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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 28 (setup 4, season 35)
Aston Villa
v.
Macclesfield FC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Tom HEATON81Édouard MENDY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Matty CASH72Martín MONTOYA Torralbo
Ashley YOUNG3Marcel SCHMELZER
John McGINN94Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Boubacar KAMARA757Javier Martínez Aguinaga, JAVI MARTÍNEZ
Ludwig AUGUSTINSSON866Leandro Daniel PAREDES
Emiliano BUENDIA Stati776Lucas Daniel ROMERO
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia8Tonny Emilio Trindade de VILHENA
Ollie WATKINS9Raúl DE TOMÁS Gómez
Jacob RAMSEY10Radamel FALCAO García Zárate
Leon BAILEY711Haris SEFEROVIC
Manager
Robin OLSEN12Ignazio ABATE
Matt TARGETT13Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Revuelta
Morgan SANSON14Marko LIVAJA
Marvelous NAKAMBA15Cristian TELLO Herrera
Carney CHUKWUEMEKA16Moritz LEITNER

Aston Villa 2 Macclesfield FC 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,192, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Russell BOOTH 7)
30 Watkins, 78 BaileyScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners2
0Fouls5
2Offsides0
11Shots on5
8Shots off3
19Total shots8
8Shots saved5
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: John McGINN
2A lovely cross from BUENDIA, was slammed goalbound by WATKINS only for MENDY to claw away.
10WATKINS headed over.
12The 'keeper managed to claw away a fierce shot.
18BAILEY galloped through the Macclesfield FC defence but shot straight at MENDY.
23MENDY saved a beautiful shot from WATKINS.
26A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
28PHILIPPE COUTINHO hoofed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
30GOAL!! A KAMARA run down the middle resulted in a lovely cross for WATKINS to crack in. (1-0 Aston Villa)
33A accurate pass was collected by DE TOMÁS and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
38A shot from VILHENA was smothered by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
40A fine ball from VILHENA on the left bobbled toward DE TOMÁS who sliced his effort just beyond the far post.
 
53The Aston Villa 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from VILHENA.
56PHILIPPE COUTINHO clipped the ball through a crowd of players but MENDY was a match for it as he dived to his right.
57BAILEY beat SCHMELZER and fired the ball to PHILIPPE COUTINHO who fumbled his shot wide.
57A cross from BUENDIA left PHILIPPE COUTINHO in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
58A shot from CASH held no problem for the 'keeper.
73RAMSEY rushed a simple chance.
76Uncertainty in the Macclesfield FC defence enabled CASH to crack the ball inches wide.
78GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from MCGINN rattled the woodwork and in the ensuing scramble the ball was hoofed into the net by BAILEY. (2-0 Aston Villa)
82A corner fell to CASH who turned the ball inches over.
87A lovely effort from VILHENA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
89BUENDIA made space on the right and knocked the ball to WATKINS who clipped the ball wide.