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Commentary
6¹MANDANDA was able to block an amazing shot.
7¹A useful ball from HUGHES on the right bobbled toward PENNANT who sliced his shot wide.
9¹A 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.
5²GOAL!! 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 HOWARD7 17 Steve MANDANDA
Steven WHITTAKER8 27 Stephan LICHTSTEINER(c)
Joleon LESCOTT8½36½Daley BLIND
Jean MAKOUN7 46 Oleh HUSEV
Liam RIDGEWELL7½56 Bakary KONÉ
Aaron HUGHES7 66 Efstathios TAVLARIDIS
Jermaine PENNANT6½76½Daniel GYGAX
Steven PIENAAR7½86½Nicolas MAURICE-BELAY
(p)Elías FIGUEROA7 96 Søren LARSEN(p)
(f)Peter WHITTINGHAM7½105½David SUAREZ(f)
DAGOBERTO Pelentier6 117 Geoffrey DERNIS
Manager
Mahamadou DIARRA  12  Matthieu CHALMÉ
Thomas SØRENSEN  13  Cristian ÁLVAREZ
Jonás GUTIÉRREZ  145½Nicolas PLESTAN
Jamie WARD  15  Jérémy MOREL
Kieran RICHARDSON  167½Andriy 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