Skip to content

Go Ahead Eagles vs Aston Villa

FA Cup
2-1
Final
De Adelaarshorst

Match pulse

GAEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTAVL
30%Possession70%
5Shots18
3On target7
1Corners10
6Saves1
13Fouls9
14'Gerrit NauberGAE89'Robbin WeijenbergGAE
Team1H2HT
GAE112
AVL101

Who won: Go Ahead Eagles 2-1

Go Ahead Eagles beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at De Adelaarshorst. Goals for Go Ahead Eagles: Mathis Suray (42') and Mats Deijl (61'). Goals for Aston Villa: Evann Guessand (4').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 17.8Jari De BusserG
  2. 27.2Mats DeijlRB
  3. 37.2Evann GuessandAM-R
  4. 47.0Mathis SurayAM-L
  5. 56.9Joris KramerCD-L
  6. 66.9Calvin TwigtSUB
  7. 76.4Melle MeulensteenRM
  8. 86.4Milan SmitF
  9. 96.3Yassir RahmouniLM
  10. 106.2Jakob BreumAM
  11. 116.2Kenzo GoudmijnSUB
  12. 126.1Dean JamesLB

Team stats

GAEAVL
13Fouls9
2Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
5Offsides1
1Corner Kicks10
6Saves1
30.4Possession69.6
5SHOTS18
3ON GOAL7
0.6On Target %0.4
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
180Accurate Passes469
234Passes524
0.8Pass Completion %0.9
3Accurate Crosses9
7Crosses34
0.4Cross %0.3
50Long Balls31
12Accurate Long Balls23
0.2Long Balls %0.7
0Blocked Shots3
13Effective Tackles8
19Tackles13
0.7Tackle %0.6
11Interceptions2
38Effective Clearances10
38Clearances10

Player of the game

Jari De Busser

GAE · 6 saves

7.8

Deserved to win

1%
GAE · 0.05 xG
23%
Draw
76%
AVL · 0.93 xG

Aston Villa deserved better: 76% on chances, lost 1-2

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Go Ahead Eagles 2, Aston Villa 1.
  2. Second Half ends, Go Ahead Eagles 2, Aston Villa 1.
  3. 90'+3'Kenzo Goudmijn

    Foul

    Foul by Kenzo Goudmijn (Go Ahead Eagles).

  4. 90'+3'

    Free kick won

    Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  5. 90'+3'Robbin Weijenberg

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Robbin Weijenberg.

  6. 90'+2'

    Header just wide

    Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matty Cash with a cross.

    T. Mings

  7. 90'+1'

    Free kick won

    Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. 90'+1'Donyell Malen

    Foul

    Foul by Donyell Malen (Aston Villa).

  9. 90'+1'Calvin Twigt

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Calvin Twigt.

  10. 90'

    Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

  11. 89'Robbin Weijenberg

    Yellow card

    Robbin Weijenberg (Go Ahead Eagles) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

    R. Weijenberg

  12. 89'Robbin Weijenberg

    Foul

    Foul by Robbin Weijenberg (Go Ahead Eagles).

  13. 89'

    Free kick won

    Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  14. 89'

    Free kick won

    Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  15. 85'

    Right footed shot saved

    Attempt saved. Evann Guessand (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Jari De Busser (Go Ahead Eagles). Assisted by Morgan Rogers.

    E. Guessand

  16. 84'

    Free kick won

    Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  17. 84'Aske Adelgaard

    Foul

    Foul by Aske Adelgaard (Go Ahead Eagles).

  18. 83'Evert Linthorst
    Sub

    Subbed on for Y. Salah Rahmouni

    Substitution, Go Ahead Eagles. Evert Linthorst replaces Yassir Salah Rahmouni.

    E. Linthorst

  19. 83'Aske Adelgaard
    Sub

    Subbed on for R. Margaret

    Substitution, Go Ahead Eagles. Aske Adelgaard replaces Richonell Margaret.

    A. Adelgaard

  20. 83'Robbin Weijenberg
    Sub

    Subbed on for M. Suray

    Substitution, Go Ahead Eagles. Robbin Weijenberg replaces Mathis Suray.

    R. Weijenberg

  21. 82'

    Left footed shot just wide

    Attempt missed. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.

    M. Rogers

  22. 80'Richonell Margaret

    Foul

    Foul by Richonell Margaret (Go Ahead Eagles).

  23. 79'

    Penalty - missed

    Penalty missed. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) right footed shot is just a bit too high.

    E. Buendía

  24. 77'Dean James

    Penalty conceded by Dean James (Go Ahead Eagles) with a handball in the penalty area.

  25. 76'
    Sub

    Subbed on for L. Bogarde

    Substitution, Aston Villa. John McGinn replaces Lamare Bogarde.

    J. McGinn

Leaders

GAEAVL
Total Shots
Jakob Breum
2
Evann Guessand
3
Accurate Passes
Joris Kramer
31
Pau Torres
63
Saves
Jari De Busser
6
Emiliano Martínez
1