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Jack’s Back & Villa Might Be As Well – Derby Get Lamparded – Match Stats

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With the wheels coming off Aston Villa promotion push in the season of 2018/19, our recent form guide had three draws and two losses in the last five as we headed into today’s Championship tie with Derby County.

Having ended our run of successive defeats in the last one, we will be hoping to remain unbeaten at least, and Derby have also lost their last two matches – so with a boost given Jack Grealish was passed fit, fans were hopeful, if not confident.

Villa looked to have a point to prove, starting the brighter and Conor Hourihane gave us the advantage nine minutes into the game as he scored for the first time since December. Tammy Abraham made it 21 goals for the campaign as he deservedly doubled our lead in the 37th minute and at that point, Derby hadn’t had a single shot at goal, let alone on target.

Abraham then lined up Hourihane for his brace in the 44th minute and Grealish announced his return in some fashion, making it 4-0 in stoppage-time at the end of the half.

(Derby were still to have a shot). So was that our good, or bad, half?

Well, it was our better half. The last 45 saw us continue our dominance and we created further chances but couldn’t add to the scoreline. We lost Tommy Elphick to what looked like a bad injury but that was really the only disappointment.

4-0 and with results elsewhere, maybe game back on for the Play-Offs if we get ourselves back on a run?

Villa v Derby Forum Match Thread.

Aston Villa
4 – 0
Derby County

Villa Park

Championship

2/03/2019 3:00 pm

Attendance: 37273

Referee: Mason

Aston Villa Derby County
Hourihane (9, 44), Abraham (37), Grealish (45+2)
Steer Carson
Elmohamady Wisdom
Elphick 67 Keogh
Mings Tomori
Hause
 
Cole 45
Hourihane
 
Bird
Whelan Evans
 
45
Grealish 71 Jozefzoon
Adomah Holmes
 
Abraham Bennett 55
El Ghazi 80 Marriott

Substitutes

Taylor 67 Wilson 45
Carroll 71 Waghorn
Jedinak Johnson
Green 80 Roos
Bjarnason Bogle 55
Kodjia Mitchell-Lawson
Kalinic Malone 45

Game Statistics

13 Goal attempts 3
6 On Target 0
8 Corners 1
5 Fouls 14
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
54 % 46

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