English Premier League

FT Monday, September 21, 2020
Sheffield United LLLLL 0
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Aston Villa DWDWW 1
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Villa Park

Match Report

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Konsa seals Aston Villa win over 10-man Sheffield United

Aston Villa got their season up and running with a laboured 1-0 home win against 10-man Sheffield United on Monday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
10
1
Saves
1
28.1
Possession
71.9
4
SHOTS
18
1
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
131
Accurate Passes
486
221
Passes
553
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
41
0.1
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
49
16
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
4
9
Tackles
5
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
7
36
Effective Clearances
14
36
Clearances
14

Head to Head

SHU leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

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. 14Conor HourihaneRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Jack GrealishLF
  11. 17TrézéguetRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Neil TaylorSUB
  2. 12Jed SteerSUB
  3. 39Keinan DavisSUB
  4. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  5. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  6. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  7. 30Kortney HauseSUB

SHU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 12John EganCD
  3. 5Jack O'ConnellCD-L
  4. 6Chris BashamCD-R
  5. 4John FleckCM-L
  6. 7John LundstramCM-R
  7. 8Sander BergeAM
  8. 3Enda StevensLM
  9. 2George BaldockRM
  10. 17David McGoldrickCF-L
  11. 14Oliver BurkeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Wes FoderinghamSUB
  2. 9Oliver McBurnieSUB
  3. 10Billy SharpSUB
  4. 16Oliver NorwoodSUB
  5. 19Jack RobinsonSUB
  6. 22Ethan AmpaduSUB
  7. 23Ben OsbornSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' John Lundstram (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' John Egan (Sheffield United) is shown the red card.
  3. 13' VAR Decision: Red Card John Egan (Sheffield United).
  4. 31' Substitution, Sheffield United. Ethan Ampadu replaces David McGoldrick.
  5. 33' Matt Targett (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 34' VAR Decision: Penalty Sheffield United.
  7. 36' Penalty saved! John Lundstram (Sheffield United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  8. 62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Keinan Davis replaces Conor Hourihane.
  9. 63' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Sheffield United 0. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tyrone Mings with a headed pass following a corner.
  10. 63' Substitution, Sheffield United. Ben Osborn replaces John Fleck.
  11. 68' Substitution, Sheffield United. Oliver McBurnie replaces Chris Basham.
  12. 83' Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 84' John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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