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Commentary
A pin-point pass bobbled toward DAVIS and his left foot shot went narrowly wide.
An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of HOWARD by ILSINHO.
14¹A great shot from FIGUEROA was dealt with by a useful block from IRAIZOZ.
16¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing HOWARD.
18¹GOAL!! A cross from FUKAL was nodded away by DIARRA only for DIARRA to drill the ball back into the box for FERNÁNDEZ to force over the line. (1-0 Espanyol)
20¹FERNÁNDEZ headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
29¹GOAL!! On the right wing RIDGEWELL collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for DAVIS to fire it over the line. (1-1)
38¹DAVIS beat DIARRA and hit the ball to FIGUEROA who blasted his shot wide.
39¹A corner fell to PIENAAR who forced the ball inches wide.
42¹FIGUEROA ran onto a delightful ball from DIARRA but dragged his shot wide.
PIENAAR made space on the right and touched the ball to DAGOBERTO who touched the ball over.
TAMUDO stepped inside DAVIS but shot the ball into the arms of HOWARD.
A penalty box scramble resulted in FIGUEROA knocking a low shot wide.
A cynical challenge gets FIGUEROA a yellow card.
A cross from MAKOUN left PIENAAR in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
11²A thirty yard drive from ILSINHO caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
17²PIENAAR touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Espanyol 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
27²FERNÁNDEZ's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
31²GOAL!! With his back to goal DAGOBERTO turned and poked the ball past the Espanyol 'keeper. (2-1 Aston Villa)
33²TAMUDO drove a right foot shot wide from just outside the area.
33²FERNÁNDEZ headed just beyond the far post.
37²GOAL!! A deep cross by FIGUEROA was met by DAVIS who steamed in to score. (3-1 Aston Villa)

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 14
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: LLWXXLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Tim HOWARD1Gorka IRAIZOZ
Steven WHITTAKER2JUANFRAN
Liam RIDGEWELL3José CASTRO
Jean MAKOUN4Alou DIARRA
Aaron HUGHES5Rafael MARQUEZ
Wilfred BOUMA6Milan FUKAL(c)
Steve DAVIS7ILSINHO
Steven PIENAAR8Matías FERNÁNDEZ
(p)Elías FIGUEROA9Raúl TAMUDO(p)
(f)Mahamadou DIARRA10Florent MALOUDA(f)
DAGOBERTO Pelendier11KLÉBER Giacomance
Manager
Peter WHITTINGHAM  12  Patricio ARAUJO
Thomas SØRENSEN  13  David OSPINA
Kieran RICHARDSON  14  Ferrán COROMINAS
Ulises DE LA CRUZ  15  DAVID GARCÍA de la Cruz
Jlloyd SAMUEL16  Marco MARCHIONNI
 
Espanyol
 
League position: 15
Away league form: WLXL
Overall league form: WOLXLXXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 3 Espanyol 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 39,987, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Bleuer 7½)

Davis 29¹, Dagoberto 31², Davis 37²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Fernández 18¹
MakounóSamuel 32² 
  
Figueroa 6² 
24
310
55
79
83
1512
46
53%47%
Man of the match: Liam Ridgewell