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Commentary
MANDANDA was able to block an amazing shot.
A useful ball from HUGHES on the right bobbled toward PENNANT who sliced his shot wide.
A shot from LARSEN was smothered by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
14¹WHITTINGHAM worked the ball to WHITTAKER, PIENAAR collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Bastia 'keeper.
16¹SANDRO yellow cards PENNANT for a poor foul.
18¹GOAL!! A poor backpass by KONÉ enabled PIENAAR to nip in and hammer the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Aston Villa)
20¹The Bastia 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted shot from WHITTINGHAM.
20¹MAKOUN booked by SANDRO for a late foul.
26¹HUSEV played the ball to MAURICE-BELAY who nodded it inches wide.
27¹A shot from FIGUEROA was headed off the line by TAVLARIDIS.
29¹SANDRO cautions DAGOBERTO.
35¹BLIND clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Aston Villa 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
41¹LARSEN dribbled away from PENNANT and stroked a poor shot wide.
46¹GYGAX's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled BLIND to head the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
17²A refined cross from MAKOUN was drove goalbound by RIDGEWELL only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
22²GOAL!! MAKOUN made space for WHITTINGHAM who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, struck the ball past the 'keeper. (2-1 Aston Villa)
29²GOAL!! After being forced wide DAGOBERTO was able to force the ball in from the tightest of angles. (3-1 Aston Villa)
33²GOAL!! A delightful shot from PENNANT was punched clear by MANDANDA only as far as PIENAAR who placed the ball past the stranded MANDANDA. (4-1 Aston Villa)
35²LICHTSTEINER booked.
39²PIENAAR nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
42²Uncertainty in the Bastia defence enabled FIGUEROA to blast an effort inches over.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWOW
Overall league form: WWWLWWLX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Tim HOWARD1Steve MANDANDA
Steven WHITTAKER2Stephan LICHTSTEINER(c)
Joleon LESCOTT3Daley BLIND
Jean MAKOUN4Oleh HUSEV
Liam RIDGEWELL5Bakary KONÉ
Aaron HUGHES6Efstathios TAVLARIDIS
Jermaine PENNANT7Daniel GYGAX
Steven PIENAAR8Nicolas MAURICE-BELAY
(p)Elías FIGUEROA9Søren LARSEN(p)
(f)Peter WHITTINGHAM10David SUAREZ(f)
DAGOBERTO Pelentier11Geoffrey DERNIS
Manager
Mahamadou DIARRA  12  Matthieu CHALMÉ
Thomas SØRENSEN  13  Cristian ÁLVAREZ
Jonás GUTIÉRREZ  14Nicolas PLESTAN
Jamie WARD  15  Jérémy MOREL
Kieran RICHARDSON  16Andriy NESMACHNYI
 
Bastia
 
League position: 16
Away league form: WLLL
Overall league form: WOLWLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 4 Bastia 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,505, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Sandro Schmidt 8)

Pienaar 18¹, Whittingham 22², Dagoberto 29², Pienaar 33²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Blind 5²
 DernisóPlestan 1², HusevóNesmachnyi 36²
  
Pennant 16¹, Makoun 20¹, Dagoberto 29¹Lichtsteiner 35²
25
125
91
107
55
1512
55
51%49%
Man of the match: Joleon Lescott