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Commentary
GOURCUFF snapped at an easy chance.
GOAL!! A shot from GOURCUFF deflected off the legs of EYJÓLFSSON and bobbled past the helpless MAENPÄÄ and over the line. (1-0 Aston Villa)
13¹SAM booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
18¹SAM drove a right foot shot over from close range.
26¹A pin-point pass fell to McCORMACK and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
31¹The bemused MAENPÄÄ was all agog as a backpass from BALOGUN fell just wide.
33¹WHELAN brought the ball past EYJÓLFSSON and rattled a poor shot well wide.
35¹Uncertainty in the Brighton & HA defence enabled SAM to fire an effort inches wide.
38¹A cross from SAM left TERRY in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
42¹GOAL!! A refined set-piece enabled MURRAY to hammer the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
43¹WHELAN beat two Brighton & HA players and slammed a great chance over.
GOAL!! Some useful work by HÜNEMEIER on the right, left MURRAY yards clear, and he raced past the 'keeper and thundered the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Brighton & HA)
A corner fell to MURRAY who turned an effort wide.
KNOCKAERT headed just beyond the near post.
SAM nutmegged HÜNEMEIER but hit the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
12²A penalty box meleé resulted in IZQUIERDO knocking the ball wide.
15²GOURCUFF beat BALOGUN and flicked the ball to BACUNA who blasted his shot wide.
18²KODJIA made space on the right and touched the ball to GOURCUFF who rasped the ball wide.
19²WHELAN ran onto a wonderful ball from SAM but fired his effort wide of the goal.
26²MARCH rattled a simple chance past the righthand post.
41²GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was skillfully stroked into the roof of the net by PRÖPPER. (3-1 Brighton & HA)
45²A poor shot from IZQUIERDO trickled agonisingly wide.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 4
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: LWWWWOXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Sam JOHNSTONE1Niki MAENPÄÄ
Alan HUTTON2Leon BALOGUN
Jordan AMAVI3Jack ROBINSON
Yoann GOURCUFF4Davy PRÖPPER
Carlos SÁNCHEZ5Hólmar EYJÓLFSSON
(c)John TERRY6Uwe HÜNEMEIER
Leandro BACUNA7Anthony KNOCKAERT
Sidney SAM8José IZQUIERDO
(p)Jonathan KODJIA9Glenn MURRAY(c,p)
(f)Glenn WHELAN10Solomon MARCH(f)
Ross McCORMACK11Laurent DEPOITRE
Manager
Mile JEDINAK  12  Beram KAYAL
Lars UNNERSTALL  13  Michalis SIFAKIS
Jack GREALISH  14  Jirí SKALÁK
Henri LANSBURY  15  Danny HOLLA
Jores OKORE  16Danny DA COSTA
 
Brighton & HA
 
League position: 8
Away league form: LLWW
Overall league form: LWLXWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 1 Brighton & HA 3
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 38,667, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Darren Drysdale 7½)

Eyjólfsson 6¹ (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Murray 42¹, Murray 2², Pröpper 41²
 Marchóda Costa 37²
  
  
44
55
33
44
149
1813
31
55%45%
Man of the match: Jordan Amavi