  7. 85' Substitution, Birmingham City. Greg Stewart replaces Jacques Maghoma.
  8. 89' Substitution, Birmingham City. Cheick Keita replaces Maikel Kieftenbeld.
  9. 90'+3' Paul Robinson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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