Lovech 1-3 Aston Villa: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 18 September 2008
Result
Lovech 1-3 Aston Villa
Europa League · Thursday 18 September 2008, 14:20 UTC · half-time 1-1
Lovech 1-3 Aston Villa: match report
Lovech lost to Aston Villa 1-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 18 September 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.
Ivelin Popov opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Lovech's goal came from Ivelin Popov (10'). Aston Villa scored through Nigel Reo-Coker (44'), Gareth Barry (73', penalty) and Stiliyan Petrov (90').
Discipline: Lovech received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Lovech were 37th on 4 points from 2 and Aston Villa 35th on 4 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Ivelin Popov
- 44'Goal · Nigel Reo-Coker
- 54'Yellow card · Cédric Cambon
- 60'Second yellow · Cédric Cambon
- 71'Red card · Mihail Venkov
- 73'Penalty goal · Gareth Barry
- 80'Yellow card · Stiliyan Petrov
- 90'Goal · Stiliyan Petrov
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-4-2)
Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Luke Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Stiliyan Petrov, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew, Brad Friedel