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BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa was capable to snatch a draw against Sheffield United with a late goal from N. Zaniolo scored in the (90′) after Sheffield United got a lead with a goal from C. Archer (87′). Aston Villa was surely better in terms of ball possession (78%)​

The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Taylor with the support of Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The 4th official was Darren Bond. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.19 degrees Celsius or 50.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Aston Villa had a strong ball possession 78% while Sheffield United was struggling with a 22% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aston Villa was more pushing with 88 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Aston Villa to win the match​.

Aston Villa shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards (Matty Cash, Nicolò Zaniolo and Leon Bailey). Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards (Auston Trusty, Yasser Larouci and Jayden Bogle).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Aston Villa has 39 points like Arsenal to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Sheffield United will has 9 points like Luton Town to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will play away with Manchester United on the 26th of December with a 26-4 head to head in favor of Manchester United (7 draws).

Sheffield United will host Luton Town on the 26th of December with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Sheffield United (3 draws).

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez (6.7), Matty Cash (7.3), Ezri Konsa (7.5), Clément Lenglet (7.1), Lucas Digne (7.0), Leon Bailey (6.8), John McGinn (7.0), Douglas Luiz (8.1), Jacob Ramsey (7.0), Moussa Diaby (6.7) and Ollie Watkins (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Diego Carlos, Álex Moreno (6.3), Calum Chambers, Nicolò Zaniolo (7.3), Jhon Durán (6.6), Leander Dendoncker, Filip Marschall, Tim Iroegbunam and Tommi O’Reilly.

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: Leon Bailey for Nicolò Zaniolo (81′), Moussa Diaby for Jhon Durán (74′) and Lucas Digne for Álex Moreno (74′).

Player of the match: Douglas Luiz​

The player that probably impressed the most for Aston Villa was Douglas Luiz.

His rating is 8.1 with 83 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 6 crosses.

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Chris Wilder played with: Anel Ahmedhodzic, Wes Foderingham (6.6), George Baldock (6.8), Jack Robinson (7.0), Auston Trusty (6.8), Jayden Bogle (7.0), Vini Souza (7.3), Oliver Norwood (7.3), Yasser Larouci (7.5), Anis Slimane (6.4) and Andre Brooks (7.1), Cameron Archer (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Gustavo Hamer (7.3), Oli McBurnie (6.3), James McAtee (7.0), Adam Davies, Max Lowe (6.4), John Fleck, Bénie Traoré, Luke Thomas and Ben Osborn.

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 4 changes: Yasser Larouci for Max Lowe (58′), Anis Slimane for James McAtee (76′), Andre Brooks for Gustavo Hamer (58′) and Cameron Archer for Oli McBurnie (90′).

Player of the match: Yasser Larouci​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sheffield United was Yasser Larouci.

His rating is 7.5 with 7 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Aston Villa – Sheffield United – 1-1