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Unai Emery
Aston Villa
Cardiff City
Aston Villa
4-2-3-1 · 3-4-2-1
Cardiff City
Commentary
90'
Full-time. Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City.
90'
4 minutes of added time.
80'
Goal! Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City. M. Asensio (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by O. Watkins.
68'
Goal! Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City. M. Asensio (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by M. Rashford.
46'
The second half is under way.
45'
Half-time. Aston Villa 0-0 Cardiff City.
45'
1 minute of added time.
18'
Attempt blocked. Y. Tielemans (Aston Villa), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
17'
Attempt blocked. M. Rashford (Aston Villa), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
17'
Attempt blocked. M. Rashford (Aston Villa), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
9'
Attempt saved. M. Rashford (Aston Villa), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.04.
1'
Kick-off: Aston Villa vs Cardiff City.
Expected goals (xG) flow
per shotMatch momentum
Minute-by-minute pressure. Bars toward a team mean sustained attacking territory.
Average positions
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Match events
Half-time · 0–0
46'
🔁
Y. Salech ◂ C. Robinson
64'
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J. Bagan ◂ L. Giles
65'
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A. Robertson ◂ A. Ramsey
68'
⚽
M. Asensio · assist M. Rashford1–0
80'
⚽
M. Asensio · assist O. Watkins2–0
81'
🔁
C. Ashford ◂ C. Willock
81'
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I. Davies ◂ D. Lawlor
82'
🔁
M. Rogers ◂ M. Rashford
82'
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J. Ramsey ◂ M. Asensio
82'
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J. Jimoh ◂ O. Watkins
83'
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L. Digne ◂ I. Maatsen
Full-time · 2–0
Coaches
Brian Barry-Murphy 
Recent form
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Match facts
23
E. Martínez
6.9
16
A. García
7.1
4
E. Konsa
7.4
26
L. Bogarde
7.5
12
L. Digne
6.6
↑ 83'
7
J. McGinn
7.9
8
Y. Tielemans
7.5
31
L. Bailey
7.7
27
M. Rogers
6.8
↑ 82'
41
J. Ramsey
6.8
↑ 82'
56
J. Jimoh
6.7
↑ 82'
1
E. Horvath
8.0
45
C. Ashford
6.5
↑ 81'
4
D. Goutas
7.2
2
W. T. Fish
6.7
38
P. Ng
6.5
18
A. Robertson
6.3
↑ 65'
27
R. Colwill
6.8
23
J. Bagan
7.2
↑ 64'
20
A. E. Ghazi
6.5
39
I. Davies
6.6
↑ 81'
22
Y. Salech
6.8
↑ 46'
Substitutes
25GR. Olsen
48GO. Zych
22DI. Maatsen↓ 83'7.4
21MM. Asensio↓ 82'9.5
44MB. Kamara
45MT. Rowe
9FM. Rashford↓ 82'8.1
11FO. Watkins↓ 82'7.1
Coach: Unai Emery
Substitutes
41GM. Turner
49DL. Giles↓ 64'6.9
48DD. Lawlor↓ 81'6.8
10MA. Ramsey↓ 65'6.8
16MC. Willock↓ 81'6.5
11MC. O'Dowda
15MS. Mannsverk
47FC. Robinson↓ 46'6.6
53FT. Nyakuhwa
Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy
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