Aston Villa v Sheff Utd

Aston Villa 1

Helenius 75′

Sheff Utd 2

Murphy 20′ Flynn 81′

FT 90 +5
HT 0-1

Ryan Flynn grabbed a spectacular winner as League One relegation battlers Sheffield United dumped Premier League side Aston Villa out of the FA Cup.

The Blades stunned the home side when they took the lead through a deflected Jamie Murphy strike.

Villa forward Christian Benteke missed a six-yard header before Nicklas Helenius fired in an equaliser.

However, Flynn cut inside from the right and unleashed a left-foot shot into the top corner for the winner.

More to follow

Lineup, Bookings (5) & Substitutions (4)

Aston Villa

13 Steer
14 Luna
24 Tonev (Helenius - 60' )
15 Westwood Booked
06 Clark Booked
34 Lowton
07 Bacuna
16 Delph Booked
20 Benteke
12 Albrighton
10 Weimann

Substitutes

01 Guzan
08 El Ahmadi
09 Helenius
18 Sylla
21 Bowery
22 Gardner
32 Donacien

Sheffield United

25 Long Booked
29 McMahon
06 Hill
14 McGinn
15 Collins Booked
05 Maguire
07 Flynn
08 Doyle
09 Porter (Kennedy - 91' )
11 Baxter (Coady - 80' )
23 Murphy (Miller - 92' )

Substitutes

01 Howard
12 Miller
16 Cuvelier
17 Coady
19 Brandy
32 Kennedy
37 Calvert-Lewin

Ref: David Coote

Att: 24,038

Match Stats

Possession 62 38

Shots

9 8

On target

2 5

Corners

8 1

Fouls

12 11

Live Text Commentary

Full time

Full Time Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Sheffield United 2.

90:00 +4:45 Full time

Full Time Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Sheffield United 2.

90:00 +4:39

Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

90:00 +3:47

Attempt missed. Andreas Weimann (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

90:00 +1:30 Booking

Booking George Long (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.

90:00 +1:15 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Sheffield United. Shaun Miller replaces Jamie Murphy.

90:00 +0:56 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Sheffield United. Terry Kennedy replaces Chris Porter.

88:51

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Harry Maguire.

88:39

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Harry Maguire.

88:02 Booking

Booking Fabian Delph (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

88:00

Ryan Flynn (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

87:59

Foul by Fabian Delph (Aston Villa).

87:13

Foul by Christian Benteke (Aston Villa).

87:13

Anthony McMahon (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

83:18 Booking

Booking Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

83:15

Foul by Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa).

83:15

Michael Doyle (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

82:09

Fabian Delph (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

82:09

Foul by Anthony McMahon (Sheffield United).

80:36 Goal scored

Goal! Goal! Aston Villa 1, Sheffield United 2. Ryan Flynn (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.

80:10

Attempt missed. Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.

79:51 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Sheffield United. Conor Coady replaces Jose Baxter.

79:24

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matthew Hill.

79:16

Attempt missed. Andreas Weimann (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

76:04

Attempt missed. Chris Porter (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.

74:57 Goal scored

Goal! Goal! Aston Villa 1, Sheffield United 1. Nicklas Helenius (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.