Swansea City 0
Aston Villa 1
Hourihane 65'
Video
Reviews
- A Villa Fan: REPORT: Swansea 0-1 Villa
- Claret Villans: Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea City: Player Ratings on Boxing Day victory
- Villa Underground: Villa Player Ratings – Swansea 0-1 Aston Villa – Nyland penalty save at the death!
- Sky Sports: Hourihane edges Villa past Swans
- 7500 to Holte: Swansea City 0 – 1 Aston Villa: Ørjan Nyland heroics save the day for Villa
Timeline
- 21′ – YELLOW CARD: Whelan
- 53′ – YELLOW CARD: Naughton
- 62′ – SUB: James off, Montero on
- 65′ – GOAL: Hourihane (Hutton) [0-1]
- 69′ – Fer off, Bony on // Fulton off, Dyer on
- 76′ – SUB: Bolasie off, Adomah on
- 79′ – YELLOW CARD: van der Hoorn
- 80′ – YELLOW CARD: McGinn
- 88′ – SUB: Abraham off, Kodjia on
- 90′ – PENALTY SAVED: Nyland (Bony)
- 90+3′ – SUB: Hourihane off, Bjarnason on
Formations
Teamsheets
Starting
| Swansea City | |
| 25 | Erwin Mulder |
| 23 | Connor Roberts |
| 5 | Mike van der Hoorn |
| 17 | Cameron Carter-Vickers |
| 26 | Kyle Naughton |
| 8 | Leroy Fer (Bony 69') |
| 21 | Matt Grimes |
| 27 | Jay Fulton (Dyer 69') |
| 20 | Daniel James (Montero 62') |
| 10 | Bersant Celina |
| 9 | Oliver McBurnie |
| Aston Villa | |
| 1 | Ørjan Nyland |
| 27 | Ahmed Elmohamady |
| 16 | James Bree |
| 5 | James Chester |
| 21 | Alan Hutton |
| 6 | Glenn Whelan |
| 22 | Anwar El Ghazi |
| 14 | Conor Hourihane (Bjarnason 90+3') |
| 7 | John McGinn |
| 11 | Yannick Bolasie (Adomah 76') |
| 18 | Tammy Abraham (Kodjia 88') |
Subs
| Swansea City | |
| 1 | Kristoffer Nordfeldt |
| 2 | Wilfried Bony |
| 7 | Jefferson Montero |
| 12 | Nathan Dyer |
| 19 | Barrie McKay |
| 22 | Joe Rodon |
| 28 | George Byers |
| Aston Villa | |
| 31 | Mark Bunn |
| 39 | Dominic Revan |
| 20 | Birkir Bjarnason |
| 37 | Albert Adomah |
| 9 | Scott Hogan |
| 17 | Keinan Davis |
| 26 | Jonathan Kodjia |
Previews
- Sky Sports: Swansea vs Aston Villa Preview