Game #5438
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 3 April 2018


Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Championship
Reading
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,223
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Reading

Assist(s) | Robert Snodgrass | 46’ |
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
🟥 | 30’ Sending off, (Reading), David Edwards
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Reading
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-0, Birkir Bjarnason, Assist by Robert Snodgrass
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Conor Hourihane
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Jonathan Kodjia
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Robert Snodgrass, Sub on, Josh Onomah
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 3-0, Scott Hogan
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Glenn Whelan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Reading
Match Statistics
Possession F | 74%
Possession A | 26%
Shots F | 18
Shots A | 1
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 1
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 6
Fouls A | 7
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Villa win for the first time in four games as they return to form with 18 shots on target and 3 goals with all three coming from players Steve Bruce had recalled for the match.
Robert Snodgrass secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance (34 Starts) to make it W20 D8 L7, 7 Goals, 14 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Scott Hogan scores his 10th goal in 49 appearances (29 Starts) and his first in 10 to make it W17 D8 L14, 10 Goals, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Sam Johnstone keeps his 25th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance to make it W29 D13 L20, 1 Assist, 63 Goals Conceded and 25 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.
Ahmed Elmohamady secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance for Villa (31 Starts) to make it W22 D10 L17, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa midfielder and Champions League hopeful Leandro Bacuna lined up for Reading.
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Reading


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Game | #40 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
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🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Darren Bond | 🏴 | Lancashire, 2017-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018
🕒 80 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 17 🟥 25 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Darren Bond | 🏴 | Lancashire, 2017-
Assistants: Matt McGrath, Matt Foley
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟥 David Edwards
🟨 David Edwards
🟨 David Edwards
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Mass changes from the side that drew with Hull as Steve Bruce recalls Neil Taylor, Conor Hourihane, Scott Hogan, Birkir Bjarnason and Ahmed Elmohamady with Lewis Grabban, Axel Tuanzebe, Alan Hutton, Mile Jedinak and Henri Lansbury dropping out.
Starting XI Average Age: | 28.90 |
Oldest Player: CB John Terry | 🏴 | 37.35 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 22.58 |
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MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 | 2016-2018

Aston Villa
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
CB John Terry | 🏴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Paul Clement | 🏴 |

Reading
GK Vito Mannone | 🇮🇹 |
LB Tyler Blackett | 🏴 |
CB Liam Moore | 🇯🇲 |
CB Tiago Ilori (ex) | 🇵🇹 |
RB Chris Gunter | 🏴 |
M George Evans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M David Edwards | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Leandro Bacuna (ex) | 🇨🇼 |
W Modou Barrow | 🇬🇲 |
F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Sam Smith | 🏴 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 66’ |
🔁 M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | for W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Pelle Clement | 🇳🇱 | for CF Sam Smith | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 | for M George Evans | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 | CF Chris Martin | 🏴 | for F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | 73’ |

🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Anssi Jaakkola | 🇫🇮 |
CB Tom Holmes | 🏴 |
M Joey van den Berg | 🇳🇱 |
M John Swift | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | | 46 | 3* | 20 | 3 | 20* | 13 | 13 | - | - | 6 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | | 86* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £26.91m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £13.14m
Team Cost: £40.05m
Squad Cost: £47.25m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £20.91m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £20.91m
Squad Cost: £20.91m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 2/18
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
GK Sam Johnstone | 🏴 | Loan |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB John Terry | 🏴 | Free |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴 | Loan |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴 | Loan |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
CF Lewis Grabban | 🇯🇲 | Loan |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Vito Mannone | 🇮🇹 | £1.98m |
GK Anssi Jaakkola | 🇫🇮 | Free |
RB Chris Gunter | 🏴 | £2.57m |
LB Tyler Blackett | 🏴 | £1.54m |
CB Tiago Ilori (ex) | 🇵🇹 | £3.70m |
CB Liam Moore | 🇯🇲 | £0.99m |
CB Tom Holmes | 🏴 | Youth |
M Leandro Bacuna (ex) | 🇨🇼 | £1.29m |
M David Edwards | 🏴 | £0.95m |
M Liam Kelly | 🇮🇪 | Youth |
M George Evans | 🏴 | Free |
M Pelle Clement | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M Joey van den Berg | 🇳🇱 | Free |
M John Swift | 🏴 | Free |
W Modou Barrow | 🇬🇲 | £1.46m |
F Sone Aluko | 🇳🇬 | £6.43m |
CF Sam Smith | 🏴 | Free |
CF Chris Martin | 🏴 | Loan |
🟩 3 Apr 2018, Villa 3-0 Reading, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Out on Loan | 7 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | Atalanta
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | Marseille
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Barnsley
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | Reading
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Antwerp
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Grimsby
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS









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