English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 12, 2020
Aston Villa LLWLL 1
–
Wolverhampton Wanderers WLDWL 0
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Molineux Stadium

Match Report

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Aston Villa claim victory against Wolves after late El-Ghazi penalty

Aston Villa snatched a 1-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
23
5
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
1
49.5
Possession
50.5
13
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
253
Accurate Passes
267
331
Passes
348
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
28
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
76
27
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
5
3
Effective Tackles
11
8
Tackles
15
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
7
22
Effective Clearances
34
22
Clearances
34

Head to Head

WOL leads series 3-2

Lineups

WOL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 11Rui PatrícioG
  2. 27Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 16Conor CoadyCD-R
  4. 5Fernando MarçalLB
  5. 22Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 10Daniel PodenceAM
  7. 28João MoutinhoLM
  8. 32Leander DendonckerRM
  9. 17Fábio SilvaF
  10. 7Pedro NetoAM-L
  11. 37Adama TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Rayan Aït-NouriSUB
  2. 20VitinhaSUB
  3. 8Rúben NevesSUB
  4. 15Willy BolySUB
  5. 54Owen OtasowieSUB
  6. 21John RuddySUB
  7. 49Max KilmanSUB

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM
  7. 7John McGinnLM
  8. 41Jacob RamseyRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Jack GrealishLF
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréRF

Substitutes

  1. 12Jed SteerSUB
  2. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  3. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  4. 24Frédéric GuilbertSUB
  5. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  6. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  7. 30Kortney HauseSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  6. 77' Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 80' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rúben Neves replaces Leander Dendoncker.
  8. 81' Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 81' Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 83' João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Second yellow card to Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+4' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Aston Villa 1. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 90'+5' João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Red Card at 95'
  15. 90'+7' Substitution, Aston Villa. Marvelous Nakamba replaces Jacob Ramsey.

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