Aston Villa 1 Leeds United Zero: Grabban books Championship play-off location

Aston Villa guaranteed their region within the Championship play-offs with a battling 1-Zero dwelling buy over Leeds United on Friday.

Lewis Grabban scored the handiest goal at Villa Park as Steve Bruce’s team moved to within two capabilities of the automated promotion locations and established an unassailable cushion over seventh-region Middlesbrough.

Grabban headed Villa into the lead within the twenty ninth minute, directing a finely floated left-flee centre from Jack Grealish advantage all the diagram in which thru goal to beat Leeds goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell.

The guests fought advantage after the interval but Paul Heckingbottom’s men might possibly possibly additionally no longer rep a solution to beat Villa keeper Sam Johnstone, who saved a smartly-organized sheet in a dwelling buy for the 1/three time in succession.

#AVFC goal number 5 for @grabbs22…#PartOfThePride pic.twitter.com/AXWLtNRTxB

— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) April Thirteen, 2018