English Premier League

Aston Villa vs Leeds 2022-23 English Premier League

  • 3': Leon Bailey
  • 64': Emiliano Buendía
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2 - 1
  • 83': Patrick Bamford

Leeds relegation fears heighten after loss at Villa

Leeds United's Premier League relegation fears heightened as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Friday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Leeds United 0. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara following a fast break.
  • 10': Substitution, Aston Villa. Álex Moreno replaces Lucas Digne because of an injury.
  • 32': Substitution, Aston Villa. Danny Ings replaces Ollie Watkins because of an injury.
  • 33': Robin Koch (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+8': First Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Leeds United 0.
  • 63': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 64': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Leeds United 0. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 67': Substitution, Leeds United. Maximilian Wöber replaces Pascal Struijk.
  • 67': Substitution, Leeds United. Patrick Bamford replaces Jack Harrison.
  • 77': Substitution, Leeds United. Sam Greenwood replaces Marc Roca.
  • 77': Substitution, Leeds United. Joe Gelhardt replaces Brenden Aaronson.
  • 81': Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Sanson replaces Jacob Ramsey.
  • 81': Substitution, Aston Villa. Philippe Coutinho replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  • 83': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Leeds United 1. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Gelhardt.
  • 88': Substitution, Leeds United. Junior Firpo replaces Robin Koch.
  • 89': Illan Meslier (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Leeds United 1.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 42,008

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+46 Arsenal 28 64 4
+39 Liverpool 28 64 2
+35 Manchester City 28 63 3
+18 Aston Villa 29 56 7
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Statistics

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18 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
5 Offsides 2
11 Corner Kicks 0
3 Saves 2
46.6 Possession 53.4
16 SHOTS 11
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
248 Accurate Passes 311
357 Passes 428
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.7
5 Accurate Crosses 0
22 Crosses 4
0.2 Cross % 0.0
41 Long Balls 71
11 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
8 Blocked Shots 2
14 Effective Tackles 13
27 Tackles 28
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
12 Interceptions 13
7 Effective Clearances 28
7 Clearances 28

Line-Ups

AVL Aston Villa (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Emiliano Martínez (GK) Yellow Card
5 Tyrone Mings
4 Ezri Konsa
27 Lucas Digne
18 Ashley Young
44 Boubacar Kamara
6 Douglas Luiz
41 Jacob Ramsey
31 Leon Bailey
11 Ollie Watkins
10 Emiliano Buendía

LEE Leeds United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Illan Meslier (GK) Yellow Card
6 Liam Cooper
5 Robin Koch Yellow Card
21 Pascal Struijk
2 Luke Ayling
7 Brenden Aaronson
12 Tyler Adams
8 Marc Roca
19 Rodrigo
29 Wilfried Gnonto
11 Jack Harrison

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