Aston Villa 2-1 SK Rapid: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 27 August 2009
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 SK Rapid
Europa League · Thursday 27 August 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 2-1 SK Rapid: match report
Aston Villa won against SK Rapid 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 27 August 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
James Milner opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from James Milner (38', penalty) and John Carew (53'). SK Rapid scored through Nikica Jelavić (76').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; SK Rapid received 2 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-5-1 and SK Rapid in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 1 for SK Rapid.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Carlos Cuéllar
- 31'Yellow card · Andreas Dober
- 32'Yellow card · A. Young
- 36'Yellow card · John Carew
- 38'Penalty goal · James Milner
- 53'Goal · John Carew
- 76'Goal · Nikica Jelavić
- 90'Yellow card · Helge Payer
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-5-1)
Nicky Shorey, Curtis Davies, Ashley Young, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gareth Barry, Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar
SK Rapid line-up (4-4-2)
Helge Payer, Jürgen Patocka, Markus Katzer, Ragnvald Soma, Andreas Dober, Christopher Trimmel, Markus Heikkinen, Christopher Drazan, Yasin Pehlivan, Nikica Jelavić, Steffen Hofmann