English League Championship

FT Sunday, August 7, 2016
Aston Villa WDWWL 0
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Sheffield Wednesday LWDLW 1
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Hillsborough · 30,060 att.

Match Report

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Aston Villa open Championship with loss to Sheffield Wednesday

Fernando Forestieri's goal five minutes from time gave Sheffield Wednesday a winning start to the Sky Bet Championship beating Aston Villa 1-0.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
12
5
Saves
2
48
Possession
52
12
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
246
Accurate Passes
307
337
Passes
375
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
12
34
Crosses
30
0.3
Cross %
0.4
68
Long Balls
64
28
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
48
28
Clearances
53

Head to Head

SHW leads series 1-0

Lineups

SHW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kieren WestwoodG
  2. 23Sam HutchinsonCD-L
  3. 15Tom LeesCD-R
  4. 36Daniel PudilLB
  5. 32Jack HuntRB
  6. 41Barry BannanCM-L
  7. 5Kieran LeeCM-R
  8. 7Almen AbdiLM
  9. 33Ross WallaceRM
  10. 6Steven FletcherF
  11. 45Fernando ForestieriRCF

Substitutes

  1. 19Lucas JoãoSUB
  2. 2Joe WildsmithSUB
  3. 24José SemedoSUB
  4. 17Jeremy HelanSUB
  5. 16Liam PalmerSUB
  6. 44Atdhe NuhiuSUB
  7. 14Gary HooperSUB

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Pierluigi GolliniG
  2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
  3. 6Tommy ElphickCD-R
  4. 28Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodCM-L
  7. 22Gary GardnerCM-R
  8. 10Jordan AyewLM
  9. 7Leandro BacunaRM
  10. 14Rudy GestedeCF-L
  11. 44Ross McCormackCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Jores OkoreSUB
  2. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  3. 4Micah RichardsSUB
  4. 8Aaron TshibolaSUB
  5. 31Mark BunnSUB
  6. 19Andre GreenSUB
  7. 23Jordan AmaviSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Gary Hooper replaces Steven Fletcher because of an injury.
  2. 30' Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 41' Tommy Elphick (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+4' Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+5' Gary Gardner (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Nathan Baker (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 67' Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Atdhe Nuhiu replaces Ross Wallace.
  9. 70' Substitution, Aston Villa. Aaron Tshibola replaces Gary Gardner.
  10. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Ross McCormack.
  11. 84' Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Liam Palmer replaces Jack Hunt.
  12. 85' Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 1, Aston Villa 0. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  13. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Andre Green replaces Leandro Bacuna.

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