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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 4 (setup 3, season 5)
Aston Villa
v.
Reading
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Damián 'Emiliano' MARTÍNEZ717Gerónimo RULLI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Aymeric LAPORTE727Rick KARSDORP
Lucas Francois Bernard HERNÁNDEZ Pi836Christian GÜNTER
Adrien RABIOT4WILLIAM Silva de CARVALHO
Cristian Gabriel ROMERO5JOSÉ Miguel da Rocha FONTE
FABIÁN Ruiz Peña6Tyrone MINGS
PEDRO Antonio PORRO Sauceda77Rade KRUNIC
Ferrán TORRES García68Matteo POLITANO
Memphis DEPAY9Sébastien HALLER
Patrik SCHICK7106Mamadou LOUM N'Diaye
Domenico BERARDI711Danny WELBECK
Georgie BoyManager
Benoît BADIASHILE Mukinayi12Yakou MEITÉ
Odysseas VLACHODIMOS13Zack STEFFEN
Mario PASALIC146Tom LEES
RICHARLISON de Andrade15Andy CARROLL
Marcelo BROZOVIC166Omar RICHARDS

Aston Villa 1 Reading 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,429, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Goran MARKOV 6½)
30 RomeroScorers
Substitutions73 Mings <=> Lees, 85 Karsdorp <=> Richards
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners3
9Fouls26
1Offsides0
5Shots on3
13Shots off8
18Total shots11
2Shots saved3
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Lucas Francois Bernard HERNÁNDEZ Pi
2DEPAY dribbled round GÜNTER and rattled a tame shot past the post.
7TORRES headed over.
13POLITANO's shot was well held by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
18RULLI did well to hold onto a wicked strike from TORRES.
20LOUM beat two Aston Villa players and blasted a golden opportunity wide.
23HALLER beat ROMERO and whacked the ball to POLITANO who pulled his effort wide.
28GÜNTER booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
30GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed PEDRO PORRO to play the ball to ROMERO who drilled a right foot shot home. (1-0 Aston Villa)
33A tame shot from BERARDI rolled agonisingly wide.
35A useful ball from KRUNIC on the right fell to WELBECK who scuffed his shot wide.
41A brilliant shot from TORRES was dealt with by a fine parry from the 'keeper.
45+2PEDRO PORRO ran onto a great ball from BERARDI but blasted his shot wide.
 
48The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from POLITANO fell just wide.
57HALLER shot over.
58A penalty box scramble resulted in SCHICK cracking the ball wide.
61HALLER made space on the right and knocked the ball to WELBECK who fired the ball over.
65BERARDI snapped at a simple chance.
67An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Reading 'keeper by BERARDI.
80BERARDI knocked the ball to TORRES who flicked it wide.
82A good effort from KRUNIC scraped the woodwork.
85BERARDI fired a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
88A free-kick from ROMERO flew just wide.