West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Friday 7 December 2018
Result
West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Aston Villa
Championship · Friday 7 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
West Bromwich Albion · Aston Villa · Championship predictions
West Bromwich Albion 2-2 Aston Villa: match report
West Bromwich Albion drew with Aston Villa 2-2 in the Championship on Friday 7 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Anwar El Ghazi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Dwight Gayle (28') and Jay Rodríguez (90+1'). Aston Villa scored through Anwar El Ghazi (12') and Anwar El Ghazi (59').
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 3rd on 35 points from 20 and Aston Villa 8th on 31 points from 20. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Aston Villa 5th with 82.
West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Anwar El Ghazi of Aston Villa (8.9), ahead of Jack Grealish (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Bromwich Albion wins, 5 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Anwar El Ghazi
- 28'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 59'Goal · Anwar El Ghazi
- 61'Yellow card · J. Livermore
- 63'Yellow card · Ahmed Hegazy
- 90+1'Goal · Jay Rodríguez
- 90+4'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
Head-to-head
Team news
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-3-3)
Sam Johnstone, Tosin Adarabioyo, Craig Dawson, Ahmed Hegazy, Kieran Gibbs, Matt Phillips, Jake Livermore, Gareth Barry, Dwight Gayle, Jay Rodríguez, Harvey Barnes
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Ørjan Nyland, Alan Hutton, Axel Tuanzebe, James Chester, Neil Taylor, John McGinn, C. Hourihane, Jack Grealish, Anwar El Ghazi, Tammy Abraham, Yannick Bolasie