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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 43 (setup 4, season 28)
Aston Villa
v.
Lincoln City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad JONES717DIEGO Cavalieri
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Alan HUTTON27Kirk BROADFOOT
Easah SULIMAN638Ryan SESSEGNON
Gelson FERNANDES4Craig BRYSON
Tommy ELPHICK57Tomás SIVOK
Axel TUANZEBE66Lloyd DYER
LUCAS Pérez Martínez77Ólafur Ingi SKÚLASON
Birkir BJARNASON78Matt RITCHIE
Jonathan KODJIA69Sam DALBY
Jordon MUTCH10Marlon PACK
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING6117JI Dong-won
Manager
Joshua ONOMAH12Luke BERRY
Anders LINDEGAARD13Rob BURCH
Ritchie DE LAET146Michal ZYRO
Scott HOGAN615Neal EARDLEY
Sam BYRAM616Billy KNOTT

Aston Villa 2 Lincoln City 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 40,268, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Phil CROSSLEY 7)
11og Sessegnon, 15 BjarnasonScorers79 Ritchie
84 Kodjia <=> Byram, 85 Elphick <=> HoganSubstitutions74 Sivok <=> Zyro
Sendings off
24 Bjarnason, 45+2 Choupo-MotingBookings
5Corners2
14Fouls4
2Offsides2
5Shots on8
9Shots off6
14Total shots14
2Shots saved5
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Ryan SESSEGNON
4An exceptional effort from CHOUPO-MOTING scraped the outside of the righthand post.
6A strike from FERNANDES held no problem for DIEGO.
7BJARNASON beat four Lincoln City players and drove a shot inches wide.
11GOAL!! A shot from FERNANDES deflected off the boot of SESSEGNON and flew past the helpless Lincoln City 'keeper and into the net.
15GOAL!! A poor clearance dropped to KODJIA who sliced a shot goalward, luckily BJARNASON was on hand to volley the ball into the top corner. (2-0 Aston Villa)
22CHOUPO-MOTING's shot was well held by DIEGO.
24BJARNASON booked by the ref for a late tackle.
31A shot from SESSEGNON seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
44A free-kick from RITCHIE raced over.
45+2CHOUPO-MOTING cautioned for a late foul on JI.
45+3PACK steamed through the Aston Villa defence but shot straight at JONES.
 
46A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Aston Villa 'keeper.
50BJARNASON floated the ball to ELPHICK who headed it wide.
51A good ball from SESSEGNON on the right fell to DALBY who mishit his effort over the bar.
51A delightful save prevented DALBY from scoring a lovely goal.
52A brilliant strike from DALBY was dealt with by a fine stop from JONES.
56SULIMAN shot over.
60The Aston Villa 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely shot from Lincoln City's SIVOK.
63A cross from PACK left RITCHIE in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
68The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from RITCHIE.
70RITCHIE brought the ball past TUANZEBE and flicked a weak shot well wide.
79GOAL!! BJARNASON tried to play the ball out of the Aston Villa penalty area but was tackled by DALBY who headed the ball to RITCHIE for a simple goal. (2-1 Aston Villa)