English League Championship

FT Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Aston Villa WWLDW 3
–
Sunderland DLLDD 0
1st2ndT
AVL213
SUN000
Stadium of Light · 26,081 att.

Match Report

Aston Villa keep the pace as limp Sunderland lose again

Aston Villa keep the pace as limp Sunderland lose again

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
3
49.8
Possession
50.2
12
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
364
Accurate Passes
372
460
Passes
460
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
3
18
Crosses
21
0.4
Cross %
0.1
65
Long Balls
69
29
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
17
27
Clearances
17

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SUN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Jason SteeleG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD
  3. 18Jiang GuangtaiCD-L
  4. 23Lamine KonéCD-R
  5. 6Lee CattermoleCM-L
  6. 53Ovie EjariaCM-R
  7. 3Bryan OviedoLM
  8. 22Donald LoveRM
  9. 9Ashley FletcherF
  10. 19Aiden McGeadyCF-L
  11. 13Callum McManamanCF-R

AVL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 5James ChesterCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  6. 6Glenn WhelanCM-L
  7. 14Conor HourihaneCM-R
  8. 37Albert AdomahLM
  9. 7Robert SnodgrassRM
  10. 9Scott HoganF
  11. 45Lewis GrabbanRCF

Timeline

  1. 23' Donald Love (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Substitution, Sunderland. Billy Jones replaces Tyias Browning because of an injury.
  3. 34' Goal! Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 1. Lewis Grabban (Aston Villa) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross.
  4. 35' James Chester (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+3' Goal! Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 2. James Chester (Aston Villa) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass with a cross following a corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Sunderland. Joel Asoro replaces John O'Shea because of an injury.
  7. 55' Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 60' Substitution, Aston Villa. Mile Jedinak replaces Glenn Whelan because of an injury.
  9. 63' Substitution, Sunderland. Josh Maja replaces Ashley Fletcher.
  10. 66' Own Goal by Bryan Oviedo, Sunderland. Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 3.
  11. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Scott Hogan.
  12. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Birkir Bjarnason replaces Lewis Grabban.

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