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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 42 (setup 4, season 28)
Aston Villa
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad JONES717Diego Alonso Roberto PENNY Váldez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Alan HUTTON728Dedryck BOYATA
Easah SULIMAN63MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza
Gelson FERNANDES74Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Tommy ELPHICK75Alan TATE
Axel TUANZEBE76Rostyn GRIFFITHS
LUCAS Pérez Martínez676Wes ATKINSON
Birkir BJARNASON787Bersant CELINA
Jonathan KODJIA9Alexis ALLART
Jordon MUTCH10Saul HALPIN
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING611Dom CALVERT-LEWIN
Manager
Sam BYRAM12Matthew BRIGGS
Anders LINDEGAARD13Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Ritchie DE LAET14Alex HENSHALL
Scott HOGAN615Erik HUSEKLEPP
Joshua ONOMAH16Orlando Carlos Braga de SÁ

Aston Villa 2 Tranmere Rovers 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 31,632, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Phil DOWD 6½)
57 Kodjia, 81 BjarnasonScorers12 Boyata
81 Suliman <=> HoganSubstitutions
Sendings off
14 Mutch, 39 Choupo-Moting, 56 BjarnasonBookings
3Corners2
9Fouls10
2Offsides6
6Shots on5
10Shots off1
16Total shots6
4Shots saved4
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Dedryck BOYATA
2BJARNASON made space on the right and dragged the ball to CHOUPO-MOTING who rasped the ball over.
5A delightful save prevented ELPHICK from scoring an exceptional goal.
6A shot from ALLART was smothered by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
8JONES managed to claw away a wicked shot.
9CHOUPO-MOTING poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
11SULIMAN charged through the Tranmere Rovers defence but shot straight at PENNY.
12GOAL!! A Tranmere Rovers counter-attack allowed HALPIN to setup BOYATA with an easy goal. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
14The ref books MUTCH for an off-the-ball incident against GRIFFITHS.
15CELINA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Aston Villa woodwork.
28The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from MUTCH.
29JAVI GARCÍA turned FERNANDES but blasted the ball into the arms of JONES.
30A corner found ELPHICK who turned the ball just beyond the far post.
31An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper by BJARNASON.
36HALPIN ran onto a great ball from CELINA but pulled his shot wide.
39A high tackle on ATKINSON by CHOUPO-MOTING results in a booking.
41BJARNASON fluffed an easy chance.
41A free-kick from HUTTON flew over.
 
50The stunned PENNY was a mere bystander as a backpass from MARCOS ALONSO dropped just wide.
56BJARNASON knocked the ball to LUCAS who flicked it wide.
56BJARNASON cautioned for a late foul.
57GOAL!! A long clearance by the Aston Villa 'keeper beat the Tranmere Rovers defence and KODJIA stroked the ball past the advancing 'keeper. (1-1)
60A good effort from MUTCH scraped the upright.
61Uncertainty in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled BJARNASON to fire an effort wide.
64LUCAS beat ATKINSON and placed the ball to KODJIA who dragged his shot wide.
81GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled BJARNASON to run through the Tranmere Rovers defence and score. (2-1 Aston Villa)