Aston Villa 1-1 Sheff Utd: Key stats
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Aston Villa failed to win a Premier League home game for the first time since 18trFebruary (2-4 v Arsenal), with this just the second time they had trailed in a league game at Villa Park since then (also v Crystal Palace in September).
Sheffield United have won four points in their four Premier League games under Chris Wilder this season, just one fewer than they managed in their first 14 league games of the current campaign under Paul Heckingbottom (five points).
Aston Villa had 77.6% possession against Sheffield United, their most ever in a Premier League match on record (since 2003-04).
The Blades didn’t attempt a shot in this match until the 78th minute, although they had more attempts (5) than Aston Villa (4) in the final 15 minutes of play.
Cameron Archer became just the second player to appear for Aston Villa and score against them in a single Premier League season, after Ugo Ehiogu in 2000-01.
Nicolo Zaniolo’s goal (96:59) was the latest equaliser in a Premier League game for Aston Villa on record (since 2006-07).
Douglas Luiz has been directly involved in 20 goals in the Premier League since the start of last season (11 goals, nine assists), with only Ollie Watkins having more combined goals and assists (36) for Aston Villa in this period.