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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 17 (setup 1, season 26)
Aston Villa
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO61DIEGO Alves Carreira
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
JOĂO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA626Benedikt HÖWEDES
Luca ANTONELLI63Álvaro ARBELOA Coca
Andrea PIRLO74Lars BENDER
Mapou YANGA-MBIWA5DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho
Marcos Alberto ROJO66Adil RAMI
Jesús NAVAS González76Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
JORDI ALBA Ramos85Toni KROOS
BURAK Yilmaz59Antonio DI NATALE
Ádám SZALAI7107ADRIANO Correia Claro
Riccardo MONTOLIVO11Ezequiel Iván LAVEZZI
Richard ConwayManagerAdy Lippiatt
Rafael VAN DER VAART12Holger BADSTUBER
Piet VELTHUIZEN13Roman WEIDENFELLER
Alberto Tomas BOTÍA Rabasco14Wesley SNEIJDER
ADRIÁN Lopez Alvarez615Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA
José Manuel JURADO Marín166Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR

Aston Villa 4 Rochdale 3
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 41,310, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 5½, TV: highlights)
13 Jordi Alba, 36 Jordi Alba, 48 Burak, 78 RojoScorers27 Adriano, 44 Vidal, 70 Vidal
66 Burak <=> Adrián, 66 Szalai <=> Van Der VaartSubstitutions66 Bender <=> Huntelaar
Sendings off
64 RojoBookings
6Corners6
14Fouls8
1Offsides3
7Shots on7
7Shots off8
14Total shots15
3Shots saved4
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Jesús NAVAS González
10BURAK clipped the ball through a crowd of players but DIEGO was a match for it as he dived to his right.
13GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of JORDI ALBA who slammed the ball past the helpless DIEGO. (1-0 Aston Villa)
23PIRLO headed over.
23PIRLO was put clear by JOĂO PEREIRA and he beat the 'keeper but struck his shot over.
27GOAL!! On the left wing BENDER collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for ADRIANO to crack it over the line. (1-1)
29A shot from DI NATALE was smothered by CABALLERO.
36GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from BURAK rattled the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was nodded into the net by JORDI ALBA. (2-1 Aston Villa)
44GOAL!! The Aston Villa 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from YANGA-MBIWA and VIDAL managed to squeeze the ball home. (2-2)
 
48GOAL!! A wonderful shot from ROJO was pushed away by DIEGO only as far as BURAK who drove the ball past the stranded DIEGO. (3-2 Aston Villa)
57A weak shot from DI NATALE rolled agonisingly wide.
58A lovely effort from ADRIANO scraped the upright.
59DI NATALE floated the ball to LAVEZZI who nodded it just wide.
60ANTONELLI beat a number of Rochdale players and slammed a shot wide.
64ROJO booked for violent conduct.
67A fine ball from LAVEZZI on the right found ARBELOA who scuffed his shot inches wide.
70GOAL!! A Rochdale counter-attack allowed LAVEZZI to setup VIDAL with a simple goal. (3-3)
77A corner fell to LAVEZZI who turned the ball just beyond the near post.
78GOAL!! A mix up between HUNTELAAR and the Rochdale 'keeper allowed ROJO to volley the ball into the empty net. (4-3 Aston Villa)
81DI NATALE made space on the right and dragged the ball to VIDAL who rasped the ball over.
84A pin-point pass found JOĂO PEREIRA and his deadly effort raced narrowly wide.
85DI NATALE placed a deadly shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
90A penalty box scramble resulted in VAN DER VAART knocking a low shot wide.