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Commentary
A bad tackle on RICKSEN by DAWSON results in a booking.
16¹A corner fell to McCARTHY who headed the ball wide.
16¹BECKHAM rushed an easy chance.
24¹McCARTHY booked for a cynical foul.
24¹HUGHES shot over.
28¹TONI beat two Aston Villa players and thundered a golden opportunity wide.
31¹A right foot shot from KUYT was tipped over by the 'keeper.
35¹TONI blasted a right foot shot inches wide from twenty-five yards out.
36¹A shot from RAÚL was hoofed off the line by RICKSEN.
38¹TONI stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
42¹GOAL!! A strike from MANCINI which CÉSAR managed to claw away was deemed over the line by the linesman and the ref awarded the goal. (1-0 Luton Town)
44¹DAVIES dribbled round NAVAS and flicked a weak shot past the post.
A free-kick from MANCINI raced inches over.
A pin-point pass found TONI and his looping shot raced narrowly over.
10²FERNANDES made space on the left and pulled the ball to DAVIES who fired the ball wide.
14²A thirty yard shot from STANKOVIC caused CÉSAR little difficulty.
16²GOAL!! As KUYT was attempting to hold back FERNANDES the ball dropped to McCARTHY who blasted the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
18²The hapless Aston Villa 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DAVIES fell just over.
27²TONI hoofed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
29²PENN cautions FERNANDES.
40²A cross from NAVAS left MANCINI in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
47²HUGHES booked for a high challenge on MANCINI.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 17
Home league form: LWXX
Overall league form: LWWXLLXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)CÉSAR Sánchez1Tobias SIPPEL
Fernando RICKSEN2Ezequiel GARAY
Ben THATCHER3Gaël GIVET
Gelson FERNANDES4Dejan STANKOVIC(c)
Marco MATERAZZI5Walter SAMUEL
Titus BRAMBLE6Michael DAWSON
David BECKHAM7Dirk KUYT
Adam HUGHES8MANCINI
(p)Angelos CHARISTEAS9Luca TONI(p)
(f)Simon DAVIES10Jesús NAVAS(f)
Benni McCARTHY11RAÚL González
Manager
Maciej ZURAWSKI  12  JOAQUÍN Sánchez
Brad JONES  13  Jermaine JENAS
Zat KNIGHT  14Sean SCANNELL
Egor TITOV  15  Matías VIDANGOSSY
Simon COX  16  JORGE Manuel ANDRADE
 
Luton Town
 
League position: 7
Away league form: WOWL
Overall league form: WLOWWXWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 1 Luton Town 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 35,861, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Andy Penn 7½)

McCarthy 16²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mancini 42¹
 GarayóScannell 15²
  
McCarthy 24¹, Fernandes 29², Hughes 47²Dawson 5¹
44
148
12
26
810
1016
05
45%55%
Man of the match: Dirk Kuyt