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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 1, season 30)
Aston Villa
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez61Kevin TRAPP
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Jérémy PIED827Darijo SRNA
Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL37JORDI ALBA Ramos
Ander HERRERA Agüera74Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
Sergei IGNASHEVICH75SERGIO RAMOS García
Alfie MAWSON6Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Pedro Mba OBIANG Avomo7Xabier Alonso Olano, XABI ALONSO
Ryad BOUDEBOUZ78ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira
Kelechi IHEANACHO79DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Julian BAUMGARTLINGER610NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior
Hachim MASTOUR611Georginio WIJNALDUM
ManagerRikki Faulkner
BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES12Iker MUNIAIN Goñi
Péter GULÁCSI13Anwar EL GHAZI
Yannick BOLASIE14Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi
Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL15Daniel Ceballos Fernández, DANI CEBALLOS
José Manuel JURADO Marín16Riccardo SAPONARA

Aston Villa 1 Arsenal 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 46,314, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 6½)
49 BaumgartlingerScorers41 Neymar, 42 Neymar
Substitutions
Sendings off
71 IgnashevichBookings
7Corners9
13Fouls18
4Offsides19
11Shots on6
2Shots off12
13Total shots18
10Shots saved4
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Jérémy PIED
9A cross from XABI ALONSO left SRNA in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
13A clever pass from OBIANG, was blasted goalbound by BOUDEBOUZ only for the 'keeper to block.
18TRAPP was able to claw away a weak shot from PIED.
21A strike from NEYMAR held little difficulty for the Aston Villa 'keeper.
22PIQUÉ beat three Aston Villa players and stroked an effort wide.
31A lovely effort from NEYMAR scraped the top of the crossbar.
33WIJNALDUM made space on the right and knocked the ball to BUSQUETS who touched the ball over.
38A shot from NEYMAR was smothered by the 'keeper.
41GOAL!! A mishit clearance fell to XABI ALONSO who mishit a shot goalward, luckily NEYMAR was on hand to volley the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Arsenal)
42GOAL!! Arsenal's NEYMAR beat four defenders before firing just inside the Aston Villa 'keeper's near post. (2-0 Arsenal)
 
49GOAL!! A short corner was floated out to BAUMGARTLINGER who hit the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Arsenal)
50DIEGO COSTA fluffed a simple chance.
54An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of TRAPP by IGNASHEVICH.
56IHEANACHO was put clear by OBIANG and he turned TRAPP but glanced his shot wide.
57A right foot effort from NACHO MONREAL was clawed past the post by the 'keeper.
58TRAPP did well to hold onto a powerful shot from IHEANACHO.
71A late foul gets IGNASHEVICH a yellow card.
75A delightful save prevented IHEANACHO from scoring an exceptional goal.
81MASTOUR stepped inside BUSQUETS but knocked the ball into the arms of TRAPP.
81XABI ALONSO knocked the ball to ROBERTO FIRMINO who headed it inches over.
86NEYMAR beat HERRERA and drove the ball to DIEGO COSTA who hit his shot wide.
89ROBERTO FIRMINO headed just beyond the far post.