Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 3 March 2015
Result
Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Tuesday 3 March 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Aston Villa defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 3 March 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Gabriel Agbonlahor (22') and Christian Benteke (90+4', penalty). West Bromwich Albion scored through S. Berahino (66').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 19th on 22 points from 27 and West Bromwich Albion 13th on 30 points from 27. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and West Bromwich Albion 13th with 44.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fabian Delph of Aston Villa (7.8), level with Christian Benteke (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 3 for West Bromwich Albion.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 42'Yellow card · Claudio Yacob
- 52'Yellow card · Joleon Lescott
- 66'Goal · S. Berahino
- 81'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 86'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
- 88'Yellow card · S. Berahino
- 88'Yellow card · Alan Hutton
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Christian Benteke
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-1-2)
Brad Guzan, Matthew Lowton, Jores Okore, Ciaran Clark, Alan Hutton, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke, Charles N'Zogbia
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Joleon Lescott, Chris Brunt, Craig Gardner, Claudio Yacob, Darren Fletcher, James Morrison, Brown Ideye, Daniel Schütz