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Philippe Coutinho's deflected effort set Villa on their way to a comfortable winCalum Chambers scored a stunning goal as Aston Villa condemned Leeds United to a sixth successive Premier League defeat.
Chambers curled home 17 minutes from time to cap a thoroughly satisfying evening for Villa - and a deeply dispiriting one for Leeds in manager Jesse Marsch's first home match.
Villa took the lead after 22 minutes when Coutinho's right-footed effort deflected off Pascal Struijk and wrong-footed Illan Meslier.
Leeds, who welcomed Patrick Bamford back from a three-month injury lay-off, improved after the break but it was ultimately in vain as Cash doubled Villa's lead on 66 minutes and Chambers wrapped up the points with his first goal for the club.
Leeds' 15th league defeat of the season leaves them 16th in the table, and having played more games than Everton and Burnley below them.
Steven Gerrard's Villa, meanwhile, are ninth after a third consecutive win and clean sheet.
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Leeds United
Squad number1Player nameMeslier
Squad number15Player nameDallas
Squad number2Player nameAyling
Squad number21Player nameStruijk
Squad number3Player nameFirpo
Squad number4Player nameForshaw
Squad number5Player nameKoch
Squad number10Player nameRaphinha
Squad number19Player nameRodrigo
Squad number22Player nameHarrison
Squad number20Player nameJames
Squad number9Player nameBamford
Squad number30Player nameGelhardt
Squad number43Player nameKlich
Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameMartínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number16Player nameChambers
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number27Player nameDigne
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho
Squad number20Player nameIngs
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number8Player nameSanson
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Line-ups
Leeds
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Meslier
- 15Dallas
- 2Ayling
- 21Struijk
- 3FirpoBooked at 81mins
- 4ForshawSubstituted forKlichat 67'minutes
- 5KochBooked at 45mins
- 10RaphinhaBooked at 90mins
- 19RodrigoSubstituted forGelhardtat 45'minutesBooked at 67mins
- 22HarrisonSubstituted forBamfordat 58'minutes
- 20JamesBooked at 86mins
Substitutes
- 9Bamford
- 13Klaesson
- 14Llorente
- 30Gelhardt
- 35Cresswell
- 38Summerville
- 42Greenwood
- 43Klich
- 46Shackleton
Aston Villa
Formation 4-3-1-2
- 1Martínez
- 2Cash
- 16Chambers
- 5MingsBooked at 47mins
- 27Digne
- 7McGinn
- 6Douglas LuizBooked at 62minsSubstituted forYoungat 87'minutes
- 41J Ramsey
- 23CoutinhoSubstituted forBuendíaat 77'minutes
- 20IngsSubstituted forSansonat 71'minutes
- 11WatkinsBooked at 17mins
Substitutes
- 4Konsa
- 8Sanson
- 10Buendía
- 15Traoré
- 18Young
- 25Olsen
- 31Bailey
- 33Chukwuemeka
- 47Iroegbunam
Referee:Simon Hooper
Attendance:36,400
Live Text
Match ends, Leeds United 0, Aston Villa 3.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 0, Aston Villa 3.
Foul by Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa).
Daniel James (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
Daniel James (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Raphinha (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card.
Morgan Sanson (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Raphinha (Leeds United).
Attempt missed. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Robin Koch.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Ashley Young replaces Douglas Luiz.
Daniel James (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Daniel James (Leeds United).
John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Joe Gelhardt (Leeds United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Bamford.
Raphinha (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lucas Digne (Aston Villa).
Attempt saved. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Sanson.
Foul by Luke Ayling (Leeds United).
Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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