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Villa failed to beat Swansea without Petrov 27.11.2011

Teams of Swansea and Aston Villa failed to tie the game together for the 13th round of the Premier League and ended in a scoreless draw.

The captain of the national team of Bulgaria Petrov did not take part in the game because it failed to fully recover from hamstring problems received during the week.

In the first part of the battle was very similar, but only two serious chances were opened to players of Aston Villa in the middle of the half. Shots on Darren Bent and Richard Dunne headed but failed to defeat the purpose.

After the break strong battle in the midfield continued, despite strong pressure from the hosts, the most serious event was again the account of birmingamtsi. Gabriel Agbolanhor could not be questioned in the 56th minute and at the end of the match a great position dropped Darren Bent.

Closest to the goal for Swansea's team did was Leroy Lita in the 81 th minute, but goalkeeper Shay Given Villa managed somehow to reflect the impact of his body.

After equality team Swansea now has 14 points and is 13th position in the table, while Aston Villa have two more points and climb to eighth place ranking in the league.