West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa, 20 December 2020

Score3-0 to Aston Villa
RefereeMartin Atkinson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueThe Hawthorns

View West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa head to head

Kick-off: 7.15pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 21 West Bromwich Albion won: 4 Drawn: 9 Aston Villa won: 8 West Bromwich Albion scored: 22 Aston Villa scored: 28 This was Aston Villa's biggest league win against West Bromwich Albion since a 3-0 victory at The Hawthorns in League Division One on 4 September 1985.

0 West Bromwich Albion

Manager: Sam Allardyce

3 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

Goals:

Goals:

Anwar El Ghazi 5 G
Bertrand Traoré 84 G
Anwar El Ghazi penalty 88 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone
Defender Semi Ajayi
Defender Darnell Furlong
Defender Dara O'Shea
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Gibbs
Defender/Midfielder Jake Livermore
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder/Forward Grady Diangana
Midfielder/Forward Matt Phillips
Midfielder/Forward Romaine Sawyers
Forward Karlan Grant

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Kortney Hause Defender
Tyrone Mings Defender
Matt Targett Defender
Matty Cash Defender/Midfielder
Douglas Luiz Midfielder
Anwar El Ghazi Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Jack Grealish Midfielder/Forward
Bertrand Traoré Midfielder/Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Charlie Austin for Matt Phillips 77
Branislav Ivanović for Grady Diangana 78
Callum Robinson for Karlan Grant 83

Substitutions:

Cards:

Jake Livermore 35 R
Karlan Grant 62 Y

Cards:

Kortney Hause 40 Y
Tyrone Mings 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Button
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender Cédric Kipré
Defender/Midfielder Lee Peltier
Midfielder Kyle Edwards
Midfielder Filip Krovinović
Midfielder/Forward Kamil Grosicki
Midfielder/Forward Callum Robinson
Forward Charlie Austin

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jed Steer
Defender Björn Engels
Defender Frederic Guilbert
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

Comments:

League position: 19th Following the sacking of Slaven Bilić, this was Sam Allardyce’s first game as manager of West Bromwich Albion. He had now been in charge of more clubs in the Premier League (eight) than any other manager. Albion had now scored five goals in their last 11 games in the Premier League. The Baggies had now lost their final game before Christmas in each of their last five seasons in the Premier League. Jake Livermore was initially shown a yellow card after 35 minutes but was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review.

Comments:

League position: 9th Aston Villa had now taken 22 points from their opening 12 games of this Premier League season; the best 12-game start in the division since 2001-02 (also 22 points). They had now won five of their six away games so far in this Premier League season (lost one) after winning two away games in the entire previous season in the division. Anwar El Ghazi had now scored in consecutive away games in the Premier League (three goals) after scoring in two of his previous 34 away league games for Villa (three goals). Ollie Watkins scored after 72 minutes but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.

0 West Bromwich Albion

Manager: Sam Allardyce

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone
Defender Semi Ajayi
Defender Darnell Furlong
Defender Dara O'Shea
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Gibbs
Defender/Midfielder Jake Livermore
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder/Forward Grady Diangana
Midfielder/Forward Matt Phillips
Midfielder/Forward Romaine Sawyers
Forward Karlan Grant

Substitutions:

Charlie Austin for Matt Phillips 77
Branislav Ivanović for Grady Diangana 78
Callum Robinson for Karlan Grant 83

Cards:

Jake Livermore 35 R
Karlan Grant 62 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Button
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender Cédric Kipré
Defender/Midfielder Lee Peltier
Midfielder Kyle Edwards
Midfielder Filip Krovinović
Midfielder/Forward Kamil Grosicki
Midfielder/Forward Callum Robinson
Forward Charlie Austin

Comments:

League position: 19th Following the sacking of Slaven Bilić, this was Sam Allardyce’s first game as manager of West Bromwich Albion. He had now been in charge of more clubs in the Premier League (eight) than any other manager. Albion had now scored five goals in their last 11 games in the Premier League. The Baggies had now lost their final game before Christmas in each of their last five seasons in the Premier League. Jake Livermore was initially shown a yellow card after 35 minutes but was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review.

3 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

Goals:

Anwar El Ghazi 5 G
Bertrand Traoré 84 G
Anwar El Ghazi penalty 88 P

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Kortney Hause Defender
Tyrone Mings Defender
Matt Targett Defender
Matty Cash Defender/Midfielder
Douglas Luiz Midfielder
Anwar El Ghazi Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Jack Grealish Midfielder/Forward
Bertrand Traoré Midfielder/Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Cards:

Kortney Hause 40 Y
Tyrone Mings 66 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jed Steer
Defender Björn Engels
Defender Frederic Guilbert
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Neil Taylor
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder Jacob Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Keinan Davis

Comments:

League position: 9th Aston Villa had now taken 22 points from their opening 12 games of this Premier League season; the best 12-game start in the division since 2001-02 (also 22 points). They had now won five of their six away games so far in this Premier League season (lost one) after winning two away games in the entire previous season in the division. Anwar El Ghazi had now scored in consecutive away games in the Premier League (three goals) after scoring in two of his previous 34 away league games for Villa (three goals). Ollie Watkins scored after 72 minutes but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.