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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 1, season 27)
Rochdale
v.
Aston Villa
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
DIEGO Alves Carreira17Piet VELTHUIZEN
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
2
Darijo SRNA2Mapou YANGA-MBIWA
ADRIANO Correia Claro3Luca ANTONELLI
Wesley SNEIJDER747José Manuel JURADO Marín
Holger BADSTUBER658Sergei IGNASHEVICH
DAVID COSTAS Cordal66Riccardo MONTOLIVO
Valon BEHRAMI77Jesús NAVAS González
JOĂO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA87JORDI ALBA Ramos
Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR97BURAK Yilmaz
Aleksandr KERZHAKOV6107Olivier GIROUD
Kevin VOLLAND6116Rodrigo Javier DE PAUL
ManagerRichard Conway
Rafael VAN DER VAART12DIEGO CAPEL Trinidad
Vurnon ANITA13José Manuel REINA Páez
Luciano SLAGVEER147DANILO Luiz da Silva
Samuel ETO'O Fils157ADRIÁN Lopez Alvarez
Moritz LEITNER16BRUNO Miguel Borges FERNANDES

Rochdale 1 Aston Villa 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 52,341, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Mark HALSEY 7½)
41 VollandScorers20 Jordi Alba
Substitutions66 Burak <=> Adrián, 66 Jurado <=> Danilo
Sendings off
3 BadstuberBookings
5Corners2
9Fouls13
1Offsides5
6Shots on8
1Shots off6
7Total shots14
5Shots saved6
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Sergei IGNASHEVICH
1HUNTELAAR's header was well saved by VELTHUIZEN.
3HALSEY cautions BADSTUBER.
5BURAK shot wide.
10A header by JORDI ALBA at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
12A cross from DE PAUL left BURAK in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
15The 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from BURAK.
20GOAL!! An outswinging corner was booted clear only for JORDI ALBA to hammer the ball home. (1-0 Aston Villa)
25BURAK beat ADRIANO and blasted the ball to JURADO who dragged his shot wide.
32JOĂO PEREIRA made space on the left and dragged the ball to HUNTELAAR who clipped the ball over.
33A corner found BURAK who turned the ball over the bar.
41GOAL!! A long ball from BEHRAMI down the middle found the lurking VOLLAND who drilled a left foot shot in off the post. (1-1)
44A twenty yard shot from GIROUD caused DIEGO no problem.
45GIROUD stepped inside SNEIJDER but nudged the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
 
51A penalty box scramble resulted in MONTOLIVO tapping the ball over.
56JURADO's shot was well held by DIEGO.
57The Aston Villa 'keeper dived to his left to stop a fierce shot from Rochdale's SRNA.
64A shot from JORDI ALBA held no problem for the 'keeper.
77A right foot effort from HUNTELAAR was saved by VELTHUIZEN.
78A shot from NAVAS was nodded off the line by ADRIANO.
79VELTHUIZEN did well to hold onto a powerful strike from SRNA.
84SNEIJDER worked the ball to DAVID COSTAS, ADRIANO collected his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
88DE PAUL ran onto a great ball from NAVAS but fumbled his effort wide.