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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 14 (setup 5, season 17)
Walsall
v.
Aston Villa
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex McCARTHY17Sam JOHNSTONE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Henrik DALSGAARD62Leandro BACUNA
Joel LYNCH638Jordan AMAVI
Astrit AJDAREVIC47Yoann GOURCUFF
Nikolay BODUROV57Carlos Alberto SÁNCHEZ Moreno
Marko JOVANOVIC667John TERRY
Willo FLOOD77Mile JEDINAK
Paul ANDERSON68Sidney SAM
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ697Jonathan KODJIA
Markus HEIKKINEN6107Jack GREALISH
Tadanari LEE6117Ross McCORMACK
Manager
Lee TOMLIN12Gary GARDNER
Davino VERHULST13Mark BUNN
Alejandro Damián FAURLIN14Alan HUTTON
Dominique MALONGA15Keinan DAVIS
Phil OFOSU-AYEH16Rushian HEPBURN-MURPHY

Walsall 1 Aston Villa 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 11,121, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Steve BENNETT 5)
12 LeeScorers8 Grealish, 20 Terry
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners0
14Fouls10
4Offsides4
6Shots on5
5Shots off13
11Total shots18
4Shots saved2
40%Possession60%
Man of the match: Leandro BACUNA
1JUTKIEWICZ was put clear by LEE and he turned the Aston Villa 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
2A twenty-five yard drive from KODJIA caused the Walsall 'keeper little difficulty.
8GOAL!! A BACUNA run down the right resulted in a low cross for GREALISH to fire in. (1-0 Aston Villa)
9The Aston Villa 'keeper managed to claw away an amazing shot.
10A shot from ANDERSON was smothered by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
12GOAL!! A shot from LEE flew through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted JOHNSTONE. (1-1)
20GOAL!! After being forced wide TERRY was able to ram the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-1 Aston Villa)
26A weak shot from GOURCUFF rolled agonisingly wide.
28A looping shot from HEIKKINEN was saved by JOHNSTONE.
30A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
34AJDAREVIC worked the ball to HEIKKINEN, JUTKIEWICZ controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of JOHNSTONE.
39TERRY beat two Walsall players and thundered a shot wide.
45KODJIA floated the ball to GREALISH who touched it over the bar.
45+2SAM's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Walsall crossbar.
 
52JOVANOVIC kicked the ball wide from just inside the area.
59A accurate pass found HEIKKINEN and his left foot effort flew narrowly over.
60A penalty box meleé resulted in KODJIA knocking the ball over.
63The stunned Walsall 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DALSGAARD fell just over.
71Uncertainty in the Walsall defence enabled AMAVI to crack an effort over.
82A good effort from GREALISH scraped the top of the crossbar.
84A cross from GOURCUFF left TERRY in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
86BACUNA shot over.