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Match report
Football Elite
Division 3: Round 35 (setup 3, season 12)
Aston Villa
v.
Celtic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Emiliano VIVIANO71Artur BORUC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle NAUGHTON2Thomas ROGNE
Andrew TAYLOR73Emilio Arturo IZAGUIRRE Girón
Adrián 'Ezequiel' CIRIGLIANO47Steven DEFOUR
James COLLINS75Erik SVIATCHENKO
Curtis DAVIES6Scott BROWN
Steve SIDWELL7Jay FULTON
Manuel Agudo Duran, NOLITO87Juan Manuel ITURBE Arévalos
Emile HESKEY97Djibril CISSÉ
Barry BANNAN610Tim CAHILL
GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS11Papiss CISSÉ
Manager
Nigel REO-COKER12Aiden McGEADY
ADRIÁN San Miguel del Castillo13Jesús CABRERO Mora
Patrick BAMFORD14KI Sung-yueng
Carlos Javier CUÉLLAR Jiménez15Peniel MLAPA
Zeki FRYERS716Paul KONCHESKY

Aston Villa 3 Celtic 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 36,793, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Serge GUMIENNY 7)
17 Collins, 75 Nolito, 87 Gabriel JesusScorers10 Cahill
52 Cirigliano <=> FryersSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings33 Cahill
3Corners2
6Fouls5
3Offsides6
9Shots on7
8Shots off7
17Total shots14
6Shots saved6
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Steve SIDWELL
3CISSÉ touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
4A fine ball from DEFOUR on the right was collected by ITURBE who scuffed his shot wide.
9SIDWELL turned CAHILL but slammed the ball into the arms of BORUC.
10DEFOUR chipped the ball to BROWN who forced it inches wide.
10GOAL!! An outswinging corner was kicked clear only for CAHILL to hammer the ball home. (1-0 Celtic)
17GOAL!! Some patient work by HESKEY on the left, left COLLINS yards clear, and he beat the 'keeper and drove the ball over the line. (1-1)
20GABRIEL JESUS whacked a right foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
25A weak strike from CAHILL bounced agonisingly wide.
30A cross from DEFOUR left CISSÉ in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
33CAHILL booked for a clinical foul.
42The Celtic 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted shot from NOLITO.
 
52CAHILL waltzed past COLLINS and stabbed a poor shot over.
55A lovely pass from BANNAN, was placed goalbound by NAUGHTON only for BORUC to block.
60BORUC saved a glorious shot from HESKEY.
63Uncertainty in the Celtic defence enabled HESKEY to thump the ball wide.
67NOLITO nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
71BORUC dived to his left to save an accurate shot from Aston Villa's HESKEY.
73The Aston Villa 'keeper was able to claw away a poor header from CAHILL.
75GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled NOLITO to chip the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Aston Villa)
81CISSÉ charged through the Aston Villa defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
87GOAL!! A tackle from SVIATCHENKO gave Aston Villa a free-kick on the edge of the area which GABRIEL JESUS blasted past BORUC. (3-1 Aston Villa)
89A corner found CISSÉ who headed an effort over.