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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 10 (setup 4, season 39)
Aston Villa
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Tom HEATON617Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Matty CASH2Neco WILLIAMS
Alexandre Moreno Lopera, ÁLEX MORENO73Yasser LAROUCI
John McGINN84Pierre LEES-MELOU
PAU Francisco TORRES5Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Leander DENDONCKER666Konstantinos MAVROPANOS
Emiliano BUENDIA Stati77Frédéric GUILBERT
Leon BAILEY686Reiss NELSON
Ollie WATKINS9Sasa KALAJDZIC
DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares de Paulo8106Stevan JOVETIC
Cameron ARCHER116Danny WELBECK
Manager
ALEIX García Serrano12IGOR Julio dos Santos de Paulo
Ludwig AUGUSTINSSON13Jon FLATT
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia14Eli KING
Calum CHAMBERS15Matt RITCHIE
Boubacar KAMARA16Rabbi MATONDO

Aston Villa 2 Darlington 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 27,304, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Mike REED 6)
3 Watkins, 39 Douglas LuizScorers13 Lees-Melou
63 Bailey <=> AugustinssonSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings19 Welbeck, 20 Williams
2Corners11
15Fouls7
8Offsides8
8Shots on3
10Shots off9
18Total shots12
6Shots saved2
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: John McGINN
3GOAL!! JOVETIC tried to play the ball out of the Darlington penalty area but was tackled by BAILEY who flicked the ball to WATKINS for an easy goal. (1-0 Aston Villa)
6KALAJDZIC beat PAU TORRES and drilled the ball to WELBECK who dragged his shot wide.
13GOAL!! A neat one-two left LEES-MELOU clear and he made no mistake by cleverly flicking the ball past the oncoming Aston Villa 'keeper. (1-1)
19WELBECK cautioned for a clinical tackle on DOUGLAS LUIZ.
20A poor tackle on ÁLEX MORENO by WILLIAMS results in a booking.
23A great save prevented WATKINS from scoring a great goal.
24LEES-MELOU was put clear by WELBECK and he stepped inside HEATON but drilled his shot just wide.
26A perfect strike from BUENDIA was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper.
31A cross from DOUGLAS LUIZ left WATKINS in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
34DENDONCKER beat a number of Darlington players and blasted a golden opportunity wide.
35A free-kick from KALAJDZIC went inches over.
39GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled DOUGLAS LUIZ to dribble through the Darlington defence and score. (2-1 Aston Villa)
44A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
 
46JOVETIC knocked the ball to WELBECK who flicked it over.
50BAILEY headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
55The Darlington 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely shot from Aston Villa's BAILEY.
55ARCHER shot wide.
71NELSON stroked an easy chance past the far post.
76DOUGLAS LUIZ dummied MAVROPANOS but flicked the ball into the arms of the Darlington 'keeper.
76A twenty yard drive from LAROUCI caused the 'keeper no problem.
84The stunned Darlington 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from LEES-MELOU dropped just wide.
89A poor strike from WATKINS trickled agonisingly wide.