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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 42 (setup 1, season 32)
Aston Villa
v.
Reading
Formation:
3-2-3-2
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomás VACLIK71Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Johan Andrés MOJICA Palacio2Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Alfie MAWSON38Kostas MANOLAS
Will HUGHES747Tiemoué BAKAYOKO
Robin KNOCHE75Milan BADELJ
James TARKOWSKI76Stefan SAVIC
Martin HARNIK776Mitchell WEISER
Jonas HECTOR887Piotr ZIELINSKI
Wout WEGHORST79Facundo FERREYRA
Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL610Éver Maximiliano David BANEGA
PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma711Sadio MANÉ
Scott SmillieManagerHeath Brown
Scott McKENNA12Jean-Kévin AUGUSTIN
DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez13Diego DEMME
Kemar ROOFE14Arkadiusz MILIK
Yannick BOLASIE615JESÚS VALLEJO Lazaro
Christian BENTEKE616DENIS Suárez Fernández

Aston Villa 0 Reading 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 36,808, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 6, TV: live)
Scorers7 Banega
76 Weghorst <=> Benteke, 81 Pedro <=> BolasieSubstitutions
Sendings off
4 MawsonBookings2 Bakayoko, 3 Zielinski, 13 Mané
8Corners7
6Fouls17
13Offsides15
10Shots on7
5Shots off4
15Total shots11
9Shots saved6
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Kostas MANOLAS
2The ref books BAKAYOKO for dangerous play against HARNIK.
3ZIELINSKI receives a yellow card by the ref for a clumsy foul.
4A clumsy tackle gets MAWSON a yellow card.
7BANEGA's shot was well saved by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
7GOAL!! A tame drive from BANEGA seemed to hold little difficulty for VACLIK but the ball somehow bobbled into the net. (1-0 Reading)
13MANÉ given a yellow card for a bad challenge.
17PEDRO dummied BADELJ but blasted the ball into the arms of the Reading 'keeper.
23BADELJ made space on the left and touched the ball to FERREYRA who clipped the ball over.
35A shot from FERREYRA held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
35PEDRO's shot beat the Reading 'keeper but rebounded off the Reading upright.
40VACLIK was able to block a weak header from WEISER.
44MANÉ ran onto a delightful ball from BANEGA but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
 
48A wonderful save prevented WEISER from scoring a good goal.
49A shot from MANÉ was nodded off the line by MAWSON.
55COURTOIS saved a neatly crafted shot from PEDRO.
58A free-kick from BANEGA raced over.
63COURTOIS did well to hold onto a fierce strike from PEDRO.
70A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing COURTOIS.
73HECTOR stormed through the Reading defence but shot straight at the Reading 'keeper.
84A left foot shot from MANÉ was clawed past the post by VACLIK.
85HECTOR beat three Reading players and drove a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
89A penalty box scramble resulted in BOLASIE driving a low shot over.