Aston Villa v Birmingham City
Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Aston Villa4-3-34-3-3Birmingham City
Aston Villa bench
- Marlon Harewood5 min
Birmingham City bench
- Olivier Kapo32 min
- Mikael Forssell32 min
Goals
5–1- 28'1–0Ashley YoungAston Villa
- 42'2–0John CarewAston Villa
- 53'3–0John CarewAston Villa
- 63'4–0Ashley YoungAston Villa
- 67'4–1Mikael ForssellBirmingham City
- 78'5–1Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa
Match numbers
16
Shots
119
Shots on target
67
Corners
811
Fouls
200
Yellow cards
10
Red cards
0Who played
| Aston Villa | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Carson | 90 | – | ||
| Martin Laursen | 90 | – | ||
| Zat Knight | 90 | – | ||
| Wilfred Bouma | 90 | – | ||
| Nigel Reo-Coker | 90 | – | ||
| Stilian Petrov | 90 | – | ||
| Gareth Barry | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Ashley Young | 90 | 2 | 1 | – |
| John Carew | 90 | 2 | – | |
| Gabriel Agbonlahor | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Olof Mellberg | 85 | 1 | – | |
| Marlon Harewood sub | 5 | – |
| Birmingham City | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maik Taylor | 90 | – | ||
| Stephen Kelly | 90 | – | ||
| Radhi Jaidi | 90 | – | ||
| Liam Ridgewell | 90 | – | ||
| David Murphy | 90 | – | ||
| Mehdi Nafti | 90 | – | ||
| Fabrice Muamba | 90 | – | ||
| Gary McSheffrey | 90 | – | ||
| James McFadden | 90 | 1 | – | |
| Cameron Jerome | 58 | – | ||
| Mauro Zárate | 58 | – | ||
| Olivier Kapo sub | 32 | – | ||
| Mikael Forssell sub | 32 | 1 | – |