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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 1 (setup 5, season 18)
Aston Villa
v.
Sheffield United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Lars UNNERSTALL71Jamal BLACKMAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Alan HUTTON2Vlad CHIRICHES
Jordan AMAVI36Roberto CANELLA Suárez
Yoann GOURCUFF74Walter Alejandro GARGANO Guevara
Carlos Alberto SÁNCHEZ Moreno757Dirk MARCELLIS
John TERRY6Richard STEARMAN
Leandro BACUNA67Paul COUTTS
Sidney SAM78Stefan SCOUGALL
Jonathan KODJIA79Lucas Ramón BARRIOS
Glenn WHELAN7106Billy SHARP
Gabriel AGBONLAHOR7117Lennart THY
Manager
Mile JEDINAK12Juan Carlos PAREDES Reasco
Sam JOHNSTONE13George LONG
Henri LANSBURY14Marc McNULTY
Jack GREALISH15David EDGAR
André GREEN16John BRAYFORD

Aston Villa 2 Sheffield United 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 25,552, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Florent BATTA 6)
49 Whelan, 67 AgbonlahorScorers
46 Bacuna <=> GreenSubstitutions
Sendings off
33 Sánchez, 62 HuttonBookings
3Corners2
9Fouls13
5Offsides3
4Shots on1
8Shots off10
12Total shots11
2Shots saved1
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Walter Alejandro GARGANO Guevara
8BACUNA dribbled round COUTTS and rattled a weak shot well wide.
10A pin-point pass fell to SAM and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.
23AGBONLAHOR's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
28GOURCUFF was put clear by AMAVI and he beat BLACKMAN but glanced his shot over.
33SÁNCHEZ booked for an off-the-ball incident.
34A shot from SAM was nodded off the line by STEARMAN.
38A mix up in the Aston Villa defence enabled MARCELLIS to fire an effort over the bar.
 
47GREEN fired a right foot shot over from close range.
49GOAL!! A long ball from AMAVI down the middle bobbled toward the lurking WHELAN who fired a looping shot into the top corner. (1-0 Aston Villa)
52A corner fell to BARRIOS who forced the ball wide.
56HUTTON beat a number of Sheffield United players and slammed a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
57A useful ball from GREEN on the right found WHELAN who scuffed his shot inches wide.
58A good effort from GARGANO scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
62HUTTON receives a yellow card by the referee.
64BARRIOS snapped at an easy chance.
66SAM beat GARGANO and hit the ball to KODJIA who hit his effort wide.
67GOAL!! A perfect ball from HUTTON left WHELAN in the clear, he made the Sheffield United 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to AGBONLAHOR to score. (2-0 Aston Villa)
69The bemused Aston Villa 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from AMAVI dropped just wide.
76A penalty box scramble resulted in SAM tapping the ball wide.
77UNNERSTALL was able to claw away a tame header from SHARP.
78COUTTS floated the ball to THY who turned it wide.
81A free-kick from CHIRICHES floated just beyond the near post.
85THY rifled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
87A cross from SHARP left SCOUGALL in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
87SCOUGALL headed the ball wide from the edge of the box.