BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa snatched a late win Zrinjski 1-0 after J. McGinn scored just 1 goal (90′). Aston Villa was truly superior in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 37,327 spectators. The referee was Urs Schnyder with the collaboration of Marco Zürcher and Benjamin Zürcher. The 4th official was Sven Wolfensberger. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.65 degrees Celsius or 60.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 75 Ball Possession 25
Shots
- 27 Total 3
- 9 On Target 1
- 8 Off Target 2
- 10 Shots blocked 0
- 150 Attack 38
- 112 Dangerous attack 29
- 56 Ball safe 51
- 10 Free Kicks 12
- 1 Penalties 0
- 15 Corners 0
Fouls
- 12 Total 7
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Aston Villa had a superior ball possession 75% while Zrinjski was struggling with a 25% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Aston Villa had a more offensive attitude with 112 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aston Villa won the match.
Aston Villa shot 27 times, 9 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Zrinjski shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards (Matty Cash and John McGinn). Talking about the opposition, Zrinjski received 2 yellow cards (Nemanja Bilbija and Aldin Hrvanović).
Match Timeline
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Aston Villa – Formation
Aston Villa
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Aston Villa adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez , Ezri Konsa , Diego Carlos , Clément Lenglet , Lucas Digne , Leon Bailey , Leander Dendoncker , Youri Tielemans , John McGinn , Nicolò Zaniolo and Jhon Durán .
The home team had on the bench: Matty Cash , Douglas Luiz , Bertrand Traoré , Ollie Watkins , Pau Torres, Calum Chambers, Robin Olsen, Filip Marschall and Tommi O’Reilly.
Substitutions
Aston Villa made 4 changes: Leander Dendoncker for Douglas Luiz (46′), Lucas Digne for Matty Cash (46′), Jhon Durán for Ollie Watkins (46′) and Diego Carlos for Bertrand Traoré (82′).
Best player: Youri Tielemans
The most impressive player for Aston Villa was Youri Tielemans even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 101 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Zrinjski – Formation
Zrinjski
Also Zrinjski adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Krunoslav Rendulić played with: Marko Marić , Josip Ćorluka , Slobodan Jakovljević , Matej Senić , Stipe Radic , Mario Tičinović , Aldin Hrvanović , Antonio Ivančić , Dario Čanađija , Mario Ćuže and Nemanja Bilbija .
These were the players on the bench: Anis Sefo, Luka Marin, Damir Zlomislić , Franko Sabljić, Tomislav Kiš , Andrija Balić, Matija Malekinušić , Petar Mišić, Antonio Prskalo, Kerim Memija , Omer Niron and Zvonimir Kožulj .
Substitutions
Zrinjski made 5 changes: Antonio Ivančić for Zvonimir Kožulj (62′), Nemanja Bilbija for Tomislav Kiš (77′), Dario Čanađija for Damir Zlomislić (74′), Mario Tičinović for Kerim Memija (73′) and Aldin Hrvanović for Matija Malekinušić (46′).
Best player: Marko Marić
The most impressive player for Zrinjski was the goalkeeper: Marko Marić. His rating is 8.36. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.
- Astana – Viktoria Plzeň – 1-2
- Olimpija – Slovan Bratislava – 0-1
- KÍ – LOSC Lille – 0-0
- Breidablik – Zorya – 0-1
- Gent – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2-0
- KF Ballkani – Dinamo Zagreb – 2-0
- Bodø / Glimt – Club Brugge – 0-1
- Beşiktaş – Lugano – 2-3
- AZ – Legia Warszawa – 1-0
- Aston Villa – Zrinjski – 1-0
- Fiorentina – Ferencváros – 2-2
- Čukarički – Genk – 0-2
- PAOK – Eintracht Frankfurt – 2-1
- Aberdeen – HJK – 1-1
- Nordsjælland – Ludogorets – 7-1
- Spartak Trnava – Fenerbahçe – 1-2
