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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 33 (setup 1, season 26)
Aston Villa
v.
Wolves
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Piet VELTHUIZEN1Norberto Murara, NETO
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
DANILO Luiz da Silva727Christian TRÄSCH
Luca ANTONELLI736BEÑAT Etxebarria Urkiaga
José Manuel JURADO Marín747Simon ROLFES
Mapou YANGA-MBIWA5Philippe MEXÈS
Riccardo MONTOLIVO767Blerim DZEMAILI
Jesús NAVAS González78Viktor FAYZULIN
JORDI ALBA Ramos787Pablo Estífer ARMERO
BURAK Yilmaz69Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
Olivier GIROUD106Mathieu VALBUENA
Andrea PIRLO6116Loïc RÉMY
Richard ConwayManagerSimon Healey
DIEGO CAPEL Trinidad12JOSUÉ Filipe Soares Pesqueira
José Manuel REINA Páez13David OSPINA Ramírez
Ádám SZALAI14Aleksandar DRAGOVIC
ADRIÁN Lopez Alvarez615Cristiano BIRAGHI
BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES16Dimitar BERBATOV

Aston Villa 2 Wolves 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 41,332, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 5½)
5 Burak, 42 BurakScorers1 Higuaín
66 Burak <=> Adrián, 66 Jurado <=> Bruno FernandesSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners10
10Fouls14
5Offsides10
5Shots on5
7Shots off8
12Total shots13
3Shots saved4
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Viktor FAYZULIN
1GOAL!! A wonderful drive from ARMERO was pushed away by the 'keeper only as far as HIGUAÍN who placed the ball past the stranded Aston Villa 'keeper. (1-0 Wolves)
4The Aston Villa 'keeper was able to block a tame header from ARMERO.
5GOAL!! A deep corner left the Wolves 'keeper struggling and BURAK knocked the ball over the line. (1-1)
9A corner found JORDI ALBA who nodded the ball just beyond the near post.
10DZEMAILI worked the ball to VALBUENA, RÉMY collected his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
17RÉMY shot wide.
20MONTOLIVO beat MEXÈS and hit the ball to BURAK who dragged his shot wide.
22The Wolves 'keeper blocked a clever strike from BURAK.
24RÉMY stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
25GIROUD rasped the ball through a ruck of players but NETO was a match for it as he dived to his right.
30BURAK fired a right foot shot wide from close range.
31RÉMY booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
35DZEMAILI knocked the ball to RÉMY who forced it over the bar.
42GOAL!! On the right wing NAVAS collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for BURAK to slide it home. (2-1 Aston Villa)
 
48A tame strike from ROLFES bounced agonisingly wide.
54An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of VELTHUIZEN by RÉMY.
55A good effort from BURAK scraped the top of the crossbar.
57Uncertainty in the Wolves defence enabled BURAK to volley an effort just wide.
59MONTOLIVO beat four Wolves players and stroked a golden opportunity inches wide.
60JORDI ALBA ran onto a wonderful ball from PIRLO but fired his shot wide of the lefthand post.
63YANGA-MBIWA nutmegged BEÑAT but knocked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
71FAYZULIN's header was well saved by VELTHUIZEN.
75A good ball from FAYZULIN on the right fell to HIGUAÍN who scuffed his shot over the bar.
86A penalty box scramble resulted in RÉMY knocking a low shot wide.
88FAYZULIN fluffed a simple chance.