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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 2 (setup 1, season 25)
Aston Villa
v.
Oxford United
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
5
Overall form:
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO717Raphael SCHÄFER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA82Julien FAUBERT
Renat YANBAEV3Carlos Amoldo SALCIDO Flores
Esteban Matías CAMBIASSO Deleau64Alaixys ROMAO
DANTE Bonfim Costa Santos857Jean-Alain BOUMSONG
Mapou YANGA-MBIWA66Francisco Javier Rodríguez Pinedo, MAZA
Jesús NAVAS González76Martin PATERSON
JORDI ALBA Ramos786Yohan MOLLO
ADRIÁN Lopez Alvarez797Modibo MAÏGA
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín710Keith ANDREWS
Riccardo MONTOLIVO711Mohammed TCHITÉ
Richard ConwayManager
Javier Varas Herrera, JAVI VARAS12Jay SIMPSON
Maxime GONALONS13Alexandros TZORVAS
Manuel del Moral Fernández, MANU DEL MORAL714Kyrylo PETROV
Ander HERRERA Agüera15Curtis THOMPSON
José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior, PAULINHO16Jamie GRIMES

Aston Villa 2 Oxford United 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 41,266, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Aris GALANOPOULOS 6½)
29 Jordi Alba, 43p AdriánScorers27 Maïga
66 Cambiasso <=> Paulinho, 66 Adrián <=> Manu Del MoralSubstitutions
Sendings off
51 Montolivo, 83 NavasBookings48 Maza, 65 Andrews
5Corners2
8Fouls21
7Offsides1
7Shots on5
13Shots off3
20Total shots8
4Shots saved4
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
2ADRIÁN ran onto a wonderful ball from NAVAS but fired his shot wide of the righthand post.
4ADRIÁN shot wide.
4ADRIÁN blasted a right foot shot inches over from close range.
8A shot from ADRIÁN seemed a certain goal but the Oxford United 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
12A strike from MONTOLIVO held little difficulty for SCHÄFER.
23A shot from DANTE was smothered by the 'keeper.
27GOAL!! On the right wing BOUMSONG collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for MAÏGA to drive it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Oxford United)
29GOAL!! A terrible clearance fell to CAMBIASSO who sliced a shot goalward, luckily JORDI ALBA was on hand to hammer the ball into the roof of the net. (1-1)
29A penalty box scramble resulted in MAÏGA knocking the ball wide.
39CABALLERO saved a curling shot from TCHITÉ.
40CARDOZO rushed a simple chance.
43GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Aston Villa, after SALCIDO had fouled NAVAS, which ADRIÁN easily converted.
44TCHITÉ knocked the ball to MAÏGA who headed it inches over.
 
48MAZA booked.
51MONTOLIVO booked by the referee.
53MOLLO's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Aston Villa upright.
53A weak shot from JORDI ALBA rolled agonisingly wide.
60A accurate pass bobbled toward MOLLO and his deadly shot raced narrowly wide.
65ANDREWS booked for arguing with the referee.
77CARDOZO was put clear by JOÃO PEREIRA and he turned the 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar.
83GALANOPOULOS cautions NAVAS for a clinical tackle.
90A good effort from MANU DEL MORAL scraped the outside of the lefthand post.