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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 15 (setup 5, season 17)
Aston Villa
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE1Adam LEGZDINS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Alan HUTTON27Carl JENKINSON
Jordan AMAVI736Jonathan GROUNDS
Yoann GOURCUFF4Alberto AQUILANI
Carlos Alberto SÁNCHEZ Moreno657Jonathan SPECTOR
John TERRY66Ryan SHOTTON
Leandro BACUNA77Koby ARTHUR
Sidney SAM86Jacques MAGHOMA
Jonathan KODJIA79Ciro IMMOBILE
Henri LANSBURY610Nicolai BROCK-MADSEN
Gabriel AGBONLAHOR611David COTTERILL
Manager
Jores OKORE12Michael MORRISON
Mark BUNN13Connal TRUEMAN
Ritchie DE LAET14Paul ROBINSON
Jack GREALISH615Stephen GLEESON
Ross McCORMACK16Cheick KEITA

Aston Villa 2 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 21,790, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 8½)
23 Bacuna, 66 KodjiaScorers71 Immobile
62 Lansbury <=> GrealishSubstitutions
Sendings off
8 Agbonlahor, 63 Sánchez, 84 GrealishBookings
1Corners5
20Fouls8
0Offsides2
5Shots on3
12Shots off9
17Total shots12
2Shots saved2
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Yoann GOURCUFF
8FREESTONE cautions AGBONLAHOR.
9MAGHOMA stabbed a simple chance past the near post.
11A corner was collected by MAGHOMA who touched the ball over the bar.
13A free-kick from AMAVI went over.
21A neatly crafted pass from MAGHOMA, was drove goalbound by IMMOBILE only for the 'keeper to claw away.
23GOAL!! A long ball from SÁNCHEZ had the Birmingham City defence back-pedalling and BACUNA made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (1-0 Aston Villa)
26A lovely effort from BACUNA scraped the outside of the righthand post.
30IMMOBILE kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
 
49A mix up in the Birmingham City defence enabled SAM to fire the ball inches over.
50GROUNDS brought the ball round HUTTON and stroked a weak shot well wide.
52A shot from SAM was smothered by the 'keeper.
56The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SHOTTON fell just over.
57IMMOBILE ran onto a wonderful ball from ARTHUR but pulled his effort wide of the goal.
60AQUILANI shot wide.
60KODJIA floated the ball to LANSBURY who fired it over the bar.
63A poor tackle gets SÁNCHEZ a yellow card.
66GOAL!! A great ball from AMAVI left SAM in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before touching the ball to KODJIA to score. (2-0 Aston Villa)
71GOAL!! A patient Birmingham City side were rewarded with a fierce shot from IMMOBILE. (2-1 Aston Villa)
71KODJIA snapped at a simple chance.
76A perfect strike from BROCK-MADSEN was dealt with by a good parry from the Aston Villa 'keeper.
83IMMOBILE whacked a looping shot inches over from long range.
84GREALISH booked.