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Commentary
A penalty box meleé resulted in VALBUENA knocking a low shot over.
GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and VALBUENA banged the ball over the line. (1-0 FC Basel)
10¹A lovely effort from AFFRANCHINO scraped the outside of the righthand post.
14¹GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from SØRENSEN enabled VALBUENA to head the ball into the empty net. (2-0 FC Basel)
18¹OLIC headed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
23¹SCHÄFER shot over.
29¹LAMELA headed inches wide.
31¹VALBUENA placed a right foot shot wide from long range.
36¹GIGNAC made space on the right and touched the ball to OLIC who touched the ball wide.
39¹The motionless SZCZESNY was all agog as a backpass from KOUYATÉ dropped just over.
AFFRANCHINO ran onto a wonderful ball from VALBUENA but toe-poked his effort wide of the righthand post.
A free-kick from VALBUENA floated wide.
OLIC booked by the ref.
13²VALBUENA dribbled round GUTIÉRREZ and stabbed a weak shot over.
14²Uncertainty in the FC Basel defence enabled FIGUEROA to volley the ball just beyond the far post.
15²PIENAAR beat PAREJA and fired the ball to DAGOBERTO who fumbled his shot wide.
17²A useful ball from SCHÄFER on the left found VALBUENA who sliced his shot wide.
24²DAVIS booked.
24²PAREJA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
26²FIGUEROA's shot was well saved by the FC Basel 'keeper.
29²ELIAS floated the ball to OLIC who touched it over the bar.
30²BRASCHI cautions PAREJA.
34²A accurate pass fell to VALBUENA and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
35²A cross from PIENAAR left DAGOBERTO in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
41²A weak strike from FIGUEROA bounced agonisingly wide.
42²AFFRANCHINO flicked a simple chance past the lefthand post.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 14
Home league form: XLWO
Overall league form: LXLLLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Thomas SØRENSEN1Wojciech SZCZESNY
Steven WHITTAKER2Vedran CORLUKA
(c)Joleon LESCOTT3Marcel SCHÄFER
Jean MAKOUN4Erik LAMELA
Liam RIDGEWELL5Cheikhou KOUYATÉ
Aaron HUGHES6Nicolas PAREJA
Steve DAVIS7Facundo AFFRANCHINO
Steven PIENAAR8Mathieu VALBUENA
(p)Elías FIGUEROA9André-Pierre GIGNAC(p)
(f)Jonás GUTIÉRREZ10ELIAS Mendes(f)
DAGOBERTO Pelentier11Ivica OLIC(c)
Manager
Mahamadou DIARRA  12  ANDRÉ Clarindo SANTOS
Stuart TAYLOR  13  Federico MARCHETTI
Kirk BROADFOOT  14  Aleksander DRAGOVIC
Jlloyd SAMUEL15  Martin KELLY
Maximiliano OLIVA  16  Ricky VAN WOLFSWINKEL
 
FC Basel
 
League position: 9
Away league form: WWLL
Overall league form: WWXWLXLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 0 FC Basel 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 31,262, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Stefano Braschi 6)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Valbuena 7¹, Valbuena 14¹
RidgewellóSamuel 12² 
  
Davis 24²Olic 8², Pareja 30²
38
214
25
13
514
617
11
45%55%
Man of the match: Mathieu Valbuena