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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 20 (setup 1, season 27)
Aston Villa
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez717Nestor 'Fernando' MUSLERA Fernando
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES27JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
Luca ANTONELLI636Dennis AOGO
Andrea PIRLO47Jérémy TOULALAN
Sergei IGNASHEVICH65DAVID COSTAS Cordal
Riccardo MONTOLIVO66Wesley SNEIJDER
DANILO Luiz da Silva777Luciano SLAGVEER
JORDI ALBA Ramos786Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
BURAK Yilmaz98Antonio DI NATALE
Olivier GIROUD7106Aleksandr KERZHAKOV
Xavier Hernández Creus, XAVI116Samuel ETO'O Fils
Richard ConwayManager
MISAEL Bueno12Valon BEHRAMI
Piet VELTHUIZEN137Moritz LEITNER
José Manuel JURADO Marín14Rafael VAN DER VAART
DIEGO CAPEL Trinidad15Vurnon ANITA
BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES16Clément GRENIER

Aston Villa 1 Rochdale 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 41,217, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Mike PIKE 6½)
7 Jordi AlbaScorers
Substitutions80 João Pereira <=> Leitner
Sendings off
9 BurakBookings
3Corners8
7Fouls4
3Offsides0
11Shots on4
5Shots off4
16Total shots8
10Shots saved4
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Antonio DI NATALE
5The Rochdale 'keeper saved a refined shot from DANILO.
7GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled JORDI ALBA to flick the ball into the net. (1-0 Aston Villa)
9BURAK booked.
18GIROUD headed wide.
23The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from TOULALAN fell just over.
25A header by GERVINHO at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
28TOULALAN fluffed an easy chance.
31The 'keeper dived to his right to block an accurate shot from Aston Villa's PIRLO.
31The Aston Villa 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from DI NATALE.
32A tame shot from JORDI ALBA rolled agonisingly wide.
39A brilliant strike from JORDI ALBA was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper.
40A shot from GIROUD was smothered by the Rochdale 'keeper.
45A drive from JORDI ALBA seemed a certain goal but MUSLERA managed to parry the ball away.
 
49A twenty-five yard drive from JORDI ALBA caused the Rochdale 'keeper little difficulty.
54A strike from DI NATALE held little difficulty for the Aston Villa 'keeper.
55An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by BURAK.
56PIRLO flicked a simple chance past the righthand post.
60A free-kick from PIRLO raced wide.
61A corner found TOULALAN who nodded an effort over the bar.
67An exceptional effort from GERVINHO scraped the outside of the post.
68AOGO beat three Aston Villa players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
80The 'keeper managed to claw away a fierce shot.
82A right foot effort from JORDI ALBA was pushed round the post by the Rochdale 'keeper.
86DI NATALE steamed through the Aston Villa defence but shot straight at DIEGO LÓPEZ.
88A wonderful save prevented JORDI ALBA from scoring a good goal.