Aston Villa vs Zrinjski Mostar, 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League, Group Stage

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90'+4': John McGinn

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Aston Villa are hosting Zrinjski Mostar at Villa Park, Birmingham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Conference League.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Dario Canadjija (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa).
5': Foul by Slobodan Jakovljevic (Zrinjski Mostar).
5': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Aldin Hrvanovic (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa).
6': Attempt missed. Mario Cuze (Zrinjski Mostar) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Slobodan Jakovljevic.
6': Foul by Antonio Ivancic (Zrinjski Mostar).
6': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
7': Attempt blocked. Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Clément Lenglet.
7': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matej Senic.
8': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Carlos with a headed pass.
8': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Slobodan Jakovljevic.
10': Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Mario Cuze (Zrinjski Mostar).
11': Antonio Ivancic (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
11': Foul by Josip Corluka (Zrinjski Mostar).
11': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jhon Durán.
12': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Stipe Radic.
13': Attempt blocked. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
15': Attempt saved. Nemanja Bilbija (Zrinjski Mostar) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Ticinovic.
19': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
19': Mario Ticinovic (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Aldin Hrvanovic (Zrinjski Mostar).
22': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Aldin Hrvanovic (Zrinjski Mostar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Aldin Hrvanovic (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa).
24': John McGinn (Aston Villa) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
24': John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
25': Attempt missed. Mario Ticinovic (Zrinjski Mostar) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dario Canadjija.
27': Foul by Diego Carlos (Aston Villa).
27': Nemanja Bilbija (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Foul by Diego Carlos (Aston Villa).
28': Nemanja Bilbija (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Foul by Nemanja Bilbija (Zrinjski Mostar).
29': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Jhon Durán (Aston Villa).
31': Matej Senic (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Mario Ticinovic (Zrinjski Mostar).
34': Antonio Ivancic (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
40': Attempt saved. Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
40': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Marko Maric.
42': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
44': Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
44': Attempt missed. Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left.
45': Aldin Hrvanovic (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
45'+2': First Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Zrinjski Mostar 0.
45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 0, Zrinjski Mostar 0.
45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz replaces Leander Dendoncker.
45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Lucas Digne.
45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins replaces Jhon Durán.
45': Substitution, Zrinjski Mostar. Matija Malekinusic replaces Aldin Hrvanovic.
46': Foul by Diego Carlos (Aston Villa).
46': Nemanja Bilbija (Zrinjski Mostar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
50': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Stipe Radic.
51': Attempt missed. Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a cross following a corner.
54': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo with a cross.
55': VAR Decision: No Penalty Aston Villa.
57': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Mario Ticinovic.
58': Attempt saved. Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a cross.
58': Attempt saved. Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
58': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Slobodan Jakovljevic.
60': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Josip Corluka.
61': Attempt saved. Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins with a headed pass.
62': Substitution, Zrinjski Mostar. Zvonimir Kozulj replaces Antonio Ivancic.
63': Delay in match because of an injury Stipe Radic (Zrinjski Mostar).
64': Nemanja Bilbija (Zrinjski Mostar) is shown the yellow card.
64': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
64': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
65': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matej Senic.
65': Attempt saved. Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
68': Attempt missed. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Clément Lenglet.
69': Attempt saved. Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
70': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matty Cash.
71': Attempt missed. Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
71': Offside, Zrinjski Mostar. Nemanja Bilbija tries a through ball, but Matija Malekinusic is caught offside.
72': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
73': Substitution, Zrinjski Mostar. Kerim Memija replaces Mario Ticinovic.
73': Substitution, Zrinjski Mostar. Damir Zlomislic replaces Dario Canadjija.
74': Attempt blocked. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo with a headed pass.
74': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Kerim Memija.
75': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Slobodan Jakovljevic.
76': Attempt missed. Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross following a corner.
77': Substitution, Zrinjski Mostar. Tomislav Kis replaces Nemanja Bilbija.
80': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Stipe Radic.
81': Delay in match (Aston Villa).
82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
82': Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Diego Carlos.
83': Attempt missed. Nicolò Zaniolo (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
84': Attempt missed. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
85': Foul by Kerim Memija (Zrinjski Mostar).
85': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Damir Zlomislic (Zrinjski Mostar).
86': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matej Senic.
90': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matej Senic.
90': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Marko Maric.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Matty Cash following a corner.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+4': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Zrinjski Mostar 0. John McGinn (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matty Cash with a cross.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Zrinjski Mostar 0.
0': Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Zrinjski Mostar 0.

Statistics

ZRIN		AVL
9	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
0	Corner Kicks	15
8	Saves	1
25.4	Possession	74.6
3	SHOTS	27
1	ON GOAL	9
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
151	Accurate Passes	564
223	Passes	634
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	9
4	Crosses	40
0.3	Cross %	0.2
50	Long Balls	39
15	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.3	Long Balls %	0.7
0	Blocked Shots	10
11	Effective Tackles	3
17	Tackles	6
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
16	Interceptions	2
50	Effective Clearances	6
50	Clearances	6

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Conference League

Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 37,327

Line-Ups

Aston Villa (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Emiliano Martínez (GK)
17	Clément Lenglet
3	Diego Carlos
12	Lucas Digne
4	Ezri Konsa
8	Youri Tielemans
32	Leander Dendoncker
7	John McGinn
31	Leon Bailey
24	Jhon Durán
22	Nicolò Zaniolo

Aston Villa Substitutes:

Robin Olsen, Matty Cash, Tommi O'Reilly, Douglas Luiz, Bertrand Traoré, Calum Chambers, Pau Torres, Filip Marschall, Ollie Watkins.

Zrinjski Mostar (5-4-1)

No.	Name
35	Marko Maric (GK)
95	Matej Senic
15	Stipe Radic
27	Slobodan Jakovljevic
91	Mario Ticinovic
6	Josip Corluka
5	Dario Canadjija
20	Antonio Ivancic
25	Mario Cuze
22	Aldin Hrvanovic
99	Nemanja Bilbija

Zrinjski Mostar Substitutes:

Anis Sefo, Damir Zlomislic, Franko Sabljic, Luka Marin, Tomislav Kis, Kerim Memija, Petar Misic, Antonio Prskalo, Zvonimir Kozulj, Matija Malekinusic, Andrija Balic, Omer Niron.

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