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Aston Villa 3 – 1 Coventry City
FT · Wed, Sep 16

Match Details

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Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Coventry City 1, Aston Villa 3.
  • 90'+4'Second Half ends, Coventry City 1, Aston Villa 3.
  • 90'+3'Attempt blocked. Yann Gboho (Coventry City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Loum Tchaouna.
  • 90'+1'Offside, Aston Villa. Nicolas Jackson is caught offside.
  • 90'+1'Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1'Foul by Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry City).
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
  • 90'Joel Latibeaudiere (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87'Frank Onyeka (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86'Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Line Score

12T
AVL 21 3
COV 10 1

Match Leaders

Aston Villa
Coventry City

Key Events

90'Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
87'Frank Onyeka (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79'Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces George Hemmings.
73'Substitution, Coventry City. Jake Bidwell replaces Stephen Mfuni.
73'Substitution, Coventry City. Frank Onyeka replaces Caleb Yirenkyi.
69'Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolas Jackson replaces Tammy Abraham.
64'Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Ibrahim Mbaye.
64'Substitution, Aston Villa. Johan Manzambi replaces John McGinn.
59'Goal! Coventry City 1, Aston Villa 3. Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley following a corner.
58'Substitution, Coventry City. Ellis Simms replaces Sidiki Cherif.
57'Substitution, Coventry City. Loum Tchaouna replaces Tatsuhiro Sakamoto.
46'Caleb Yirenkyi (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for handball.
45'Substitution, Aston Villa. Zion Suzuki replaces Marco Bizot because of an injury.
43'Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
40'Goal! Coventry City 1, Aston Villa 2. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ibrahim Mbaye with a cross following a corner.
27'Goal! Coventry City 1, Aston Villa 1. Victor Torp (Coventry City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
26'Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23'Stephen Mfuni (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
12'Substitution, Coventry City. Ethan Pinnock replaces Aurèle Amenda because of an injury.
7'Goal! Coventry City 0, Aston Villa 1. Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by George Hemmings with a through ball.

Team Stats

Aston VillaCoventry City
General
57.2 Possession % 42.8
18 Shots 15
9 On Target 5
2 Offsides 2
9 Corners 2
12 Fouls 17
Passing & Defense
448 Passes Completed 317
10 Crosses Won 1
7 Tackles Won 13
12 Interceptions 10
21 Clearances 23
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
4 Saves 6

Recent Form

Coventry City L W L L L
Aston Villa L L D W L

Starting Lineups

Coventry City4-2-3-1
25 Bentley
22 Latibeaudiere 4 Thomas 24 Amenda 12 Mfuni
8 Yirenkyi 29 Torp 27'
7 Sakamoto 38 Hamer 34 Gboho
49 Cherif
18 Abraham 7'59'
53 Hemmings A 7 McGinn 19 Mbaye A
6 Barkley 40'A 26 Bogarde
13 Ruggeri 5 Mings 4 Harwood-Bellis 29 Wan-Bissaka
40 Bizot
Aston Villa4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Coventry City

  1. DB #25 Daniel BentleyG
  2. AA #24 Aurèle AmendaCD-L
  3. BT #4 Bobby ThomasCD-R
  4. SM #12 Stephen MfuniLB
  5. JL #22 Joel LatibeaudiereRB
  6. GH #38 Gustavo HamerAM
  7. VT #29 Victor TorpLM27'
  8. CY #8 Caleb YirenkyiRM
  9. SC #49 Sidiki CherifF
  10. YG #34 Yann GbohoAM-L
  11. TS #7 Tatsuhiro SakamotoAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Aston Villa

  1. #40 Marco BizotG
  2. TM #5 Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. TH #4 Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  4. MR #13 Matteo RuggeriLB
  5. AW #29 Aaron Wan-BissakaRB
  6. JM #7 John McGinnAM
  7. RB #6 Ross BarkleyLM40'
  8. LB #26 Lamare BogardeRM
  9. TA #18 Tammy AbrahamF7'59'
  10. GH #53 George HemmingsAM-L
  11. IM #19 Ibrahim MbayeAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

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