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Leon Bailey has scored Villa's 2 fastest Premier League goals this seasonLeon Bailey had a manus successful some goals arsenic Aston Villa started the Premier League play with triumph implicit a somewhat unlucky Leeds.
The Jamaican winger finished disconnected a speedy counter-attack aft a large tally by Boubacar Kamara successful conscionable the 3rd infinitesimal to enactment the hosts ahead.
That was Villa's lone changeable successful the archetypal half, with Leeds having 2 punishment appeals rejected, a Rodrigo extremity disallowed for offside and missing large chances.
Villa debutant Alex Moreno denied Rodrigo with a goalline clearance and keeper Emiliano Martinez pulled disconnected a fantastic absorption halt to contradict Jack Harrison from adjacent range.
Unai Emery's hosts were amended successful the 2nd fractional and they got the extremity to marque them much comfy - acknowledgment to the video adjunct referee.
Bailey's changeable was saved by Illan Meslier with Emiliano Buendia heading the rebound implicit the grounded goalkeeper.
The extremity was ruled retired for offside but the VAR told referee Michael Oliver that Buendia was intelligibly onside - and it was given.
Leeds were fixed anticipation successful the last 10 minutes though erstwhile Wilfried Gnonto chopped the shot backmost for Patrick Bamford, making his instrumentality aft two-and-a-half months retired with a groin injury, to slam home.
But they could not find an equaliser and stay lone 2 points supra the relegation zone, with Villa 8 points further up the array successful 11th.
It was not a cleanable nighttime for Villa, who mislaid left-back Lucas Digne and striker Ollie Watkins to wounded successful the archetypal half.
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Villa bounce back
This was Villa's archetypal location triumph since the interruption for the World Cup successful November - and timely aft past weekend's daze FA Cup nonaccomplishment to Stevenage.
Veteran full-back Ashley Young was progressive successful astir of their cardinal moments successful the game.
The extremity came from a Leeds country which Young hooked guardant to Kamara, who ran fractional the magnitude of the transportation earlier uncovering Bailey, whose decorativeness was wonderful.
Moreno, a £13m signing from Real Betis connected Wednesday, started connected the seat but was needed wrong 9 minutes aft Digne suffered a enarthrosis injury.
He did good to contradict Rodrigo aft the striker had gone circular the Villa keeper and aboriginal connected Young blocked Gnonto's changeable aft Martinez denied Harrison.
Villa had 1 changeable successful the archetypal fractional - that extremity - and 10 efforts successful the 2nd half.
Their 2nd extremity had similarities to their archetypal with Young tackling Tyler Adams successful the container soon earlier Buendia headed successful astatine the different end.
They had a scare aft Bamford netted but Philippe Coutinho went adjacent to making it harmless with a 45-yard lob that went conscionable over.
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Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameE Martínez
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number27Player nameDigne
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number44Player nameKamara
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number8Player nameSanson
Squad number9Player nameIngs
Squad number15Player nameÁlex Moreno
Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho
Leeds United
Squad number1Player nameMeslier
Squad number2Player nameAyling
Squad number5Player nameKoch
Squad number6Player nameCooper
Squad number21Player nameStruijk
Squad number8Player nameRoca
Squad number12Player nameAdams
Squad number11Player nameHarrison
Squad number7Player nameAaronson
Squad number29Player nameGnonto
Squad number19Player nameRodrigo
Squad number3Player nameFirpo
Squad number9Player nameBamford
Squad number30Player nameGelhardt
Squad number39Player nameWöber
Squad number42Player nameGreenwood
Line-ups
Aston Villa
Formation 4-4-2
- 1E MartínezBooked astatine 90mins
- 18Young
- 4Konsa
- 5Mings
- 27DigneSubstituted forMoreno Loperaat 10'minutes
- 31Bailey
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 44KamaraBooked astatine 63mins
- 41J RamseySubstituted forSansonat 81'minutes
- 10BuendíaSubstituted forCoutinhoat 81'minutes
- 11WatkinsSubstituted forIngsat 32'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Sanson
- 9Ings
- 15Moreno Lopera
- 16Chambers
- 19Nakamba
- 20Bednarek
- 23Coutinho
- 25Olsen
- 72Young
Leeds
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1MeslierBooked astatine 89mins
- 2Ayling
- 5KochBooked astatine 33minsSubstituted forFirpoat 88'minutes
- 6Cooper
- 21StruijkSubstituted forWöberat 66'minutes
- 8RocaSubstituted forGreenwoodat 77'minutes
- 12Adams
- 11HarrisonSubstituted forBamfordat 67'minutes
- 7AaronsonSubstituted forGelhardtat 77'minutes
- 29Gnonto
- 19Rodrigo
Substitutes
- 3Firpo
- 9Bamford
- 14Llorente
- 16Perkins
- 22Robles
- 25Kristensen
- 30Gelhardt
- 39Wöber
- 42Greenwood
Referee:Michael Oliver
Attendance:42,008
Live Text
Match ends, Aston Villa 2, Leeds United 1.
Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Leeds United 1.
Offside, Leeds United. Joe Gelhardt tries a done ball, but Patrick Bamford is caught offside.
Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Liam Cooper (Leeds United).
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
Attempt missed. Rodrigo (Leeds United) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Greenwood with a transverse pursuing a acceptable portion situation.
Foul by Ashley Young (Aston Villa).
Wilfried Gnonto (Leeds United) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Morgan Sanson (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Sam Greenwood (Leeds United).
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellowish card.
Offside, Leeds United. Junior Firpo tries a done ball, but Patrick Bamford is caught offside.
Foul by Álex Moreno (Aston Villa).
Joe Gelhardt (Leeds United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Illan Meslier (Leeds United) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Illan Meslier (Leeds United).
Substitution, Leeds United. Junior Firpo replaces Robin Koch.
Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
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