Division Two League Match, Aston Villa vs. Sunderland (Thu Mar 23)


                          Aston Villa  |  Sunderland
                            4-1-3-2 C  |  4-3-1-2 P
                    Pierre Van Rossum  |  John Gemmell
                                       |
                       P_Gazzaniga GK  |  GK A_Areola
                             Doria DF  |  DF D_Aitken
                          C_Moreno DF  |  DF D_Jones
                       B_Bolingoli DF  |  DF D_Yedlin
                            Doriva DF  |  DF R_Ferdinand
                            Camilo DM  |  MF N_Stiles
                          B_MacKay MF  |  MF D_Boerrigter
                        J_Grealish MF  |  MF S_Sensi
                             I_Spy MF  |  AM P_A_McNamara
                       L_Griffiths FW  |  FW J_Maddison
                         T_Roberts FW  |  FW T_Hulssenberg
                                       |
                          E_Manuel SUB |  SUB R_Clemance
                       F_McLintock SUB |  SUB Kim_Sin_Jung
                       A_Odriozola SUB |  SUB S_Torkelson
                            Rivera SUB |  SUB S_Evans
                       Steve_Brown SUB |  SUB J_Vardy

Referee: A_Barken (Norway)


Min. 2  :(sun) D_Jones with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past B_Bolingoli
          ...  He knocks it to J_Maddison!
          ...  B_Bolingoli reacts well to win the ball back
Min. 3  :(asv) B_MacKay retreats under pressure
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  T_Roberts latches onto the end of it
          ...  T_Roberts attempts a chip!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He nutmegged A_Areola
          ...  That puts Aston Villa ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland ...
Min. 3  :(sun) Sunderland will now play A
Min. 3  :(sun) A defence splitting pass from S_Sensi to D_Boerrigter
          ...  D_Boerrigter hits the ball first time!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled home!
          ...  The Sunderland fans go wild!
          ...  That's got Sunderland back level!
          ...  Aston Villa 1-1 Sunderland ...
Min. 8  :(sun) J_Maddison finds his way through
          ...  He bent his run well
          ...  J_Maddison attempts to nutmeg P_Gazzaniga!
          ...  It floats over P_Gazzaniga
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 8  :(asv) C_Moreno beats D_Yedlin
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  S_Sensi with an awful challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  A_Barken reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  It is deep inside there own half
          ...  Doria swings it in
          ...  B_Bolingoli gets on the end of it
          ...  But D_Aitken will cut out the threat
Min. 9  :(asv) Doriva knocks it forward
          ...  D_Aitken slips
          ...  T_Roberts gets to it!
          ...  T_Roberts bears down on goal!
          ...  But it clips the post and goes wide
Min. 10 :(asv) T_Roberts finds himself with plenty of time
          ...  But S_Sensi wins the ball with a sliding challenge
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Doriva plays it towards the near post!
          ...  J_Grealish gets a shot in
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 13 :(asv) T_Roberts picks up a loose ball
          ...  T_Roberts hits a crisp volley!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 15 :(asv) B_Bolingoli works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to T_Roberts
          ...  D_Jones reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 15 :(sun) D_Boerrigter gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  D_Boerrigter attempts a lob!
          ...  But P_Gazzaniga makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 20 :(asv) Doriva back heels to find T_Roberts in space
          ...  But R_Ferdinand wins the ball
Min. 21 :(sun) D_Jones curls the ball out wide to T_Hulssenberg
          ...  T_Hulssenberg throws himself at the ball !
          ...  He manages to reach the ball
          ...  P_Gazzaniga can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  P_Gazzaniga makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 22 :(sun) P_A_McNamara sidesteps Doria
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  An audacious effort from P_A_McNamara !
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 24 :(asv) B_MacKay kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Doria gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  From long range Doria bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  A_Areola blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  And he gathers it!
Min. 26 :(asv) C_Moreno kicks S_Sensi off the ball
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  He's off!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is within shooting distance!
          ...  J_Maddison knocks it forward
          ...  T_Hulssenberg gets on the end of it
          ...  But B_Bolingoli clears the ball to safety
Min. 29 :(sun) D_Jones sidesteps Doriva
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  D_Jones attempts to nutmeg P_Gazzaniga!
          ...  The shot deflects wide into the crowd!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Boerrigter hits it into the box!
          ...  B_Bolingoli reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 32 :(sun) T_Hulssenberg falls badly. He's unable to continue
Min. 32 :(sun) J_Vardy replaces an unhappy T_Hulssenberg and will play as a FW
Min. 35 :(asv) J_Grealish sidesteps his marker
          ...  He runs forward now
          ...  J_Grealish sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It hits the post!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 35 :(sun) D_Boerrigter holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to J_Vardy
          ...  But L_Griffiths puts it in row Z!
Min. 36 :(asv) B_MacKay is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to T_Roberts
          ...  T_Roberts launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Doriva curls it into the box!
          ...  D_Aitken gets up well
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 39 :(sun) S_Sensi with the diagonal pass J_Vardy
          ...  P_Gazzaniga is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was a bit too close for comfort
          ...  A_Barken lectures him
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  That could have been a penalty!
          ...  N_Stiles floats it forward
          ...  J_Vardy latches onto the end of it
          ...  J_Vardy with a powerful header !
          ...  P_Gazzaniga gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic save by P_Gazzaniga to tip it wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Boerrigter plays it into the danger area!
          ...  Doria wins the ball
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 40 :(asv) L_Griffiths takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past the defender
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from D_Jones
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(sun) N_Stiles has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past Camilo
          ...  He puts in P_A_McNamara!
          ...  Doria fouls
          ...  That was disgusting

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Aston Villa 1-1 Sunderland

Min. 46 :(asv) L_Griffiths plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He looks around for options
          ...  He moves forward with the ball
          ...  L_Griffiths fires the shot in!
          ...  It comes back off the woodwork!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Aston Villa go ahead in this match now!
          ...  Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland ...
Min. 52 :(asv) I_Spy holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Doria
          ...  Doria rifles it to the far post !
          ...  But A_Areola punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 53 :(asv) B_MacKay lays the ball back to T_Roberts
          ...  S_Sensi slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 56 :(sun) J_Vardy sidesteps his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  J_Vardy hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  But P_Gazzaniga palms it behind
          ...  A_Barken has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 57 :(asv) Camilo is forced back with the ball
          ...  He belts the ball up field
          ...  L_Griffiths latches onto the end of it
          ...  But D_Jones puts it in row Z!
Min. 58 :(sun) D_Jones controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  D_Aitken gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  D_Aitken hits a crisp volley!
          ...  But P_Gazzaniga is equal to it
Min. 59 :(asv) T_Roberts kills the ball dead
          ...  Beautiful turn
          ...  He could get a shot of here
          ...  D_Yedlin makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 60 :(sun) There's going to be a change
          ...  Kim_Sin_Jung will come on for D_Aitken and play DF
Min. 60 :(sun) S_Evans replaces S_Sensi and will play MF
Min. 61 :(asv) B_MacKay back heels to find Doriva in space
          ...  Doriva with the punt towards goal!
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  A_Areola palms it behind !!
          ...  What a great save!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_MacKay plays it towards the near post!
          ...  D_Jones wins the ball
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 61 :(sun) P_A_McNamara is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to Kim_Sin_Jung
          ...  B_Bolingoli rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  What's A_Barken going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 64 :(sun) D_Boerrigter with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves the defender behind
          ...  D_Boerrigter fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  P_Gazzaniga with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 66 :(asv) T_Roberts sidesteps his marker
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  D_Yedlin plays the back pass
          ...  A_Areola can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  What a lucky escape!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_MacKay plays it towards the near post!
          ...  It comes to Camilo
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  A_Areola with an easy save
          ...  He just oozes confidence
Min. 66 :(sun) J_Maddison slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  Doriva picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 73 :(asv) Doria controls the ball immaculately
          ...  Leaves the defenders for dead
          ...  This looks like it could be a great chance
          ...  But R_Ferdinand comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 75 :(asv) Rivera is being brought on
          ...  J_Grealish is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 75 :(asv) F_McLintock will replace Doria and play DF
Min. 75 :(asv) Steve_Brown is coming on and L_Griffiths is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play FW
Min. 75 :(asv) B_MacKay picks up the pass
          ...  Kim_Sin_Jung slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 76 :(asv) I_Spy with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to Rivera
          ...  Kim_Sin_Jung wins the ball
Min. 77 :(sun) S_Evans plays a first time ball through the defence to J_Vardy
          ...  J_Vardy hits the shot!
          ...  It swerves a lot!
          ...  Wide of goal
Min. 78 :(sun) D_Boerrigter takes advantage of a mistake by F_McLintock
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  D_Boerrigter has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 80 :(asv) Aston Villa are switching their playing style to D
Min. 80 :(sun) D_Boerrigter crosses in from the wing, he finds Kim_Sin_Jung in the box
          ...  Kim_Sin_Jung keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  It sails over!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 83 :(sun) S_Evans has it now
          ...  He takes on Camilo
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in J_Maddison!
          ...  The defence has gone to sleep
          ...  J_Maddison is all alone
          ...  P_Gazzaniga comes towards him
          ...  He tries to slide it past P_Gazzaniga
          ...  P_Gazzaniga pulls off a save !!
Min. 86 :(asv) B_MacKay looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to F_McLintock
          ...  P_A_McNamara knocks the ball back to A_Areola
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past A_Areola!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Camilo plays it towards the near post!
          ...  The ball comes to Rivera
          ...  He knocks it goalward
          ...  A_Areola with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 86 :(sun) D_Boerrigter can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to J_Vardy
          ...  B_Bolingoli intercepts the pass
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(sun) D_Boerrigter moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to S_Evans
          ...  Good sliding challenge from Steve_Brown and it had to be
Min. 92 :(sun) D_Yedlin brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  D_Jones gets on the end of the pass
          ...  D_Jones tries the shot !
          ...  Wide of goal

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : Villa Park
Attendance           : 139,775
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Aston Villa Match Info
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Best player          : B_MacKay
Scorers              : T_Roberts (3), L_Griffiths (46)
Sent Off             : C_Moreno (26)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Sunderland Match Info
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Best player          : D_Boerrigter (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : D_Boerrigter (3)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : S_Sensi (8)
Injured              : T_Hulssenberg (32)
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Match Statistics
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                           Aston Villa    |    Sunderland
Attempts on Goal     :          12        |       15
Off target           :           5        |       8
On target            :           7        |       7
Possession           :          52        |       48
Corners              :           5        |       2
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           7        |       4
Key Tackles          :           7        |       13
Key Passes           :          12        |       14
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Final Score          : Aston Villa 2 - 1 Sunderland
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Player Statistics - Aston Villa
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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P_Gazzaniga    GK  33   1   2   3  40 |  93   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
Doria          DF   3  32   8   5  32 |  76   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0  10
C_Moreno       DF   2  30  10   9  32 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
B_Bolingoli    DF   3  29   6   8  21 |  93   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 100  10   0
Doriva         DF   2  26  27  11  21 |  93   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  40  25
Camilo         DM   2  21  27   1  29 |  93   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
B_MacKay       MF   2   1  31   5  17 |  93   0   0   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0
J_Grealish     MF   1   1  30  12  31 |  76   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
I_Spy          MF   2   9  29   5  12 |  93   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
L_Griffiths    FW   2  10   5  30  31 |  76   0   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  20   0  25
T_Roberts      FW   2   2   3  30  25 |  93   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
E_Manuel       GK  29   1   2   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_McLintock    DF   2  28  22  21  23 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
A_Odriozola    DF   1  27  20   4  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Rivera         MF   1   1  28  21  26 |  17   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Steve_Brown    FW   1  17  23  28  29 |  17   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0

Player Statistics - Sunderland
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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A_Areola       GK  29   2   3   3  20 |  93   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -15   0   0   0
D_Aitken       DF   1  30   9   6  20 |  61   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
D_Jones        DF   3  28  11   9  22 |  93   0   4   3   0   2   0   0   0   0  80  30   0
D_Yedlin       DF   1  27  11   6  23 |  93   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
R_Ferdinand    DF   1  25  12   9  22 |  93   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
N_Stiles       MF   2  17  29   1  24 |  93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Boerrigter   MF   2  10  27  12  32 |  93   0   0   4   0   4   1   0   0   0   0  40  35
S_Sensi        MF   2   9  25  11  21 |  61   0   2   3   1   0   0   1   0   0  38  48  -2
P_A_McNamara   AM   3  12  26  11  12 |  93   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
J_Maddison     FW   2   7   9  27  30 |  93   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
T_Hulssenberg  FW   2   8   9  26  43 |  32   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Clemance     GK  15   3   3   1  40 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Kim_Sin_Jung   DF   2  29   9   9  12 |  32   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20 -20 -20
S_Torkelson    DF   1  26   8   1  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Evans        MF   1   1  28  16  28 |  32   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
J_Vardy        FW   1   7   8  27  30 |  61   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
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