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Commentary
A strike from BERTRAND held no problem for the Aston Villa 'keeper.
AYEW headed over the bar.
15¹RHODES worked the ball to CLEVERLEY, AYEW latched onto his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
18¹A cross from REO-COKER left AISSATI in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
23¹AYEW made space on the right and pulled the ball to CLEVERLEY who touched the ball wide.
24¹NAUGHTON ran onto a delightful ball from AISSATI but hit his shot wide.
27¹BANNAN rifled a simple chance past the far post.
37¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming VIVIANO.
40¹The motionless Aston Villa 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DAVIES dropped just over.
42¹VIVIANO saved a lovely strike from RHODES.
A corner found AYEW who nodded an effort just beyond the near post.
VIVIANO was able to block a weak header from AYEW.
10²The Aston Villa 'keeper dived to his left to stop a fierce shot from Newport County's AYEW.
12²GOAL!! A terrible goal-kick was intercepted by HESKEY who setup AISSATI with a simple chance. (1-0 Aston Villa)
16²A pin-point pass fell to RHODES and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
17²NAUGHTON's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
23²The Newport County 'keeper saved a curling shot from AISSATI.
25²BAMFORD fired the ball through a ruck of players but McGREGOR was a match for it as he dived to his left.
30²BADU beat two Aston Villa players and stroked a golden opportunity wide.
34²HESKEY waltzed away from STONES and rattled a weak shot over the bar.
37²The 'keeper was able to block a wicked effort.
40²A useful ball from ALLI on the right was collected by RHODES who mishit his effort just wide.
45²RHODES booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 16
Home league form: WLWW
Overall league form: WWLLLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Emiliano VIVIANO1Allan McGREGOR(c)
Kyle NAUGHTON2John STONES
Stephen WARNOCK3Ryan BERTRAND
Barry BANNAN4Tom CLEVERLEY
James COLLINS5James TOMKINS
Curtis DAVIES6Ciaran CLARK
Nigel REO-COKER7Dele ALLI
Ismaïl AISSATI8André AYEW
(p)Emile HESKEY9Jordan RHODES(p)
(f)Moustapha SALIFOU10Emmanuel BADU(f)
Patrick BAMFORD11Jay RODRIGUEZ
Manager
Carlos CUÉLLAR  12  Paul DUMMETT
ADRIÁN San  13  Alex McCARTHY
Nathan DELFOUNESO  14  Christian ATSU
Zeki FRYERS15  Nathan BAKER
Marlon HAREWOOD  16Jamie PATERSON
 
Newport County
 
League position: 4
Away league form: WLOX
Overall league form: XWWLOWXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 1 Newport County 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 30,245, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Bruno Coué 6)

Aissati 12²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
Reo-CokeróFryers 17²CleverleyóPaterson 31²
  
  
53
810
26
47
48
815
37
45%55%
Man of the match: James Tomkins