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Match report
Football Elite
Division 3: Round 18 (setup 3, season 13)
Aston Villa
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Emiliano VIVIANO17Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle NAUGHTON2Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA
Stephen WARNOCK63VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ Delgado
Ismaïl AISSATI74Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI
Curtis DAVIES756Nicolas Martín PAREJA
Carlos Javier CUÉLLAR Jiménez66Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas
Nigel REO-COKER67Ben McKENNA
Manuel Agudo Duran, NOLITO87Daniel TORIBIO Gutiérrez
Emile HESKEY69Raúl TAMUDO Montero
Barry BANNAN107Joan VERDÚ Fernández
Patrick BAMFORD6117GERARD Moreno Balagueró
Manager
Zeki FRYERS12Thilo LEUGERS
ADRIÁN San Miguel del Castillo13YOEL Rodríguez Oterino
Andrew TAYLOR14Morten Gamst PEDERSEN
Adrián 'Ezequiel' CIRIGLIANO156Marco MOTTA
Moustapha SALIFOU16Francisco Javier Chica Torres, JAVI CHICA

Aston Villa 3 Espanyol 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 32,360, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: ADRIANO de Carvalho 7½)
27 Bamford, 30 Naughton, 81 BannanScorers7 Verdú
Substitutions73 Toribio <=> Javi Chica, 83 Gerard <=> Motta
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners6
3Fouls6
2Offsides1
6Shots on4
11Shots off11
17Total shots15
2Shots saved3
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Kyle NAUGHTON
3A corner bobbled toward TORIBIO who touched an effort wide.
4The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from BANNAN.
7GOAL!! On the left wing MCKENNA collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for VERDÚ to flick it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Espanyol)
16ÁLVAREZ was able to palm clear a poor header from NOLITO.
22The bemused VIVIANO could only watch as a backpass from CUÉLLAR fell just wide.
23NOLITO poked an easy chance past the far post.
27GOAL!! The Espanyol 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from PINTO and BAMFORD was able to scramble the ball home. (1-1)
30GOAL!! After being forced wide NAUGHTON was able to drive the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-1 Aston Villa)
33GERARD ran onto a wonderful ball from TORIBIO but blasted his shot wide of the righthand post.
45+1BANNAN made space on the left and knocked the ball to NOLITO who touched the ball wide.
45+4A cross from BANNAN left REO-COKER in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
 
46MCKENNA floated the ball to TAMUDO who touched it wide.
47REO-COKER beat two Espanyol players and stroked a golden opportunity wide.
50A useful ball from AISSATI on the left fell to NOLITO who scuffed his shot inches over.
53A lovely effort from JUANMI scraped the outside of the post.
54A tame strike from JUANMI rolled agonisingly wide.
55A header by BANNAN at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
60REO-COKER headed over.
71JUANMI rushed an easy chance.
72AISSATI beat TORIBIO and hit the ball to HESKEY who fired his effort wide.
81GOAL!! A nice run by NOLITO on the right was capped by a delightful cross which BANNAN fired home from inside the penalty box. (3-1 Aston Villa)
83MOTTA fired a looping shot over from twenty-five yards out.