English League Championship

FT Saturday, May 11, 2019
West Bromwich Albion WWDWL 1
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Aston Villa WWWDL 2
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1st Leg · Villa Park · 40,754 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Aston Villa recover to beat West Brom in Championship playoff first leg

Midfielder Conor Hourihane's long-range thunderbolt and forward Tammy Abraham's penalty saw Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at Villa Park.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
3
3
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
1
30.8
Possession
69.2
5
SHOTS
21
2
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
170
Accurate Passes
490
256
Passes
554
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
37
0.2
Cross %
0.1
72
Long Balls
44
28
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
7
7
Effective Tackles
11
23
Tackles
13
0.3
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
5
31
Effective Clearances
17
31
Clearances
17

Head to Head

WBA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 12Jed SteerG
  2. 40Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Axel TuanzebeCD-R
  4. 6Glenn WhelanDM
  5. 3Neil TaylorLB
  6. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  7. 10Jack GrealishCM-L
  8. 7John McGinnCM-R
  9. 22Anwar El GhaziLM
  10. 37Albert AdomahRM
  11. 18Tammy AbrahamF

Substitutes

  1. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  2. 17Keinan DavisSUB
  3. 30Kortney HauseSUB
  4. 19Andre GreenSUB
  5. 26Jonathan KodjiaSUB
  6. 15Mile JedinakSUB
  7. 28Lovre KalinicSUB

WBA · 3-4-3

  1. 1Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 5Kyle BartleyCD
  3. 26Ahmed HegaziCD-L
  4. 25Craig DawsonCD-R
  5. 6Stefan JohansenCM-L
  6. 11Chris BruntCM-R
  7. 3Kieran GibbsLM
  8. 68Mason HolgateRM
  9. 19Jay RodríguezF
  10. 16Dwight GayleCF-L
  11. 10Matt PhillipsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Tyrone MearsSUB
  2. 14Conor TownsendSUB
  3. 70Jacob MurphySUB
  4. 15Jefferson MonteroSUB
  5. 7James MorrisonSUB
  6. 28Sam FieldSUB
  7. 23Jonathan BondSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Aston Villa 0, West Bromwich Albion 1. Dwight Gayle (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 33' Mason Holgate (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Tyrone Mears replaces Craig Dawson because of an injury.
  4. 48' Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 62' Dwight Gayle (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 66' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jacob Murphy replaces Matt Phillips.
  7. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Conor Hourihane replaces Glenn Whelan.
  8. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Andre Green replaces Albert Adomah.
  9. 75' Goal! Aston Villa 1, West Bromwich Albion 1. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
  10. 77' Kieran Gibbs (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 79' Goal! Aston Villa 2, West Bromwich Albion 1. Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 85' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James Morrison replaces Stefan Johansen because of an injury.
  13. 88' Second yellow card to Dwight Gayle (West Bromwich Albion) for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia replaces Anwar El Ghazi because of an injury.

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