FFO2 Premiership, Aston Villa vs. Newcastle United (Fri May 05) Aston Villa | Newcastle United 5-1-0-4 A | 5-3-2 C Ian Greaves | Chris Banks | O_Baumann GK | GK T_Strakosha Eder_Militao DF | DF M_Acuna M_Hermoso DF | DF J_Evans H_Hateboer DF | DF L_Ayling J_Lascelles DF | DF J_Tarkowski J_Todibo DF | DF A_Grimaldo W_Ndidi DM | MF M_Llorente F_Wirtz FW | MF G_Ramirez L_Jovic FW | MF D_Klaassen M_Salah FW | FW R_De_Tomas L_Martinez FW | FW J_David | A_Bachmann SUB | SUB A_Palmer K_Narey SUB | SUB M_Ostrzolek G_Hall SUB | SUB M_Trigueros I_Gundogan SUB | SUB M_Svanberg H_Hope SUB | SUB D_Newton Min. 1 :(ast) J_Lascelles skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to F_Wirtz ... M_Acuna steals the ball of off him Min. 2 :(ast) L_Jovic get's past J_Evans ... He's gonna worry them again ... J_Evans redeems himself with a great tackle Min. 5 :(ast) L_Martinez with a Cruyff turn ... R_De_Tomas with a reckless challenge ... That's a foul!! ... The Referee will just give him a speaking to ... FREE KICK! ... It's within shooting distance! ... L_Martinez bends it round the wall ... T_Strakosha claws it off the line ... The players are doing the square symbol demanding VAR! ... The Referee runs over to the half-way line to check VAR? ... What's he going to give? ... GOAL!! ... He has notched up his 25th goal this season with that one!! ... Let's see if Aston Villa can hang onto that lead! ... Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United ... Min. 7 :(ast) M_Hermoso fires over a low cross to M_Salah ... But he loses control of it ... J_Tarkowski hits it out for a throw Min. 7 :(new) M_Acuna takes possession on the halfway line ... He runs forward with the ball ... He skips past the challenges ... M_Acuna with a bicycle kick! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... GOAL!! ... That was unstoppable! ... That is his 10th goal this season!! ... That could be a game changer! ... Newcastle United have pulled level! ... Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle United ... Min. 10 :(new) L_Ayling spits at L_Martinez ... He deserves punishment for that! ... The Referee calls him over ... The ref is taking his time with him! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 11 :(new) A_Grimaldo takes advantage of a defensive mistake ... It's a lucky break ... A_Grimaldo tries to chip the ball over O_Baumann! ... O_Baumann fists it away ... That was a good save! Min. 12 :(ast) L_Martinez sidesteps J_Tarkowski ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... But A_Grimaldo puts the ball out of play Min. 12 :(new) J_David with a great first touch ... M_Hermoso dives in two footed!! ... Play On!! Min. 12 :(ast) M_Hermoso sidesteps J_David ... G_Ramirez fouls badly ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He was lucky to escape with a caution! ... Ian Greaves looks bemused that it wasn't more! He wanted to see red! ... FREE KICK! ... It's in a very dangerous position! ... H_Hateboer hits it hard with some tremendous top spin ... It's beaten T_Strakosha ... It goes wide!! Min. 15 :(ast) M_Salah beats J_Tarkowski ... M_Salah tries to beat T_Strakosha from outside the area! ... T_Strakosha tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! Min. 15 :(new) M_Acuna runs forward ... He only has going for the goal in mind! ... M_Acuna with a stunning strike! ... O_Baumann heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 20 :(ast) M_Salah finds himself in acres of space ... M_Salah with a screamer of a shot! ... But T_Strakosha punches it away Min. 20 :(new) J_Evans with a smart pass to M_Acuna ... A well-placed shot from M_Acuna! ... O_Baumann gathers it easily Min. 22 :(ast) L_Jovic holds the ball up ... He sees L_Martinez in space! ... L_Ayling gathers up the loose ball Min. 22 :(new) M_Acuna with a precise pass to R_De_Tomas ... Eder_Militao is called for the holding foul ... Looked like a fair jump ... The referee got it wrong ... He's in trouble!! ... He could be sent off for that! ... YELLOW CARD! ... He was lucky to get away with that! Min. 23 :(ast) L_Martinez sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball across to M_Salah ... M_Salah fires off a right-footed shot! ... But T_Strakosha palms it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 24 :(ast) F_Wirtz picks up the pass ... Superbly timed tackle by R_De_Tomas ... He made it look easy Min. 26 :(new) A_Grimaldo has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past the defender! ... He has some space now! ... A_Grimaldo drives it towards goal! ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... R_De_Tomas flights it in! ... J_David with the shot! ... O_Baumann gets his fingertips to it ... And puts it over ... CORNER! ... J_Evans swings the ball in hard and fast towards the back post! ... O_Baumann fists it away! Min. 28 :(new) R_De_Tomas knocks the ball past J_Lascelles ... R_De_Tomas with a thundering drive! ... It takes a deflection! ... O_Baumann is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... L_Ayling floats the ball in! ... J_Todibo reads it well and clears the danger Min. 29 :(new) M_Acuna saunters past his marker ... M_Acuna runs forward ... He hits the shot! ... GOAL!! ... O_Baumann had no chance! THEY'VE CAVED IN! ... Newcastle United go in front now with that goal! ... Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle United ... Min. 30 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to P Min. 30 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... F_Wirtz will now play as a MF Min. 30 :(ast) L_Jovic is first to the loose ball ... He plays the ball across to F_Wirtz ... J_David with a bad challenge ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... The Referee refrained from booking him but had words Min. 31 :(ast) L_Martinez with a real burst of pace ... He shows M_Acuna a clean set of heals ... L_Martinez fires off a left-footed snap shot! ... But it puts it well wide Min. 31 :(new) J_Evans beats his marker ... He muscled him off the ball ... Wonderful sliding challenge by M_Hermoso Min. 33 :(new) G_Ramirez with a penetrating pass to M_Acuna ... M_Acuna with the shot on net! ... Interesting. Very interesting! ... GOAL!!!! ... Look at his face! ... Just look at his face!!! ... He will be trying to claim the match ball now! ... The hat-trick is complete! ... Aston Villa 1-3 Newcastle United ... Min. 39 :(ast) J_Lascelles finds L_Jovic with a ball over the defence ... L_Jovic with the side footed shot! ... T_Strakosha makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 42 :(ast) L_Martinez knocks it past G_Ramirez and runs onto it ... He leaves the defender standing ... Brilliantly taken away by L_Ayling!! ... Any youngsters out there should be taking notes Min. 42 :(new) A_Grimaldo kills the ball dead ... A_Grimaldo with the goal bound shot! ... But he miskicks and puts it well off target ... The Aston Villa fans taunt him about that effort Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 45 :(ast) Eder_Militao looks around for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to L_Martinez ... L_Martinez hits a curling shot! ... T_Strakosha can't get to it ... GOAL !! ... Superb finish! ... Aston Villa 2-3 Newcastle United ... Min. 47 :(new) J_David picks up the pass ... M_Hermoso fouls ... That was disgusting ... The Referee wants a quiet word ... FREE KICK! ... An expectant silence takes the crowd ... J_Evans with the curler ... O_Baumann gets a hand to it!! ... But he slots in the rebound ... No, it's wide!! ... That was terrible! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Aston Villa 2-3 Newcastle United Min. 54 :(new) M_Acuna with electric pace ... He eases past J_Todibo ... Driven towards goal by M_Acuna! ... It hits the post!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... GOAL!! ... Aston Villa 2-4 Newcastle United ... Min. 55 :(ast) M_Salah lobs it over the defender ... A left-footer by M_Salah! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... That shot was so poor it would make Ronny Rosenthal cringe! Min. 58 :(ast) Substitution by Aston Villa ... COMING ON: I_Gundogan ... COMING OFF: W_Ndidi Min. 60 :(ast) M_Salah sidesteps J_Evans ... That was too easy ... An audacious effort from M_Salah! ... Brilliant save from T_Strakosha Min. 62 :(ast) J_Lascelles saunters past J_Tarkowski ... J_Lascelles has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... T_Strakosha parries it, he follows it up ... He fires it over!! Min. 63 :(ast) M_Hermoso whips the ball across to M_Salah ... M_Salah with the shot! ... T_Strakosha won't get to that! ... GOAL!! ... Pick that one out!! ... Aston Villa 3-4 Newcastle United ... Min. 64 :(new) M_Llorente works the ball inside ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to J_David ... F_Wirtz fouls badly ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! ... FREE KICK! ... The The Referee uses his vanishing spray to keep the wall in line ... J_David fires it towards the goal ... It hits the outside of the post ... And spins wide Min. 64 :(new) G_Ramirez beats one ... Goes past the second ... He keeps going ... Fantastic skill!! ... G_Ramirez with a quick pass down the left wing. ... He gets up high for the header! ... O_Baumann makes a difficult save Min. 67 :(ast) Eder_Militao finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled A_Grimaldo ... Eder_Militao hits the ball on the bounce! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... T_Strakosha dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had T_Strakosha beaten! ... CORNER! ... F_Wirtz chips the ball in towards the far post! ... L_Martinez tries to place the shot! ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... H_Hateboer with an outswinging corner into the box ... L_Ayling reads it well and clears the danger Min. 68 :(ast) I_Gundogan looks up for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... L_Jovic receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... L_Jovic drives the shot in! ... Over the bar! Min. 70 :(new) J_Tarkowski takes advantage of a mistake by M_Hermoso ... He puts in G_Ramirez! ... G_Ramirez rises above the defence to head the ball! ... O_Baumann tips it wide for a corner ... CORNER! ... M_Llorente hits it towards the far post! ... It is cleared by J_Todibo Min. 73 :(ast) L_Jovic watches his team-mates pull the defenders out of position ... He decides to be greedy and run into the space ... He's gone right through! ... L_Jovic hits a great shot! ... T_Strakosha watches it sail wide! Min. 75 :(new) M_Acuna gets lucky and beats J_Lascelles ... Now with the centre to D_Klaassen ... D_Klaassen tries the lob from 30 yards! ... But O_Baumann makes a comfortable save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 77 :(ast) L_Martinez holds up the ball ... He plays the ball through to F_Wirtz ... But J_David puts the ball out of play Min. 80 :(new) Tactical Change by Newcastle United ... Newcastle United have changed their playing style to D Min. 82 :(new) A_Grimaldo plays a long ball to J_David ... L_Martinez with an ugly foul ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment ... The Referee called him over for a strong verbal warning Min. 86 :(ast) Eder_Militao is closed down ... He plays a quick pass ... L_Martinez latches onto the ball ... But M_Acuna puts it in row Z! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Villa Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : L_Martinez Scorers : L_Martinez (5,45), M_Salah (63) Sent Off : N/A Booked : Eder_Militao (22), F_Wirtz (64) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle United Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Acuna (Man of the Match) Scorers : M_Acuna (7,29,33,54) Sent Off : N/A Booked : L_Ayling (10), G_Ramirez (12) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa | Newcastle United Attempts on Goal : 16 | 16 Off target : 8 | 5 On target : 8 | 11 Possession : 50 | 50 Corners : 2 | 4 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 2 Subs Used : 1 | 0 Fouls : 11 | 9 Key Tackles : 4 | 10 Key Passes : 11 | 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Aston Villa 3 - 4 Newcastle United ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Aston Villa Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- O_Baumann GK 22 1 1 1 27 | 96 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 Eder_Militao DF 1 20 16 3 29 | 96 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 -2 54 19 M_Hermoso DF 1 19 15 3 24 | 96 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 59 0 H_Hateboer DF 1 19 16 3 26 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 J_Lascelles DF 1 18 14 3 25 | 96 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 21 J_Todibo DF 1 18 15 3 25 | 96 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 W_Ndidi DM 1 15 19 3 24 | 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F_Wirtz MF 1 5 18 17 26 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 -2 -2 L_Jovic FW 1 6 16 19 24 | 96 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 32 19 M_Salah FW 1 1 14 20 24 | 96 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 60 L_Martinez FW 1 7 16 20 26 | 96 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 32 56 A_Bachmann GK 16 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Narey DF 1 13 9 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Hall DF 1 10 8 2 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I_Gundogan MF 1 11 20 3 25 | 36 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 H_Hope FW 1 1 7 10 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Newcastle United Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T_Strakosha GK 21 1 1 1 24 | 96 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 M_Acuna DF 1 19 14 13 25 | 96 0 2 2 0 6 4 0 0 0 42 36 182 J_Evans DF 1 17 14 9 28 | 96 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 18 15 L_Ayling DF 1 17 13 8 26 | 96 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 67 -2 -2 J_Tarkowski DF 1 19 12 10 30 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 20 0 A_Grimaldo DF 1 18 14 9 31 | 96 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 22 18 49 M_Llorente MF 1 12 19 13 22 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 G_Ramirez MF 1 4 18 14 28 | 96 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 34 26 D_Klaassen MF 1 3 18 15 26 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 R_De_Tomas FW 1 2 15 20 25 | 96 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 38 0 4 J_David FW 1 5 15 18 29 | 96 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 35 0 16 A_Palmer GK 15 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Ostrzolek DF 1 11 8 1 31 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Trigueros MF 1 11 16 11 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Svanberg MF 1 10 17 12 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Newton FW 1 3 7 11 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1683268532 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40