Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United: result and report
Championship · Thursday 29 December 2016
Result
Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United
Championship · Thursday 29 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United: match report
Aston Villa drew with Leeds United 1-1 in the Championship on Thursday 29 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Pontus Jansson opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from J. Kodjia (86', penalty). Leeds United scored through Pontus Jansson (54').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Leeds United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 8th on 34 points from 23 and Leeds United 4th on 41 points from 23. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Leeds United 7th with 75.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pontus Jansson of Leeds United (8.1), ahead of James Chester (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 4 for Leeds United.
Key events
- 54'Goal · Pontus Jansson
- 59'Yellow card · Liam Bridcutt
- 85'Yellow card · Rudy Gestede
- 85'Yellow card · L. Cooper
- 85'Yellow card · Rudy Gestede
- 85'Yellow card · Pontus Jansson
- 86'Penalty goal · J. Kodjia
- 90+3'Yellow card · James Chester
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mark Bunn, Alan Hutton, James Chester, Nathan Baker, J. Amavi, Mile Jedinak, Ashley Westwood, Jordan Ayew, Jack Grealish, Leandro Bacuna, Jonathan Kodjia
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Green, Luke Ayling, Pontus Jansson, Liam Cooper, Gaetano Berardi, Liam Bridcutt, Kalvin Phillips, Hadi Sacko, Kemar Roofe, Stuart Dallas, Souleymane Doukara