



- Matchday 7
- Sat Oct.01 15:00
Villa Park, Birmingham
- Attendance: 30744
Referee: Clattenburg
- Beck, Child
Player of the match: Agbonlahor

20 | ![]() | Caldwell | |||||||||
Agbo’or (![]() | ![]() | 36 | 1-0 | ||||||||
56 | McArthur ![]() | ||||||||||
Heskey ![]() | 58 | ||||||||||
Bent (![]() | ![]() | 62 | 2-0 | ||||||||
71 | Maloney ![]() | ||||||||||
N'Zogbia ![]() | 74 | ||||||||||
85 | Sammon ![]() | ||||||||||
Weimann ![]() | 86 |
16 | Shots | 15 |
6 | Shots on goal | 4 |
11 | Fouls | 7 |
5 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
4 | Offsides | 1 |
39% | % possession | 61% |
Comments |
captdave - 03-Oct-11 09:38 Both teams played different formations than they typically play in this game, both managers appear to be trying to find the right shape this season. McLeish used a diamond midfield which is very rare to see in the Premiership, with Agbonlahor and Bent as a front two and Ireland in the hole. Martinez continues to change his formation from his usual 4-1-4-1/4-3-3. We saw a rare 4-4-2 against Everton, then a 4-2-3-1 with Diame in an unusual left wing role against Tottenham. Martinez stuck with the 4-2-3-1 for this game, again using Diame in an attacking role but this time in a central position. |