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Commentary
1¹FÜLLKRUG clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the FC Utrecht 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
2¹ST JUSTE hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
4¹GOAL!! A terrible clearance dropped to TROUPÉE who mishit a shot goalward, luckily DE JONG was on hand to volley the ball into the net. (1-0 FC Utrecht)
6¹A header by FÜLLKRUG at the far post was comfortably collected by the FC Utrecht 'keeper.
15¹The stunned SAMBA could only watch as a backpass from MAATSEN dropped just over.
20¹An exceptional strike from FÜLLKRUG was dealt with by a good block from the 'keeper.
22¹GOAL!! After BUENDIA was fouled the referee waved play-on and BAILEY went on to easily score. (1-1)
30¹The 'keeper dived to his left to stop an accurate shot from Aston Villa's BAILEY.
32¹BUENDIA made space on the left and touched the ball to MAATSEN who touched the ball over.
35¹ORBAN beat LOTOMBA and drove the ball to BAILEY who blasted his effort wide.
38¹GOAL!! The Aston Villa 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from O'SHEA and BAKKER managed to stab the ball home. (2-1 FC Utrecht)
41¹FÜLLKRUG ran onto a wonderful ball from BUENDIA but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
4²The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from FÜLLKRUG.
7²KERK rushed a simple chance.
9²McGINN booked for a late tackle.
14²GOAL!! A quick-witted FÜLLKRUG pounced on a loose ball on the right and made no mistake. (2-2)
16²The Aston Villa 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from DE JONG.
18²A cross from ORBAN left O'SHEA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
26²FÜLLKRUG brought the ball round OULD-CHIKH and rattled a weak shot over.
29²GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of BAILEY who hit the ball past the helpless FC Utrecht 'keeper. (3-2 Aston Villa)
30²A great effort from DE JONG scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
42²BAILEY was put clear by FÜLLKRUG and he dummied the 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 2
Home league form: WLWX
Overall league form: WWLWXXWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Brice SAMBA6½16½Andries NOPPERT
Emil KRAFTH8 27 Jordan LOTOMBA
Ian MAATSEN7½38½Mitchel BAKKER
(c)Willi ORBAN7½46½Sofyan AMRABAT
Clément LENGLET7 56 Jerry ST JUSTE
Dara O'SHEA5½66½Giovanni TROUPÉE
Emiliano BUENDIA7 77 Bilal OULD-CHIKH
Leon BAILEY7½87 Gyrano KERK
(p)Niclas FÜLLKRUG7 97 Luuk DE JONG(c,p)
(f)John McGINN6 106½Sébastien HALLER(f)
Timo WERNER6½116 Cyriel DESSERS
Manager
Rodrigo BENTANCUR  12  Arthur ZAGRE
DJordje PETROVIC  13  David JENSEN
RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho  14  Jeff HARDEVELD
Daniel JAMES  155 Robin VAN DER MEER
Derry MURKIN6 16  Sander VAN DE STREEK
 
FC Utrecht
 
League position: 3
Away league form: XWLL
Overall league form: XLWWWWLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 3 FC Utrecht 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 47,350, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Bernd Heynemann 7½)

Bailey 22¹, Füllkrug 14², Bailey 29²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
de Jong 4¹, Bakker 38¹
O'SheaóMurkin 31²Halleróvan der Meer 29²
  
McGinn 9² 
30
73
10
93
95
188
41
55%45%
Man of the match: Mitchel Bakker