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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 2 (setup 1, season 42)
Aston Villa
v.
Cambridge United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Caoimhin KELLEHER616Vanja MILINKOVIC-SAVIC
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Taylor GARDNER-HICKMAN72Presnel KIMPEMBE
Calvin BASSEY Ughelumba73Leonardo Julián BALERDI Rosa
Allan CAMPBELL746Mathias JENSEN
Nathaniel PHILLIPS75Odilon KOSSOUNOU
Luke McNALLY6Oleksandr ZINCHENKO
Mehdi LÉRIS87Benjamin BOURIGEAUD
Rabbi MATONDO68YÉREMY Jesús PINO Santos
Keinan DAVIS9Ollie WATKINS
Jason KNIGHT610Julián ÁLVAREZ
Luke PLANGE611Adam MARUSIC
ManagerElvis Presley
Kyron GORDON12Ademipo ODUBEKO
James BEADLE13Dimitris KERAMITSIS
Kieron BOWIE14Marvin AKAHOMEN
Fisayo DELE-BASHIRU15Lovro ZVONAREK
Louie SIBLEY16Noah DARVICH

Aston Villa 2 Cambridge United 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 32,497, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: RUI CARLOS Madureira 7½)
9 Matondo, 24 PhillipsScorers36 Álvarez, 59 Álvarez
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
8Corners1
6Fouls27
5Offsides17
4Shots on6
4Shots off12
8Total shots18
2Shots saved2
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Mehdi LÉRIS
6MATONDO was put clear by PLANGE and he dummied MILINKOVIC-SAVIC but drilled his shot over.
7MATONDO's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Cambridge United post.
7A corner bobbled toward ÁLVAREZ who turned the ball wide.
9GOAL!! Aston Villa's MATONDO beat three defenders before firing just inside the Cambridge United 'keeper's far post. (1-0 Aston Villa)
10A cross from JENSEN left WATKINS in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
19A shot from DAVIS was smothered by the 'keeper.
21A header from ÁLVAREZ was headed off the line by MCNALLY.
22BASSEY rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
24GOAL!! A curling outswinging corner was forced in at the near post by PHILLIPS. (2-0 Aston Villa)
35MARUSIC played the ball to YÉREMY PINO who turned it inches over.
36GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for ÁLVAREZ to fire the ball into the net. (2-1 Aston Villa)
38ÁLVAREZ beat GARDNER-HICKMAN and hit the ball to WATKINS who fumbled his shot wide.
 
50An exceptional effort from KNIGHT scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
51BASSEY headed over the bar.
59GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled ÁLVAREZ to run through the Aston Villa defence and score. (2-2)
72YÉREMY PINO booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
73ZINCHENKO made space on the left and pulled the ball to BOURIGEAUD who rasped the ball wide.
77A header by ÁLVAREZ at the near post was easily collected by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
78A penalty box scramble resulted in BOURIGEAUD driving a low shot over.
82WATKINS stepped inside CAMPBELL but lashed the ball into the arms of the Aston Villa 'keeper.
82WATKINS scuffed an easy chance.
84ÁLVAREZ ran onto a delightful ball from JENSEN but fired his effort wide of the righthand post.
85ÁLVAREZ drilled a right foot shot wide from twenty yards out.
85A mix up in the Aston Villa defence enabled KIMPEMBE to crack an effort just beyond the near post.
87The 'keeper saved a clever shot from ÁLVAREZ.
90A free-kick from KIMPEMBE raced just wide.