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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 22 (setup 1, season 31)
Aston Villa
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Péter GULÁCSI717Nestor 'Fernando' MUSLERA Fernando
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Jérémy PIED2JOĂO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
Nathan BAKER38ADRIANO Correia Claro
Julian BAUMGARTLINGER84Wesley SNEIJDER
Robin KNOCHE57DAVID COSTAS Cordal
Alfie MAWSON6Moritz LEITNER
Leandro BACUNA777Jan KIRCHHOFF
Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL87Darko LAZOVIC
Ádám SZALAI89Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
José Manuel JURADO Marín10Rafael VAN DER VAART
Hachim MASTOUR6116Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ALEXANDRE PATO
Manager
Tommy ELPHICK12Vurnon ANITA
DIEGO LÓPEZ Rodríguez13Josh LILLIS
Pedro Mba OBIANG Avomo614Clément GRENIER
Ryad BOUDEBOUZ15Danny GUTHRIE
BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES16Dennis AOGO

Aston Villa 1 Rochdale 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 41,533, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Aris GALANOPOULOS 6½)
52 BacunaScorers
59 Mawson <=> ObiangSubstitutions
Sendings off
36 BacunaBookings8 Leitner, 50 Gervinho
3Corners1
6Fouls9
0Offsides2
7Shots on5
10Shots off3
17Total shots8
6Shots saved5
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Ádám SZALAI
3SZALAI nutmegged ADRIANO but slammed the ball into the arms of the Rochdale 'keeper.
4A header by BAKER at the far post was comfortably collected by the Rochdale 'keeper.
5A free-kick from DE PAUL raced over the bar.
8LEITNER booked by the ref for a clinical tackle.
19SNEIJDER made space on the left and knocked the ball to GERVINHO who fired the ball wide.
24The Rochdale 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce shot from Aston Villa's PIED.
27DE PAUL shot over.
29A twenty-five yard shot from ALEXANDRE PATO caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
31A pin-point pass was collected by DE PAUL and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
34BAUMGARTLINGER chipped the ball to BACUNA who headed it inches wide.
36BACUNA booked by GALANOPOULOS.
44A drive from GERVINHO seemed a certain goal but GULÁCSI managed to parry the ball away.
 
50DE PAUL's shot was well held by the Rochdale 'keeper.
50GERVINHO booked for an off-the-ball incident.
51BACUNA brought the ball away from DAVID COSTAS and rifled a weak shot well wide.
52DE PAUL blasted a right foot shot just wide from twenty yards out.
52GOAL!! Some fine work by JURADO on the left, left BACUNA yards clear, and he pulled away from MUSLERA and thundered the ball home. (1-0 Aston Villa)
59A shot from DE PAUL was booted off the line by ADRIANO.
61GERVINHO booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
70A refined cross from ALEXANDRE PATO, was knocked goalbound by LAZOVIC only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
71The Aston Villa 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from ALEXANDRE PATO.
72DE PAUL was put clear by MASTOUR and he nutmegged the Rochdale 'keeper but thrust his shot inches over.