Bristol City 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Bristol City 3-1 Aston Villa
Championship · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Bristol City 3-1 Aston Villa: match report
Bristol City beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 August 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Jack Grealish opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Tammy Abraham (59'), Joe Bryan (61') and Lee Tomlin (81'). Aston Villa scored through Jack Grealish (5').
Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol City were 19th on 4 points from 4 and Aston Villa 11th on 5 points from 4. Bristol City went on to finish that season 20th with 52 points, and Aston Villa 13th with 62.
Bristol City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Bristol City's last five read L-L-D-W and Aston Villa's D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Jack Grealish
- 31'Yellow card · Joe Bryan
- 56'Yellow card · Jordan Ayew
- 57'Yellow card · James Chester
- 59'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 61'Goal · Joe Bryan
- 69'Yellow card · Ritchie De Laet
- 74'Yellow card · Tommy Elphick
- 76'Yellow card · Mile Jedinak
- 81'Goal · Lee Tomlin
- 89'Yellow card · Jack Grealish
- 90+4'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
Team news
Bristol City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Tom Heaton, Richard Foster, Lewin Nyatanga, G. Cunningham, Liam Kelly, Neil Kilkenny, Albert Adomah, Steven Davies, Sam Baldock, Jon Stead, Matthew Bates
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-4-2)
Leandro Bacuna, Aly Cissokho, Kevin Toner, Joleon Lescott, Ashley Westwood, Jordan Ayew, Idrissa Gueye, Carlos Sánchez, Rudy Gestede