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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 13 (setup 1, season 32)
Aston Villa
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomás VACLIK71ALISSON Ramses Becker
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Jérémy PIED27Medhi BENATIA
Nathan BAKER637Radja NAINGGOLAN
BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES747Gabriel Fernández Arenas, GABI
Jeff HENDRICK757Ömer TOPRAK
Alfie MAWSON666Kamil GLIK
Leandro BACUNA67FELIPE ANDERSON Pereira Gomes
Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL787WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO
Christian BENTEKE9Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
José Manuel JURADO Marín7107Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Ádám SZALAI7117Granit XHAKA
ManagerBeck Nigel
Robin KNOCHE12Morgan SANSON
DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez13Antonio MIRANTE
Ryad BOUDEBOUZ14CARLOS SOLER Barragán
Yannick BOLASIE15Stefan DE VRIJ
Tommy ELPHICK16Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO

Aston Villa 1 Crewe Alexandra 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 51,310, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: MELLIN 5½)
50 De PaulScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners7
11Fouls4
1Offsides2
4Shots on8
6Shots off7
10Total shots15
2Shots saved8
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
3A free-kick from FELIPE ANDERSON flew just beyond the near post.
6FELIPE ANDERSON stepped inside PIED but hit the ball into the arms of VACLIK.
7FELIPE ANDERSON scuffed an easy chance.
8A shot from SZALAI was smothered by ALISSON.
12The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from DE PAUL dropped just over.
15BACUNA played the ball to DE PAUL who forced it over the bar.
15A accurate pass bobbled toward JURADO and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
22FELIPE ANDERSON's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Aston Villa upright.
25GLIK rifled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
27A poor strike from VIDAL bounced agonisingly wide.
36VACLIK did well to hold onto an amazing shot from FELIPE ANDERSON.
40BENTEKE headed wide.
45DE PAUL was put clear by MAWSON and he beat ALISSON but thrust his shot just wide.
 
50GOAL!! A strike from DE PAUL which the 'keeper was able to block was deemed over the line and the referee awarded the goal. (1-0 Aston Villa)
52A penalty box scramble resulted in BENTEKE cracking the ball wide.
63A delightful save prevented MORATA from scoring a good goal.
65A corner fell to DE PAUL who nodded an effort just beyond the far post.
67DE PAUL worked the ball to BENTEKE, SZALAI collected his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of ALISSON.
67A cross from NAINGGOLAN left GABI in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
70An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper by BENTEKE.
73The Aston Villa 'keeper saved a glorious shot from MORATA.
80The 'keeper was able to claw away a weak header from MORATA.
83NAINGGOLAN shot over.
84MORATA stormed through the Aston Villa defence but shot straight at the Aston Villa 'keeper.
84A deadly shot from NAINGGOLAN was saved by the Aston Villa 'keeper.