GOALLLL! DAVIS GETS HIS FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL! It's heartbreak for the Baggies as a mix up between Bartley and Johnstone allows Davis to sneak in and poke the ball home for his first ever goal in the Premier League! That could be the end of West Brom's survival hopes and it was down to their own mistake.
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Wesley enters the game and replaces B. Traoré.
Villa make their third change as Wesley makes his return from injury replacing Traore.
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There will be four additional minutes to play at the end of this half.
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D. O'Shea enters the game and replaces A. Maitland-Niles.
O'Shea replaces Maitland-Niles as West Brom make their second change and look to hold on to their precious 2-1 lead.
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There's just five minutes of normal time to play in this one. Will Villa find a late equaliser and deny the Baggies all three points?
84'
The ball breaks for Davis on the penalty spot, he turns and shoots but his shot is weak and straight at Johnstone. That was the chance for him to get his first goal in the Premier League.
82'
K. Davis enters the game and replaces R. Barkley.
Barkley is taken off for Davis in Villa's second substitution of the game. Dean Smith has to go for it now if they're to take anything from this match.
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McGinn tries a shot from distance but it was always going wide of the post. Villa are starting to look a bit desperate in their attacks and are really missing Jack Grealish.
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J. Ramsey enters the game and replaces Douglas Luiz.
Douglas Luiz is replaced by Ramsey as Dean Smith makes his first change of the match.
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O. Yokuşlu gets yellow.
Yokuslu goes into the book after a cynical foul on Watkins. He took one for the team there and picks up the second booking of the match.
76'
Gallagher does so well to release Phillips down the left, who pulls the ball back to Pereira who tries his luck from distance and Martinez is equal to it and is forced into conceding a corner! Martinez is fuming with his defence at the fact Pereira had so much space on the edge of the box.
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Targett's corner is wasted as Johnstone comes and claims the ball comfortably. Diagne looks a little bit helpless on his own against Mings and Konsa from the kick forward. Can West Brom hold on for the final 20 minutes?
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M. Phillips enters the game and replaces C. Robinson.
Sam Allardyce makes the first change of the match as Robinson is replaced by Phillips. Allardyce obviously feels the need for fresh legs in midfield to help on the defensive side of this game.
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Villa have had 93% possession in the last five minutes of play. West Brom are defending for their lives and somehow keeping Villa from scoring an equaliser still!
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Villa win another corner after some good work between Traore and El Ghazi this time. The home side are really putting pressure on the visitors now, looking for that equaliser to get them back into the game.
57'
Villa are beginning to find their feet again and are dominating possession with West Brom camped around the edge of their penalty box.
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C. Gallagher gets yellow.
Gallagher picks up the first booking of the match after a late challenge on Targett by the dugout.
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West Brom have started the second half as they finished the first and are well on top in this game now. It's been a really sloppy start to the second half by the hosts who need to regain their composure after that early set back.
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T. Mings is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOALLL! DIAGNE MAKES IT 2-1! A mistake from Konsa allows Diagne through on goal and his shot towards the far post is deflected in by Mings who was tracking back to try and stop the shot! It could go down as an own goal but the away side won't care about that one bit. Could that be a vital goal in the Baggies' attempt at staying in the division?
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We're underway for the second half.
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HALF TIME: Aston Villa 1-1 West Brom
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There will be two minutes of added time at the end of this half.
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Watkins gets his head onto a cross from El Ghazi but Townsend does just enough to stop Watkins getting any power on the header. Villa are starting to threaten again towards the end of the first half.
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Bartley is down holding his face after a collision with Watkins. The referee just has a talk with Watkins after the striker used his arm to jump but hit Bartley in the cheek with his elbow.
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Konsa does really well, bringing the ball out of defence and linking up with Traore before trying to get a low cross into the box but it's deflected behind for a corner. That was really good from the defender who is looking to make a late shout for an England call-up for the Euros.
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Ajeyi tries to get his head on the end of a long throw but Martinez comes to claim that one and launches the ball towards Traore on the counter.
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The equaliser doesn't seem to have knocked Villa's confidence in attack at all. They've restarted the game with high intensity pressing and quick passing again. Yokuslu does brilliantly to intercept a dangerous pass by Barkley on the edge of the West Brom penalty box.
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Penalty goal scored by Matheus Pereira for West Bromwich Albion!
GOALLL! PEREIRA MAKES IT 1-1! West Brom's top goalscorer this season makes no mistake and fires the ball into the roof of the net, and fires his side back into this game which they desperately needed! A goal a piece. A penalty a piece. West Brom are back level.
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Villa's midfield is dominating the ball and winning every duel in the middle of the pitch. Watkins has been quiet so far but there's been plenty of chances created so far by the home side.
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Diagne challenges for the ball in the air against Mings but the defender wins this time and knocks the ball back to Martinez as Villa reclaim possession.
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West Brom are beginning to play the ball around with more confidence since going behind but they continue to give the ball away in silly areas. This time it's Gallagher who gives the ball away to Barkley and Villa waste the counter.
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Martinez comes off his line to collect the ball in the air and does so brilliantly. What a signing he's been for Villa. He's looking to match the record for clean sheets by an Aston Villa goalkeeper in a Premier League season. Brad Friedel holds the record with 15, whilst Martinez is currently on 14 this season.
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Penalty goal scored by A. El Ghazi for Aston Villa!
GOALLLL! EL GHAZI OPENS THE SCORING! The Dutchman steps to take the penalty and drills it hard and low into the corner giving Johnstone no chance. Villa have an early 1-0 lead after a really silly mistake from Ajeyi. Allardyce won't be happy with how his team have started this one.
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Watkins leads the counter-attack for the home side but his cross is too high for Barkley and the chance to open the scoring is wasted poorly.
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It looks as though Robinson is playing down the left when defending the ball and then moves into striker, joining Diagne, with Maitland-Niles moving out wide when the visitor's attack.
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Targett gets down the left and drills a ball into the box but Johnstone is there to collect.
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Good to see Wesley on the bench for Villa today after recovering from his ACL injury suffered last season.
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KICK OFF: We're underway at Villa Park.
Welcome to live coverage of this evening's Premier League fixture between Aston Villa and West Brom. Kick off is in 30 minutes.
Villa are looking to do the double over West Brom for the first time since the 2008/09 season, when the Baggies were relegated to the Championship.
SUBSTITUTES: Tom Heaton, Neil Taylor, Wesley, Marvelous Nakamba, Bjorn Engels, Kortney Hause, Keinan Davis, Jacob Ramsey, Jaden Philogene-Bidace.
SUBSTITUTES: Hal Robson-Kanu, Jake Livermore, Matthew Phillips, Grady Diangana, Romaine Sawyers, Lee Peltier, David Button, Dara O’Shea, Karlan Grant.
West Brom XI (4-5-1): Sam Johnstone; Darnell Furlong, Semi Ajayi, Kyle Bartley, Conor Townsend; Matheus Pereira, Conor Gallagher, Okay Yokuslu, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Callum Robinson; Mbaye Diagne.
Dean Smith’s side have had an indifferent 2021 after Jack Grealish’s injury and are still fighting for a top-half finish, whilst Sam Allardyce stated his side “need to win five of their last six” if they’re to escape relegation.
The teams are in the tunnel. Kick off is in five minutes.
Aston Villa XI (4-3-3): Emiliano Martinez; Ahmed El Mohamady, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett; John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Ross Barkley; Bertrand Traore, Ollie Watkins, Anwar El Ghazi.
As things stand, Villa will fail to leapfrog Arsenal and Leeds into the top half of the table and remain 11th. Meanwhile, West Brom will be nine points adrift from safety and be all but relegated from the Premier League.
Villa fail to move above Arsenal and Leeds in the table and remain 11th in the league. Meanwhile, West Brom have themselves to blame after a late mistake cost them a vital three points in the race for relegation survival and now look destined to drop down into the Championship. Aston Villa travel to Merseyside to face Everton, whilst West Brom host a struggling Wolves side at The Hawthorns.
That's all for tonight, thanks for tuning in. Goodbye!
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