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Commentary
BRAMBLE booked for a cynical foul.
13¹GOAL!! After being forced wide BECKHAM was able to force the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-0 Aston Villa)
16¹A shot from JAGIELKA was smothered by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
20¹YAKUBU steamed through the Aston Villa defence but shot straight at CÉSAR.
23¹BECKHAM headed over.
26¹YAKUBU shot over.
38¹The Aston Villa 'keeper saved a swerving shot from QUARESMA.
39¹A brilliant strike from QUARESMA was dealt with by a good stop from the Aston Villa 'keeper.
43¹FELLAINI beat three Aston Villa players and drove a golden opportunity inches over.
46¹A cross from QUARESMA left GOSLING in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
A header from YAKUBU was kicked off the line by DEGEN.
A good ball from CHARISTEAS on the right fell to ZAHA who scuffed his shot over.
A accurate pass was collected by ZAHA and his looping shot raced narrowly wide.
GOURCUFF beat FERNANDES and drilled the ball to GUNTER who fired his shot wide.
11²The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful shot.
13²Uncertainty in the Oxford United defence enabled KNIGHT to hammer an effort inches wide.
18²GOAL!! An energetic ZAHA ran down the right wing and dragged the ball back for ZURAWSKI to slide home. (2-0 Aston Villa)
19²A thirty yard shot from YAKUBU caused the 'keeper no problem.
22²FELLAINI rasped the ball through a ruck of players but CÉSAR was a match for it as he dived to his right.
24²A corner bobbled toward QUARESMA who headed the ball over.
31²The 'keeper saved a clever shot from GOURCUFF.
35²GOAL!! A quick-witted QUARESMA pounced on a loose ball on the right and made no mistake. (2-1 Aston Villa)
37²A bad tackle on QUARESMA by ZURAWSKI results in a booking.
37²ZAHA knocked the ball to CHARISTEAS who headed it over the bar.
43²The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from YAKUBU.
44²A great effort from AGGER scraped the woodwork.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 21
Home league form: WXOL
Overall league form: LWXWLXLO
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)CÉSAR Sánchez1Matt REED
Philipp DEGEN2Chris GUNTER
Zat KNIGHT3Phil JAGIELKA(c)
Gelson FERNANDES4Yoann GOURCUFF
Titus BRAMBLE5Jérémy TOULALAN
Marco MATERAZZI6Daniel AGGER
David BECKHAM7Sidney GOVOU
Wilfried ZAHA8Ricardo QUARESMA
(p)Angelos CHARISTEAS9Aiyegbeni YAKUBU(p)
(f)Simon COX10Marouane FELLAINI(f)
Maciej ZURAWSKI11Dan GOSLING
Manager
William BUCKLEY  12  Philippe CLEMENT
Brad JONES  13Marcello CASTELLINI
Callum MORRIS  14  Terry DIXON
Benni McCARTHY  15  Owen HARGREAVES
Jonny HOWSON  16  Charlie LEE
 
Oxford United
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LWXX
Overall league form: WLLWLWLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 2 Oxford United 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,237, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Neil Swarbrick 6)

Beckham 13¹, Zurawski 18²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Quaresma 35²
 ToulalanóCastellini 25²
  
Bramble 9¹, Zurawski 37² 
69
144
22
211
56
717
09
40%60%
Man of the match: Ricardo Quaresma