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Commentary
NAUGHTON beat three Olympiakos players and slammed an effort inches wide.
The Aston Villa 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from MITROGLOU.
A mix up in the Aston Villa defence enabled OLAITAN to fire an effort just beyond the near post.
A cross from CIRIGLIANO left NOLITO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
A free-kick from MITROGLOU went wide.
SIDWELL made space on the right and pulled the ball to NOLITO who rasped the ball over.
11¹A strike from MITROGLOU held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
16¹NOLITO stroked an easy chance past the righthand post.
19¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward NOLITO and his deadly shot flew narrowly over.
20¹A neatly crafted pass from CIRIGLIANO was shot goalbound by SALIFOU only for the Olympiakos 'keeper to block.
28¹NDINGA brought the ball round SALIFOU and poked a weak shot over the bar.
33¹MITROGLOU ran onto a delightful ball from ILLARRAMENDI but pulled his shot wide.
36¹KASAMI rushed an easy chance.
44¹KASAMI nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
HESKEY worked the ball to BAMFORD, SALIFOU gathered his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the Olympiakos 'keeper.
12²NOLITO headed over.
13²MITROGLOU shot over.
19²FRYERS was put clear by HESKEY and he pulled away from ROBERTO but struck his shot just beyond the near post.
22²A weak shot from OLAITAN rolled agonisingly wide.
24²A drive from HESKEY seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
24²The Aston Villa 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from MITROGLOU.
26²FRYERS drilled a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
28²The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from FRYERS.
30²GOAL!! A long shot from LEANDRO deflected off the head of FRYERS and into his own net. (1-0 Olympiakos)

 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 17
Home league form: XLWX
Overall league form: LXLWXXXL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Emiliano VIVIANO1ROBERTO Jiménez(c)
Kyle NAUGHTON2LEANDRO Salino
Stephen WARNOCK3Arthur MASUAKU
Ezequiel CIRIGLIANO4Asier ILLARRAMENDI
James COLLINS5Kostas MANOLAS
Curtis DAVIES6Dimitris SIOVAS
Steve SIDWELL7Luka MILIVOJEVIC
NOLITO8Pajtim KASAMI
(p)Emile HESKEY9Kostas MITROGLOU(p)
(f)Moustapha SALIFOU10Delvin NDINGA(f)
Patrick BAMFORD11Michael OLAITAN
Manager
Andrew TAYLOR  12  PELÉ
ADRIÁN San  13  Martin HANSEN
Nathan DELFOUNESO14  Gaétan BONG
John TERRY  15  Giannis MANIATIS
Zeki FRYERS16Alejandro DOMÍNGUEZ
 
Olympiakos
 
League position: 21
Away league form: LLXL
Overall league form: LLWLLLXX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Aston Villa 0 Olympiakos 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 24,605, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Lorenzo Crocetti 8)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Fryers 30² (og)
DaviesóDelfouneso 10², NolitoóFryers 14²MitroglouóDomínguez 31²
  
  
32
38
21
44
88
1212
43
49%51%
Man of the match: Steve Sidwell