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Commentary
The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MENDY fell just wide.
12¹GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by the Walsall 'keeper, MENDY was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to ZANIOLO to slide home. (1-0 Aston Villa)
18¹A shot from SARABIA was smothered by VLACHODIMOS.
19¹The 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from DI MARÍA.
25¹A high tackle on PEDRO PORRO by PLÉA results in a booking.
32¹A pin-point pass found SARABIA and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
33¹A weak shot from SARABIA bounced agonisingly wide.
34¹A great effort from SARABIA scraped the upright.
39¹A penalty box meleé resulted in LAZETIC knocking the ball over.
41¹DI MARÍA scuffed a simple chance.
A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
CASEMIRO nodded the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
19²The Aston Villa 'keeper managed to block a wicked shot.
21²CRISTANTE beat PEDRO PORRO and fired the ball to PAULINHO who fired his effort wide.
23²A good ball from TOMIYASU on the left fell to SMALLING who mishit his shot wide.
26²SMALLING dribbled away from MENDY and rattled a tame shot well wide.
28²PAULINHO's shot beat VLACHODIMOS but rebounded off the Aston Villa woodwork.
29²GOAL!! The creative PEDRO PORRO neatly flicked on a cross for DI MARÍA to blast the ball in. (2-0 Aston Villa)
33²The ref yellow cards HARTMAN for violent conduct against CLARKE.
34²CRISTANTE made space on the left and pulled the ball to TOMIYASU who fired the ball wide.
35²HARTMAN headed over the bar.
36²CRISTANTE's header was well saved by VLACHODIMOS.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 11
Home league form: LLWL
Overall league form: LLLLXWWO
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Odysseas VLACHODIMOS1Antonio ADÁN
PEDRO Antonio PORRO2Takehiro TOMIYASU
Ferland MENDY3Chris SMALLING
Adrien RABIOT4Carlos CASEMIRO
Aymeric LAPORTE5Francesco ACERBI(c)
Niklas SÜLE6Loubadhe SYLLA
Nicoló ZANIOLO7Jonas HOFMANN
(c)Ángel DI MARÍA8Pablo SARABIA
(p)Marko LAZETIC9PAULINHO(p)
(f)Lorenzo PELLEGRINI10Bryan CRISTANTE(f)
Federico CHIESA11Alassane PLÉA
Manager
Mario PASALIC  12  GIOVANI Henrique
Tom HEATON  13  Remko PASVEER
RICHARLISON de Andrade  14  Emil FORSBERG
Yannick CARRASCO  15Jack CLARKE
Quilindschy HARTMAN16  Perr SCHUURS
 
Walsall
 
League position: 19
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: XLLLWLXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 2 Walsall 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 33,335, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Graham Laws 7½)

Zaniolo 12¹, di María 29²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
LazeticóHartman 25²CasemiroóClarke 10²
  
Hartman 33²Pléa 25¹
66
515
01
35
39
614
15
44%56%
Man of the match: Nicoló Zaniolo