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Game #5438

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Aston Villa

3-0

Reading

Championship

Reading

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,223

Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Assist(s) | Robert Snodgrass | 46’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win for the first time in four games.

KEY MAN

Birkir Bjarnason celebrates his goal as Villa get back to winning ways against Reading, 3 April 2018

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

🟥 | 30’ Sending off, (Reading), David Edwards
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Reading
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-0, Birkir Bjarnason, Assist by Robert Snodgrass
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Conor Hourihane
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Robert Snodgrass, Sub on, Josh Onomah
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-0, Scott Hogan
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Glenn Whelan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Reading

ON THIS DAY

Villa return to form with 18 shots on target and 3 goals with all three coming from players Steve Bruce had reinstated into the side for the match.

Former Villa midfielder and Champions League hopeful Leandro Bacuna lined up for Reading.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Reading

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Reading

Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Game | #40 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Tuesday, 3 April 2018

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Darren Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancashire, 2013-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 80 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 17 🟥 25 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Darren Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancashire, 2013-
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 May 17, Villa 1-1 Brighton (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Matt McGrath, Matt Foley

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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🟥 🟨 🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Mass changes from the side that drew with Hull as Steve Bruce recalls Neil Taylor, Conor Hourihane, Scott Hogan, Birkir Bjarnason and Ahmed Elmohamady with Lewis Grabban, Axel Tuanzebe, Alan Hutton, Mile Jedinak and Henri Lansbury dropping out.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age: | 28.90 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 37.35 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.58 |

MANAGER

Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Paul Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Reading

GK Vito Mannone | 🇮🇹 |
LB Tyler Blackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Liam Moore | 🇯🇲 |
CB Tiago Ilori (ex) | 🇵🇹 |
RB Chris Gunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M George Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Leandro Bacuna (ex) | 🇨🇼 |
W Modou Barrow | 🇬🇲 |
F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Sam Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 66’ |
🔁 M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 67’ |
🔁 M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Pelle Clement | 🇳🇱 | for CF Sam Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 | for M George Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65’ |
🔁 | CF Chris Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | 73’ |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Anssi Jaakkola | 🇫🇮 |
CB Tom Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joey van den Berg | 🇳🇱 |
M John Swift | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £26.91m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £13.14m
Team Cost: £40.05m
Squad Cost: £47.25m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 1/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £20.91m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £20.91m
Squad Cost: £20.91m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 2/18

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Exchange |

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £8.37m |
CB John Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.06m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Loan |

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | Loan |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Vito Mannone | 🇮🇹 | £1.98m |
GK Anssi Jaakkola | 🇫🇮 | Free |

RB Chris Gunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £2.57m |
LB Tyler Blackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £1.54m |

CB Tiago Ilori (ex) | 🇵🇹 | £3.70m |
CB Liam Moore | 🇯🇲 | £0.99m |
CB Tom Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

M Leandro Bacuna (ex) | 🇨🇼 | £1.29m |
M David Edwards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £0.95m |
M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 | Youth |
M George Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Pelle Clement | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Joey van den Berg | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M John Swift | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

W Modou Barrow | 🇬🇲 | £1.46m |

F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | £6.43m |
CF Sam Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CF Chris Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Loan |

UNAVAILABLE

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Out on Loan | 7 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | Marseille
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Reading
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Antwerp
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Grimsby

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Possession F | 74%
Possession A | 26%
Shots F | 18
Shots A | 1
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 6
Fouls A | 7

MATCH QUOTES

*Villa boss Steve Bruce* ”There are going to a few twists and turns. Obviously Fulham are there or thereabouts. The way they are performing at the moment, and to have the run they have had, is remarkable. “There are seven games to go and there is a chance we can win promotion and we remember we take on second placed Cardiff at home next week. After a difficult couple of weeks there was a freshness about the team and I was very pleased with the performance against Reading,”

MATCH REPORT

*Sky Sports*
Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Aston Villa bounced back to winning form with an easy 3-0 Sky Bet Championship win over Reading. Steve Bruce’s side outplayed struggling Reading for almost the entire game and the Royals, who played with 10 men for the last hour, succumbed to second-half goals from Birkir Bjarnason, Conor Hourihane and Scott Hogan. Reading had defeated Villa in their last two encounters but there were few opportunities to repeat their success as they slumped to their ninth defeat in 10 away games and now find themselves deeply involved in a relegation battle. They were completely dominated by a Villa side who eventually recorded their most comfortable win of the season. A late bonus for Villa saw Jonathan Kodjia, their main marksman last season, made his first home appearance since last October as a second-half substitute to give the club an added boost in the run-in to the end of the season. He has been absent with an ankle injury. With only one point from their previous three games, Villa’s uncertainty was evident in the early skirmishes. Although Jack Grealish had an early chance in the fourth minute with a volley which went over the bar, Villa lacked initial conviction against a Reading side who began with five players across the back. Sterling defensive play enabled the Royals to stay in the game, helped by some indifferent finishing which was highlighted on one occasion midway through the first half when Neil Taylor made a hash of a left-footed shot. Reading’s hopes effectively disappeared on the half-hour when David Edwards collected a second yellow card and an early departure from the game. Two minutes later only a smart save by Vito Mannone kept out a Hogan header and in the next raid he blocked an effort on the goal-line from the same Villa player. The over-worked Mannone then casually held a long-range Grealish shot. The goalkeeper was helpless a minute into the second half though when Villa broke the stalemate. Grealish set up Robert Snodgrass, who jinked his way into space before slipping a low pass into the path of Bjarnson to score with a swerving shot to the right of Mannone. The second goal arrived in the 62nd minute when Hourihane was on hand to head home a short cross from Snodgrass. Villa’s third goal came when Mannone was stranded yards out of his goal and Hogan took full advantage to score with a low raking shot in the 70th minute. *Villa boss Steve Bruce* ”There are going to a few twists and turns. Obviously Fulham are there or thereabouts. The way they are performing at the moment, and to have the run they have had, is remarkable. “There are seven games to go and there is a chance we can win promotion and we remember we take on second placed Cardiff at home next week. After a difficult couple of weeks there was a freshness about the team and I was very pleased with the performance against Reading.”

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