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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 4 (setup 5, season 18)
Aston Villa
v.
Preston North End
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Lars UNNERSTALL61Anders LINDEGAARD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Alan HUTTON62Tom CLARKE
Jordan AMAVI736Daniel PUDIL
Yoann GOURCUFF747RENATO Cardoso Porto NETO
Carlos Alberto SÁNCHEZ Moreno75Alberto Tomas BOTÍA Rabasco
John TERRY66Greg CUNNINGHAM
Leandro BACUNA7Aiden McGEADY
Sidney SAM87MAICON Marques Bitencourt
Jonathan KODJIA796Joe GARNER
Glenn WHELAN10Daniel JOHNSON
Gabriel AGBONLAHOR116Stevie MAY
Manager
Mile JEDINAK12Paul GALLAGHER
Sam JOHNSTONE13Ali AL-HABSI
Henri LANSBURY14Marnick VERMIJL
Jack GREALISH15Alan BROWNE
André GREEN16Eoin DOYLE

Aston Villa 1 Preston North End 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 28,095, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Chris FOY 5)
40 SamScorers7 Pudil, 45+2 Botía
Substitutions
Sendings off
48 Bacuna, 80 WhelanBookings
5Corners12
15Fouls7
3Offsides1
2Shots on2
10Shots off6
12Total shots8
1Shots saved0
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Aiden McGEADY
3A penalty box scramble resulted in AGBONLAHOR tapping the ball over.
5A mix up in the Aston Villa defence enabled BOTÍA to blast an effort just beyond the far post.
7GOAL!! A shot from PUDIL rolled through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted 'keeper. (1-0 Preston North End)
10A corner was collected by JOHNSON who headed an effort inches over.
13MAICON flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
24AMAVI brought the ball past PUDIL and flicked a tame shot well wide.
25MAY chipped the ball to GARNER who forced it wide.
28GARNER was put clear by BOTÍA and he dummied the 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
40GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled SAM to waltz through the Preston North End defence and score. (1-1)
43A weak strike from SAM trickled agonisingly wide.
45+2GOAL!! A delightful drive from RENATO NETO was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as BOTÍA who tapped the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (2-1 Preston North End)
 
48The motionless LINDEGAARD was a mere bystander as a backpass from JOHNSON dropped just over.
48BACUNA receives a yellow card by FOY for a clinical foul.
59KODJIA shot wide.
66KODJIA beat MCGEADY and blasted the ball to SAM who pulled his shot wide.
70AMAVI beat a number of Preston North End players and thundered a great chance wide.
72BACUNA made space on the right and dragged the ball to SAM who clipped the ball over.
78An exceptional effort from WHELAN scraped the top of the crossbar.
79A twenty-five yard drive from KODJIA caused the Preston North End 'keeper little difficulty.
80A bad tackle gets WHELAN a yellow card.
83A good ball from BACUNA on the left bobbled toward WHELAN who mishit his effort wide.
90MAY headed inches wide.