English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 9, 2021
Manchester United WWDWL 3
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Aston Villa WLLDW 1
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Villa Park

Match Report

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Man United keep City waiting for title as Fernandes, Greenwood, Cavani net in comeback at Villa

Manchester United made Manchester City wait a little longer to win the Premier League title following a comeback 3-1 win at Villa Park.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
4
58.9
Possession
41.1
18
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
483
Accurate Passes
307
563
Passes
383
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.1
49
Long Balls
57
30
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
7
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
5
10
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
10
19
Effective Clearances
20
19
Clearances
20

Head to Head

MAN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 20Ross BarkleyAM
  7. 6Douglas LuizLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 21Anwar El GhaziAM-L
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  2. 52Jaden PhilogeneSUB
  3. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  4. 60Carney ChukwuemekaSUB
  5. 1Tom HeatonSUB
  6. 39Keinan DavisSUB
  7. 9WesleySUB
  8. 41Jacob RamseySUB
  9. 30Kortney HauseSUB

MAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Dean HendersonG
  2. 5Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 2Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 23Luke ShawLB
  5. 29Aaron Wan-BissakaRB
  6. 18Bruno FernandesAM
  7. 17FredLM
  8. 39Scott McTominayRM
  9. 10Marcus RashfordF
  10. 6Paul PogbaAM-L
  11. 11Mason GreenwoodAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Edinson CavaniSUB
  2. 31Nemanja MaticSUB
  3. 27Alex TellesSUB
  4. 1David de GeaSUB
  5. 33Brandon WilliamsSUB
  6. 38Axel TuanzebeSUB
  7. 34Donny van de BeekSUB
  8. 3Eric BaillySUB
  9. 8Juan MataSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 0. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
  2. 45'+1' Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 52' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 1. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 56' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 2. Mason Greenwood (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
  5. 65' Substitution, Manchester United. Edinson Cavani replaces Mason Greenwood.
  6. 65' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Douglas Luiz.
  7. 67' Harry Maguire (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Ross Barkley.
  9. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Wesley replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  10. 78' Substitution, Manchester United. Eric Bailly replaces Harry Maguire because of an injury.
  11. 79' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Substitution, Manchester United. Nemanja Matic replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  13. 87' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 3. Edinson Cavani (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross.
  14. 89' Second yellow card to Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).

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