English League Championship

FT Sunday, May 7, 2017
Brighton & Hove Albion WWWLL 1
–
Aston Villa DLLWL 1
1st2ndT
BHA011
AVL011
Villa Park · 32,856 att.

Match Report

Jack Grealish strikes at the death as Villa deny Brighton Championship title

Jack Grealish strikes at the death as Villa deny Brighton Championship title

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
7
9
Saves
2
47.4
Possession
52.6
15
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
10
0.2
On Target %
0.7
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
244
Accurate Passes
286
346
Passes
389
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.2
93
Long Balls
65
44
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
30
27
Clearances
30

Head to Head

AVL leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 34Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
  3. 12James ChesterCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 16James BreeRB
  6. 14Conor HourihaneCM
  7. 5Henri LansburyLM
  8. 7Leandro BacunaRM
  9. 9Scott HoganF
  10. 23Jordan AmaviLF
  11. 37Albert AdomahRF

Substitutes

  1. 4Micah RichardsSUB
  2. 22Gary GardnerSUB
  3. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  4. 31Mark BunnSUB
  5. 6Tommy ElphickSUB
  6. 36Callum O'HareSUB
  7. 39Keinan DavisSUB

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 27Fikayo TomoriCD-R
  4. 12Sébastien PocognoliLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 14Steve SidwellCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 15Jamie MurphyLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 17Glenn MurrayCF-L
  11. 9Sam BaldockCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Jiri SkalakSUB
  2. 1Niki MäenpääSUB
  3. 23Liam RoseniorSUB
  4. 7Biram KiyalSUB
  5. 20Solly MarchSUB
  6. 10Tomer HemedSUB
  7. 3Gaëtan BongSUB

Timeline

  1. 45'+2' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Scott Hogan because of an injury.
  2. 61' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Jamie Murphy.
  3. 61' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Albert Adomah.
  4. 63' Nathan Baker (Aston Villa) is shown the red card.
  5. 64' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 65' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tommy Elphick replaces Jordan Amavi.
  7. 81' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Liam Rosenior replaces Bruno because of an injury.
  8. 89' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
  9. 90' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tomer Hemed replaces Sam Baldock.
  10. 90'+2' Sébastien Pocognoli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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