English League Championship

FT Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Reading DDLLW 0
–
Aston Villa WWLLD 3
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AVL033
Villa Park · 29,223 att.

Match Report

Aston Villa return to form with three-goal cruise against Reading

Aston Villa return to form with three-goal cruise against Reading

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
6
10
Saves
0
21.6
Possession
78.4
4
SHOTS
28
0
ON GOAL
13
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
140
Accurate Passes
700
219
Passes
768
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
13
6
Crosses
53
0.2
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
52
18
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
3
3
Effective Tackles
6
8
Tackles
8
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
47
Effective Clearances
10
47
Clearances
10

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 5James ChesterCD-R
  4. 20Birkir BjarnasonDM
  5. 3Neil TaylorLB
  6. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  7. 10Jack GrealishCM-L
  8. 14Conor HourihaneCM-R
  9. 37Albert AdomahLM
  10. 7Robert SnodgrassRM
  11. 9Scott HoganF

REA · 4-5-1

  1. 1Vito MannoneG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 20Tiago IloriCD-R
  4. 24Tyler BlackettLB
  5. 2Chris GunterRB
  6. 16David EdwardsCM-L
  7. 19Leandro BacunaCM-R
  8. 8George EvansAM
  9. 17Modou BarrowLM
  10. 14Sone AlukoRM
  11. 55Sam SmithF

Timeline

  1. 17' David Edwards (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Second yellow card to David Edwards (Reading) for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Reading. Pelle Clement replaces Sam Smith.
  4. 46' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Reading 0. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass.
  5. 63' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Reading 0. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 65' Substitution, Reading. Liam Kelly replaces George Evans.
  7. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia replaces Albert Adomah.
  8. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Josh Onomah replaces Robert Snodgrass.
  9. 70' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Reading 0. Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  10. 73' Substitution, Reading. Chris Martin replaces Sone Aluko.
  11. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Glenn Whelan replaces Jack Grealish.

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