Match Report
| Bradford City | Bradford City |  |  | Aston Villa | Aston Villa | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ashley Barton | A. Barton |  | 62 | G |  | 1 | | G | 75 |  | Ricardo Villa | R. Villa | |||||||||
| Abdeliah Garrault | A. Garrault |  | 70 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 81 | | Neil Cope | N. Cope | |||||||||
| Wagneau Artes | W. Artes | | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 77 |  | Yurtcan Sükür | Y. Sükür | |||||||||
| Eusebio Campedelli | E. Campedelli |  | 69 | D | | 4 | | D | 74 | | Dambou Moreira | D. Moreira | |||||||||
| Marc Riza | M. Riza | | 64 | D | | 5 | | D | 72 | | Kubilay Özalan | K. Özalan | |||||||||
| Ashley Goodwin | A. Goodwin | | 71 | M | | 6 | | M | 78 | | Angelo Bucci | A. Bucci | |||||||||
| Marvin Butt | M. Butt | | 71 | M | | 7 | | M | 72 |  | Juan Manuel Caniggia | J. Caniggia | |||||||||
| Darren Cooke | D. Cooke | | 69 | M | | 8 | | M | 71 | | Karim Foulon | K. Foulon | |||||||||
| Max Cutler | M. Cutler | | 73 | A | | 9 | | A | 79 |  | Raul Alston | R. Alston | |||||||||
| Giampiero Appoloni | G. Appoloni | | 71 | A | | 10 | | A | 76 | | Mike Stamp | M. Stamp | |||||||||
| George Wright | G. Wright | | 70 | A | | 11 | | A | 74 |  | Walter Rourke | W. Rourke | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Valley Parade where Bradford City play host to Aston Villa. A crowd of 20,138 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Bradford City and Aston Villa are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Bradford City and Aston Villa are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Aston Villa kicking off!
2.35
0-0Dambou Moreira sees a break and surges forward. Dambou Moreira knocks the ball to his team mate, Raul Alston. Raul Alston goes all the way! Raul Alston tries a spectacular strike but it is miles over!
6.05
0-0Angelo Bucci knocks the ball forward to Walter Rourke. Walter Rourke knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Wagneau Artes.
9.29
Marvin Butt knocks the ball forward to Giampiero Appoloni. Giampiero Appoloni knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Dambou Moreira.
12.27
Marvin Butt deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Max Cutler. Max Cutler shoots from long range but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
16.34
0-1Juan Manuel Caniggia deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Walter Rourke. Walter Rourke whips in a cross ball towards Raul Alston. Raul Alston is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Ashley Barton is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
20.24
0-1Dambou Moreira powers a long ball forward. Mike Stamp tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball comes in low, but Ashley Barton easily smothers it!
30.01
Angelo Bucci advances with the ball. Angelo Bucci whips in a cross ball towards Mike Stamp. Mike Stamp is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.38
0-1Giampiero Appoloni hacks Dambou Moreira from behind! The referee calls over Giampiero Appoloni and warns him to calm down! Dambou Moreira runs off the knock.
44.32
Marvin Butt controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Max Cutler. Max Cutler whips in a cross ball towards Giampiero Appoloni. Giampiero Appoloni is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. The ball is well placed but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Bradford City kick off the second half!
49.46
Wagneau Artes sees space and advances. Wagneau Artes makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Max Cutler. Max Cutler sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
53.12
Neil Cope kicks a strong pass forward to Karim Foulon. Karim Foulon flicks the ball to his team mate, Walter Rourke. Walter Rourke controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Raul Alston. Raul Alston takes a shot at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
54.40
Juan Manuel Caniggia clumsily knocks into Marvin Butt. Juan Manuel Caniggia is given a warning by the referee! Marvin Butt hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
55.14
Eusebio Campedelli advances with the ball. Eusebio Campedelli decides to run forward with the ball. Eusebio Campedelli lofts in a cross ball towards Giampiero Appoloni. Giampiero Appoloni powers a header at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
61.42
Giampiero Appoloni catches Dambou Moreira on the ankles. The referee calls over Giampiero Appoloni again and warns him to calm down! Dambou Moreira hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
65.58
Karim Foulon makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Mike Stamp. Mike Stamp knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Marc Riza.
72.25
Angelo Bucci makes a simple pass to Raul Alston. Raul Alston knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
73.55
0-1Kubilay Özalan hacks Max Cutler from behind! Kubilay Özalan is shown the yellow card! Max Cutler hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
78.55
Ashley Goodwin advances with the ball. Ashley Goodwin knocks in a cross ball towards Giampiero Appoloni. Giampiero Appoloni is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but it is tipped over by Ricardo Villa.
79.37
Juan Manuel Caniggia makes a simple pass to Mike Stamp. Mike Stamp sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
87.21
Ashley Goodwin knocks the ball to his team mate, George Wright. George Wright goes all the way! George Wright makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
90.00
Marvin Butt makes a beautiful pass to the feet of George Wright. George Wright knocks in a cross ball towards Max Cutler. Max Cutler heads the ball goalwards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
5
4
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
2
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
44.9%
55.1%
Play Area
24.6%
46.4%
29%
Scorers
| Raul Alston 16 |