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6¹ BOEY rattled a simple chance past the near post. 13¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in RICHARLISON knocking a low shot over. 15¹ ALEX GRIMALDO blasted a right foot shot inches over from twenty yards out. 16¹ MAC ALLISTER worked the ball to RETEGUI, DEMBÉLÉ controlled his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of KOVÁR. 20¹ GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from PASALIC shook the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by MANÉ. (1-0 Aston Villa) 21¹ RETEGUI snapped at a simple chance. 23¹ VALVERDE ran onto a delightful ball from ÇALHANOGLU but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal. 25¹ An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of REMIRO by MANÉ. 27¹ MANÉ clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. 31¹ ROMERO waltzed round BROZOVIC and rattled a weak shot well wide. 43¹ GOAL!! Some fine work by HARTMAN on the right, left RICHARLISON yards clear, and he beat the Sunderland 'keeper and slammed the ball home. (2-0 Aston Villa) 44¹ ÇALHANOGLU beat BOEY and placed the ball to DEMBÉLÉ who fired his effort wide. 1² VALVERDE shown the red card for a cynical on BOEY. 4² GOAL!! A sliced BROZOVIC shot bobbled toward DEPAY who made no mistake from just outside the area. (3-0 Aston Villa) 11² BOEY booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area. 14² MENDY was put clear by HARTMAN and he dummied the Sunderland 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar. 16² An exceptional effort from MENDY scraped the top of the crossbar. 28² ROMAGNOLI headed over the bar. 42² CAMBIASO beat four Aston Villa players and thundered an effort over the bar. 43² GOAL!! A tame drive from ROMAGNOLI seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (3-1 Aston Villa) 43² A useful ball from HARTMAN on the left bobbled toward DEPAY who mishit his shot over. 44² MANÉ shot wide.

Aston Villa   League position: 11 Home league form: LWWL Overall league form: WLLXXWLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Matej KOVÁR 7  1 7  Alejandro REMIRO Sacha BOEY 6½ 2 6½ Andrea CAMBIASO Ferland MENDY 7½ 3 6½ ALEX GRIMALDO Adrien RABIOT 7  4 6½ ÁLEX BAENA Bosun LAWAL 6½ 5 7  Alessio ROMAGNOLI Quilindschy HARTMAN 7  6 6½ Cristian ROMERO Marcelo BROZOVIC 7  7 6  Hakan ÇALHANOGLU(c) (c)Sadio MANÉ 7  8 6  Federico VALVERDE (p)Memphis DEPAY 6  9 6½ Mateo RETEGUI(p) (f)Mario PASALIC 6½ 10 6½ Ousmane DEMBÉLÉ(f) RICHARLISON de Andrade 6½ 11 7  Alexis MAC ALLISTER Manager Shug Mctavish Yves BISSOUMA    12    Maximiliano ARAÚJO Jesper LINDSTRØM    13    Sergio ROCHET Ben CHRISENE    14    PEDRO Antonio PORRO Ivan ILIC    15    PEDRO Lomba NETO Francisco EVANILSON    16    Rayan CHERKI

Sunderland   League position: 12 Away league form: LLLW Overall league form: WLLWWLXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Aston Villa 3 Sunderland 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 41,220, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Richard Beeby 7½) Mané 20¹, Richarlison 43¹, Depay 4² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Romagnoli 43²       Valverde 1²     14 3 4 18 3 14 7 5 14 8 21 13 3 3 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Ferland Mendy ¶