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Aston Villa vs Birmingham City

Championship
Aston Villa
16-10-9
5-1
Final
Birmingham
7-11-18
Villa Park

Match pulse

AVLAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'BIR
56%Possession44%
16Shots11
9On target6
7Corners8
3Saves10
11Fouls20
52'James McFaddenBIR

Who won: Aston Villa 5-1

Aston Villa beat Birmingham City 5-1 on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Villa Park. Goals for Aston Villa: Ashley Young (28', 63'), John Carew (42', 53') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (78'). Goals for Birmingham: Mikael Forssell (67').

Play by play

  1. 90'+1'

    Clear

    Zat Knight clears the ball from danger.

  2. 90'+1'

    Cross

    Gary McSheffrey crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance

  3. 90'+1'

    Clear

    Martin Laursen clears the ball from danger.

  4. 90'+1'

    Cross

    David Murphy crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance

  5. End of the game
  6. The referee has signaled the end of the second half
  7. 90'

    Throw in

    Throw-in: David Murphy takes it (Attacking)

  8. 89'

    Throw in

    Throw-in: Gary McSheffrey takes it (Attacking)

  9. 89'

    Block

    Martin Laursen blocks the shot

  10. 89'

    Shot on target

    Gary McSheffrey hits a good left footed shot. Outcome: blocked

  11. 88'

    Throw in

    Throw-in: Wilfred Bouma takes it (Attacking)

  12. 87'

    Corner awarded

    James McFadden takes the corner kick from the right byline with his left foot and hits an inswinger to the far post, resulting in: clearance

  13. 87'

    Block

    Zat Knight blocks the cross

  14. 87'

    Cross

    James McFadden crosses the ball. Outcome: blocked

  15. GOAL86'

    Scott Carson takes a long goal kick

    Scott Carson

    AVL 22 - 10 BIR
  16. 85'
    Sub

    Substitution

    Aston Villa makes a sub: Marlon Harewood enters for Olof Mellberg. Reason: Tactical

    M. Harewood

  17. 85'AVL

    Block

    Stiliyan Petrov blocks the shot

  18. 85'

    Shot on target

    Mehdi Nafti hits a good right footed shot. Outcome: blocked

  19. 84'

    Corner awarded

    Gary McSheffrey takes the corner kick from the left byline with his left foot and hits an outswinger short, resulting in: open play

  20. 84'

    Throw in

    Throw-in: David Murphy takes it (Attacking)

  21. GOAL83'

    Scott Carson takes a long goal kick

    Scott Carson

    AVL 21 - 10 BIR
  22. 82'Liam Ridgewell

    Clear

    Liam Ridgewell clears the ball from danger.

  23. 82'

    Cross

    John Carew crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance

  24. 82'

    Clear

    Martin Laursen clears the ball from danger.

  25. 82'

    Cross

    James McFadden crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance

Leaders

AVLBIR
Total Shots
Gareth Barry
4
Mehdi Nafti
2
Accurate Passes
Gareth Barry
4
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Saves
Scott Carson
3
Maik Taylor
10

Season seriesAVL leads series 3-2