English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 13, 2021
Aston Villa WLWLW 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion DWWDL 0
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American Express Stadium

Match Report

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Emiliano Martinez steers Aston Villa to scoreless draw with Brighton

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez pulled off a string of superb saves to grab an unlikely point for Aston Villa in a 0-0 draw to a dominant Brighton.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
9
9
Saves
1
41.8
Possession
58.2
4
SHOTS
26
1
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
281
Accurate Passes
415
372
Passes
509
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
23
0.0
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
64
24
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
10
5
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
8
24
Effective Clearances
12
24
Clearances
12

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-1-3-2

  1. 26Robert SánchezG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 3Ben WhiteCD-R
  4. 8Yves BissoumaSW
  5. 33Dan BurnLB
  6. 34Joël VeltmanRB
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterCM
  8. 17Steven AlzateLM
  9. 13Pascal GrossRM
  10. 9Neal MaupayCF-L
  11. 11Leandro TrossardCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Michal Karbownik
  2. 18Danny Welbeck
  3. 7Aaron Connolly
  4. 22Percy Tau
  5. 15Jakub Moder
  6. 29Andi Zeqiri
  7. 31Christian Walton
  8. 14Adam Lallana
  9. 24Davy Propper

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. 7John McGinnLM
  8. 6Douglas LuizRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 41Jacob RamseySUB
  2. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  3. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  4. 22Björn EngelsSUB
  5. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  6. 39Keinan DavisSUB
  7. 1Tom HeatonSUB
  8. 25Morgan SansonSUB
  9. 17TrézéguetSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Steven Alzate (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 21' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ahmed El Mohamady replaces Matthew Cash because of an injury.
  4. 62' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Lallana replaces Steven Alzate.
  5. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  6. 70' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 76' Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Sanson replaces Ross Barkley.
  8. 77' Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 80' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Neal Maupay.
  10. 89' Morgan Sanson (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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