English League Championship

FT Saturday, November 26, 2016
Cardiff City DWLLW 1
–
Aston Villa WWDWD 3
1st2ndT
CAR101
AVL213
Villa Park · 31,484 att.

Match Report

Aston Villa's resurgence under Steve Bruce continues with victory over Cardiff

Aston Villa's resurgence under Steve Bruce continues with victory over Cardiff

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
9
4
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
42.6
Possession
57.4
8
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
186
Accurate Passes
324
310
Passes
440
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
2
23
Crosses
8
0.1
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
75
25
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
17
Effective Tackles
13
22
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
36
23
Clearances
36

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Pierluigi GolliniG
  2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
  3. 12James ChesterCD-R
  4. 23Jordan AmaviLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 40Jack GrealishAM
  7. 15Ashley WestwoodLM
  8. 25Mile JedinakRM
  9. 26Jonathan KodjiaF
  10. 10Jordan AyewAM-L
  11. 37Albert AdomahAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Tommy ElphickSUB
  2. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorSUB
  3. 22Gary GardnerSUB
  4. 28Aly CissokhoSUB
  5. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  6. 14Rudy GestedeSUB
  7. 31Mark BunnSUB

CAR · 4-4-2

  1. 21Ben AmosG
  2. 14Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 2Lee PeltierRB
  6. 8Joe RallsCM-L
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-R
  8. 7Peter WhittinghamLM
  9. 13Anthony PilkingtonRM
  10. 19Rickie LambertCF-L
  11. 33Junior HoilettCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Matthew ConnollySUB
  2. 24Kadeem HarrisSUB
  3. 11Craig NooneSUB
  4. 15Kieran RichardsonSUB
  5. 30Ben WilsonSUB
  6. 22Stuart O'KeefeSUB
  7. 9Frédéric GounongbéSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Rickie Lambert (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 24' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Cardiff City 0. Albert Adomah (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Amavi.
  3. 28' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Cardiff City 1. Rickie Lambert (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson.
  4. 34' Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 39' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Cardiff City 1. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Albert Adomah.
  6. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tommy Elphick replaces Nathan Baker because of an injury.
  7. 59' Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Gabriel Agbonlahor replaces Jordan Ayew.
  9. 65' Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 70' Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Cardiff City. Frederic Gounongbe replaces Rickie Lambert.
  12. 74' Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Anthony Pilkington.
  13. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rudy Gestede replaces Albert Adomah.
  14. 78' Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 81' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kieran Richardson replaces Joe Ralls.
  16. 84' Second yellow card to Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) for a bad foul.
  17. 86' Rudy Gestede (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 89' Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Cardiff City 1. Rudy Gestede (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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