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Sheffield Wednesday vs Aston Villa

Championship
Sheffield Wed
1-0-0
1-0
Final
Aston Villa
0-0-1
Hillsborough

Match pulse

SHWAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'AVL
52%Possession48%
17Shots12
6On target2
12Corners9
2Saves5
14Fouls9
30'Sam HutchinsonSHW41'Tommy ElphickAVL45'Ross WallaceSHW45'+4'Tom LeesSHW45'+5'Gary GardnerAVL66'Nathan BakerAVL
Team1H2HT
SHW011
AVL000

Who won: Sheffield Wed 1-0

Sheffield Wednesday beat Aston Villa 1-0 on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at Hillsborough. Goals for Sheffield Wed: Fernando Forestieri (85').

Recap · Aug 7
Aston Villa open Championship with loss to Sheffield Wednesday

Fernando Forestieri's goal five minutes from time gave Sheffield Wednesday a winning start to the Sky Bet Championship beating Aston Villa 1-0.

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Lineups

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League
Lineup (4-4-2)
  1. 1Pierluigi GolliniG
  2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
  3. 3Tommy ElphickCD-R
  4. 4Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 5Alan HuttonRB
  6. 6Ashley WestwoodCM-L
  7. 7Gary GardnerCM-R
  8. 8Jordan AyewLM
  9. 9Leandro BacunaRM
  10. 10Rudy GestedeCF-L
  11. 11Ross McCormackCF-R
Sheffield Wed
Lineup (4-4-1-1)
  1. 1Kieren WestwoodG
  2. 2Sam HutchinsonCD-L
  3. 3Tom LeesCD-R
  4. 4Daniel PudilLB
  5. 5Jack HuntRB
  6. 6Barry BannanCM-L
  7. 7Kieran LeeCM-R
  8. 8Almen AbdiLM
  9. 9Ross WallaceRM
  10. 10Steven FletcherF
  11. 11Fernando ForestieriRCF

Head to head

SHW leads series 1-0
Last meeting: Sheffield Wed 1, Aston Villa 0 (Nov 28)

Last 5

AVL
  • Lvs MID1-3
  • W@ CAM3-0
  • W@ NAN1-0
  • T@ BRI1-1
  • W@ Telford2-1
SHW
  • W@ Worksop5-0
  • L@ HUL0-1
  • T@ BHA1-1
  • Wvs BHA2-0
  • L@ WOL1-2

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Game info

Venue
Hillsborough, Sheffield, England · Attendance 30,060

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Season seriesSHW leads series 1-0

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