English Premier League

FT Saturday, November 21, 2020
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Aston Villa WWLLW 1
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Villa Park

Match Report

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VAR saves Brighton as Aston Villa denied injury-time penalty

Brighton & Hove Albion celebrated their first Premier League victory since September after Danny Welbeck helped them to a 2-1 win at Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
12
3
Saves
1
44.6
Possession
55.4
7
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
313
Accurate Passes
381
385
Passes
457
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
41
0.2
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
39
26
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
5
18
Tackles
7
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
7
47
Effective Clearances
12
47
Clearances
12

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-0-3

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. 7John McGinnLM
  8. 6Douglas LuizRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 17TrézéguetAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  2. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  3. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  4. 15Bertrand TraoréSUB
  5. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  6. 12Jed SteerSUB
  7. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB

BHA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD
  3. 4Adam WebsterCD-L
  4. 3Ben WhiteCD-R
  5. 13Pascal GrossCM-L
  6. 8Yves BissoumaCM-R
  7. 14Adam LallanaAM
  8. 20Solly MarchLM
  9. 2Tariq LampteyRM
  10. 9Neal MaupayCF-L
  11. 18Danny WelbeckCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 33Dan BurnSUB
  2. 49Jayson MolumbySUB
  3. 16Alireza JahanbakhshSUB
  4. 34Joël VeltmanSUB
  5. 7Aaron ConnollySUB
  6. 23Jason SteeleSUB
  7. 17Steven AlzateSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Ross Barkley because of an injury.
  2. 12' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Lallana.
  3. 44' Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Adam Lallana.
  5. 47' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 56' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
  7. 69' Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  9. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Conor Hourihane replaces Douglas Luiz.
  10. 80' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Dan Burn replaces Neal Maupay.
  11. 88' Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+1' Second yellow card to Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+3' VAR Decision: No Penalty Aston Villa.
  15. 90'+5' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jayson Molumby replaces Pascal Groß.

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