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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 1, season 29)
Aston Villa
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez61Nestor 'Fernando' MUSLERA Fernando
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES27JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
JORDI ALBA Ramos73Dennis AOGO
Héctor Miguel HERRERA López4Wesley SNEIJDER
Mapou YANGA-MBIWA856DAVID COSTAS Cordal
José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas66ADRIANO Correia Claro
Jesús NAVAS González876Eduardo Antonio SALVIO
Luca ANTONELLI8Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES79Aleksandr KERZHAKOV
Olivier GIROUD610Clément GRENIER
Sergei IGNASHEVICH116Samuel ETO'O Fils
Harvey DanaManager
Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL12Moritz LEITNER
Ante REBIC13Vurnon ANITA
DIEGO CAPEL Trinidad14Rafael VAN DER VAART
Andrea PIRLO15Darko LAZOVIC
Kingsley BOATENG16Jérémy TOULALAN

Aston Villa 3 Rochdale 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 41,293, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Andy PENN 6)
43 Giroud, 55 Giroud, 81 AntonelliScorers15 Aogo, 33 Gervinho
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings49 Grenier
1Corners1
7Fouls14
4Offsides2
5Shots on4
9Shots off3
14Total shots7
2Shots saved2
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Mapou YANGA-MBIWA
3GIROUD rushed an easy chance.
6HERRERA flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
10GERVINHO's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
15GOAL!! Some fine work by JOÃO PEREIRA on the left, left AOGO yards clear, and he stepped inside the Aston Villa 'keeper and thundered the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Rochdale)
25GIROUD beat DAVID COSTAS and fired the ball to BRUNO FERNANDES who fumbled his shot wide.
27BRUNO FERNANDES ran onto a great ball from NAVAS but toe-poked his shot wide.
32GERVINHO shot over.
33GOAL!! With his back to goal GERVINHO swivelled and rattled the ball past the Aston Villa 'keeper. (2-0 Rochdale)
36HERRERA was put clear by IGNASHEVICH and he raced past the Rochdale 'keeper but drilled his shot inches wide.
43GOAL!! A deep corner left the Rochdale 'keeper struggling and GIROUD stabbed the ball into the net. (2-1 Rochdale)
43A deadly effort from KERZHAKOV was blocked by DIEGO LÓPEZ.
 
48A good ball from MÁRIO FERNANDES on the right found GIROUD who sliced his effort over the bar.
49GRENIER booked for a poor tackle.
55GOAL!! A neat one-two left GIROUD clear and he made no mistake by expertly floating the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (2-2)
56HERRERA waltzed past AOGO and stroked a poor shot over.
58The Rochdale 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from ANTONELLI.
60A penalty box scramble resulted in SALVIO knocking the ball over.
72An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Rochdale 'keeper by ANTONELLI.
76A corner found HERRERA who headed the ball over the bar.
79Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled ETO'O to crack the ball inches wide.
79ANTONELLI drilled a left foot shot wide from just outside the area.
81GOAL!! An outswinging corner kicked out by SNEIJDER was hit into the back of the net by ANTONELLI. (3-2 Aston Villa)