Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 February 2017
Result
Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County
Championship · Saturday 25 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County: match report
Aston Villa beat Derby County 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 25 February 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from James Chester of Aston Villa in the 25th minute.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 18th on 36 points from 32 and Derby County 10th on 48 points from 32. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Derby County 9th with 67.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Chester of Aston Villa (8.9), ahead of Nathan Baker (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 2 for Derby County.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Derby County's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 25'Goal · James Chester
- 44'Yellow card · Tom Ince
- 79'Yellow card · Neil Taylor
- 80'Yellow card · Cyrus Christie
- 90+4'Red card · L. Bacuna
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sam Johnstone, Alan Hutton, James Chester, Nathan Baker, Neil Taylor, Leandro Bacuna, Mile Jedinak, Albert Adomah, Henri Lansbury, Andre Green, Jonathan Kodjia
Derby County line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Carson, Cyrus Christie, Richard Keogh, Alex Pearce, Max Lowe, Will Hughes, Julien De Sart, Jacob Butterfield, Tom Ince, Darren Bent, Johnny Russell