English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 28, 2022
West Ham United LLWLW 1
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Aston Villa WLWLW 0
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Villa Park · 41,796 att.

Match Report

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West Ham earn first PL win of season with Pablo Fornals winner at Aston Villa

West Ham United earned their first win of the Premier League season as a deflected shot by Pablo Fornals sealed a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
1
42.2
Possession
57.8
7
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
329
Accurate Passes
489
419
Passes
582
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
19
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
57
28
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
16
Interceptions
13
29
Effective Clearances
13
29
Clearances
13

Head to Head

WHU leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 16Calum ChambersCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 27Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 9Danny IngsM
  7. 44Boubacar KamaraCM
  8. 23Philippe CoutinhoAM
  9. 7John McGinnLM
  10. 6Douglas LuizRM
  11. 11Ollie WatkinsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 41Jacob Ramsey
  2. 18Ashley Young
  3. 47Tim Iroegbunam
  4. 35Cameron Archer
  5. 17Ludwig Augustinsson
  6. 10Emiliano Buendía
  7. 19Marvelous Nakamba
  8. 25Robin Olsen
  9. 31Leon Bailey

WHU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 4Kurt ZoumaCD
  3. 3Aaron CresswellCD-L
  4. 24Thilo KehrerCD-R
  5. 8Pablo FornalsCM-L
  6. 28Tomás SoucekCM-R
  7. 41Declan RiceAM
  8. 33EmersonLM
  9. 2Ben JohnsonRM
  10. 7Gianluca ScamaccaCF-L
  11. 20Jarrod BowenCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Alphonse AreolaSUB
  2. 21Angelo OgbonnaSUB
  3. 22Saïd BenrahmaSUB
  4. 5Vladimír CoufalSUB
  5. 14Maxwel CornetSUB
  6. 12Flynn DownesSUB
  7. 9Michail AntonioSUB
  8. 10Manuel LanziniSUB
  9. 32Conor CoventrySUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Substitution, West Ham United. Vladimír Coufal replaces Ben Johnson because of an injury.
  2. 45' Substitution, West Ham United. Saïd Benrahma replaces Emerson.
  3. 57' Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 65' Substitution, West Ham United. Michail Antonio replaces Gianluca Scamacca.
  5. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  6. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Douglas Luiz.
  7. 74' Goal! Aston Villa 0, West Ham United 1. Pablo Fornals (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Declan Rice.
  8. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Danny Ings.
  9. 79' Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Aston Villa. Cameron Archer replaces John McGinn.

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