English FA Cup

Preston North End vs Aston Villa, 2024-25 English FA Cup, Quarterfinals

· English FA Cup
Preston North End
    FT
    0 - 3
    Aston Villa
    • 58': Marcus Rashford
    • 63': Marcus Rashford (P)
    • 71': Jacob Ramsey

    Marcus Rashford nets first Aston Villa goals as they book semifinal spot

    Marcus Rashford scored twice as Aston Villa defeated Championship side Preston North End 3-0 in their FA Cup quarterfinal at Deepdale on Sunday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Jordan Storey (Preston North End).
    • 2': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Will Keane (Preston North End).
    • 8': Foul by Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa).
    • 8': Jordan Storey (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End).
    • 9': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 10': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
    • 11': Foul by Emil Riis (Preston North End).
    • 11': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Offside, Preston North End. Robert Brady is caught offside.
    • 13': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Asensio with a cross following a corner.
    • 17': Offside, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey is caught offside.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Whiteman following a fast break.
    • 20': Foul by Jordan Storey (Preston North End).
    • 20': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 24': Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).
    • 28': Foul by Will Keane (Preston North End).
    • 28': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Will Keane (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen with a headed pass.
    • 31': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
    • 32': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman.
    • 32': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Cornell.
    • 35': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jayden Meghoma.
    • 37': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Robert Brady.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross following a corner.
    • 44': Offside, Preston North End. Robert Brady is caught offside.
    • 45': Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Will Keane (Preston North End).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
    • 45': First Half ends, Preston North End 0, Aston Villa 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Preston North End 0, Aston Villa 0.
    • 47': Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).
    • 47': Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 47': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Emil Riis.
    • 50': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
    • 50': Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
    • 54': Foul by Marco Asensio (Aston Villa).
    • 54': Jayden Meghoma (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Delay in match because of an injury Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End).
    • 55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 58': Goal! Preston North End 0, Aston Villa 1. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
    • 61': Penalty Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 61': Penalty conceded by Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 63': Goal! Preston North End 0, Aston Villa 2. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 64': Substitution, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic replaces Will Keane.
    • 64': Foul by Robert Brady (Preston North End).
    • 64': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa).
    • 66': Jayden Meghoma (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End).
    • 67': Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a through ball.
    • 71': Goal! Preston North End 0, Aston Villa 3. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
    • 73': Substitution, Aston Villa. John McGinn replaces Youri Tielemans.
    • 73': Substitution, Aston Villa. Amadou Onana replaces Marco Asensio.
    • 73': Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces Morgan Rogers.
    • 74': Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Foul by Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End).
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John McGinn.
    • 76': Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Foul by Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End).
    • 77': Substitution, Preston North End. Ched Evans replaces Emil Riis.
    • 77': Substitution, Preston North End. Liam Lindsay replaces Jayden Meghoma.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen.
    • 80': Foul by Jordan Storey (Preston North End).
    • 80': Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 81': Substitution, Aston Villa. Andrés García replaces Matty Cash.
    • 81': Substitution, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins replaces Marcus Rashford.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.
    • 83': Substitution, Preston North End. Theo Carrol replaces Mads Frökjaer-Jensen.
    • 83': Substitution, Preston North End. Theo Mawene replaces Stefán Thórdarson.
    • 83': Offside, Preston North End. Robert Brady is caught offside.
    • 84': Attempt saved. Theo Carrol (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 86': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa).
    • 86': Theo Carrol (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Foul by Theo Mawene (Preston North End).
    • 89': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90': Attempt blocked. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by John McGinn.
    • 90': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa).
    • 90'+2': Foul by Lewis Gibson (Preston North End).
    • 90'+2': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Andrés García (Aston Villa).
    • 90'+2': Robert Brady (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Preston North End 0, Aston Villa 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Preston North End 0, Aston Villa 3.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/362.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originAVL PNEhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/soccer/500/394.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    7 Fouls 17
    0 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 3
    9 Corner Kicks 0
    1 Saves 3
    71.3 Possession 28.7
    16 SHOTS 4
    7 ON GOAL 1
    0.4 On Target % 0.3
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    458 Accurate Passes 149
    516 Passes 211
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    4 Accurate Crosses 0
    21 Crosses 3
    0.2 Cross % 0.0
    52 Long Balls 47
    31 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
    3 Blocked Shots 1
    8 Effective Tackles 9
    13 Tackles 22
    0.6 Tackle % 0.4
    6 Interceptions 11
    15 Effective Clearances 27
    15 Clearances 27

    Game Information

    Competition: English FA Cup

    Venue: Deepdale
    Location: Preston, England
    Attendance: 22,198

    Line-Ups

    PNE Preston North End (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    13 David Cornell (GK)
    19 Lewis Gibson
    16 Andrew Hughes
    14 Jordan Storey
    10 Mads Frökjaer
    22 Stefán Teitur Thórdarson
    4 Benjamin Whiteman Yellow Card
    3 Jayden Meghoma
    11 Robbie Brady
    7 Will Keane Yellow Card
    9 Emil Riis Jakobsen
    Preston North End Substitutes:
    Patrick Bauer, Li-Bau Stowell, Ched Evans, Milutin Osmajic, Troy Tarry, Theo Carrol, Liam Lindsay, Kacper Pasiek, Theo Mawene.

    AVL Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    23 Emiliano Martínez (GK)
    5 Tyrone Mings
    4 Ezri Konsa
    12 Lucas Digne
    2 Matty Cash
    21 Marco Asensio
    8 Youri Tielemans
    44 Boubacar Kamara
    9 Marcus Rashford
    41 Jacob Ramsey
    27 Morgan Rogers
    Aston Villa Substitutes:
    Amadou Onana, Donyell Malen, Robin Olsen, Andrés García, Ian Maatsen, Pau Torres, Lamare Bogarde, Ollie Watkins, John McGinn.

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