English League Championship

FT Saturday, May 26, 2018
Fulham WWLLW 1
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Aston Villa WDLWD 0
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Match Report

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
2
51.1
Possession
48.9
15
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
343
Accurate Passes
311
420
Passes
392
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.4
47
Long Balls
54
21
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
16
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
12
35
Clearances
12

Head to Head

FUL leads series 3-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 26John TerryCD-L
  3. 5James ChesterCD-R
  4. 15Mile JedinakDM
  5. 21Alan HuttonLB
  6. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  7. 10Jack GrealishCM-L
  8. 14Conor HourihaneCM-R
  9. 37Albert AdomahLM
  10. 7Robert SnodgrassRM
  11. 45Lewis GrabbanF

FUL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marcus BettinelliG
  2. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 4Denis OdoiCD-R
  4. 21Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Ryan FredericksRB
  6. 6Kevin McDonaldCM
  7. 8Stefan JohansenLM
  8. 10Tom CairneyRM
  9. 32Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 3Ryan SessegnonLF
  11. 47Aboubakar KamaraRF

Timeline

  1. 8' James Chester (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Fulham 1. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Sessegnon with a through ball.
  3. 38' Denis Odoi (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 63' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 70' Second yellow card to Denis Odoi (Fulham) for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Substitution, Fulham. Oliver Norwood replaces Stefan Johansen because of an injury.
  7. 76' Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 77' Aboubakar Kamara (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 77' Substitution, Fulham. Tomas Kalas replaces Aboubakar Kamara.
  10. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia replaces Ahmed El Mohamady.
  11. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Josh Onomah replaces Mile Jedinak.
  12. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Scott Hogan replaces Conor Hourihane because of an injury.
  13. 83' Substitution, Fulham. Cyrus Christie replaces Ryan Fredericks.
  14. 86' Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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