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Aston Villa and Leeds United will continue their preseason preparations with a friendly clash in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday.

His first shot is blocked but his second forces a fine save from Olsen. First real chance of the match. 1 hour to KO: Villa have named a strong attacking lineup today with Coutinho, Bailey and Watkins all starting. Leeds United. Today's action is coming from Brisbane, Australia as both Premier League clubs look to shake off any cobwebs in preseason. Former Manchester United attacker Daniel James was at the centre of both. 49th minute: A slick Leeds attack finds James down the right flank but his ball into the box for Bamford is behind the striker. He can't work out what to do with it though and is dispossessed in the box. The rebound falls kindly back to the Brazilain but Meslier stops that too. 24th minute: Coutinho steps up for the spot-kick and it's saved! Leeds, meanwhile, will be captained by Bamford with new recruit Adams making his first start. Looks to be a nasty injury. Halftime: No goals for either side across an entertaining first 45 minutes. Not what you want to see.

Aston Villa got their Queensland Champions Cup campaign up and running at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. Steven Gerrard's side took on Leeds United in Brisbane ...

Aston Villa were the better side, but in a friendly that wasn't the main story.

The match fizzled out after the Archie Gray injury, despite a couple more interesting challenges. Once the match restarted, A Leo Hjelde cross took a deflection and forced Olsen into another save. Ings had another effort from a good John McGinn free-kick - Ings was offside again but this time it wasn’t given - but he hit the side netting at the near post. 72 - Sam Greenwood coming on for Gray who is being stretchered from the pitch. Gray in tears.— Graham Smyth (@GrahamSmyth) Leif Davis with an obvious handball from an Ings cross, and a terrible acting job to pretend it hit his face. Good football saw Leif Davis play Jack Harrison in down the left, he found Aaronson who in turn found Dan James. James’ first shot was blocked, but his second forced Robin Olsen into a good save. Aston Villa were given a second penalty shortly after the changes - this one was a penalty. Their first effort in anger came after 18 minutes when Leon Bailey had a shot blocked from the edge of the box. Leeds had their best chance of the half on 31 minutes. Robin Olsen does well to deny the Wales international.— Tribal Football (@tribalfootball) #AVFC #LUFC #QLDChampionsCup July 17, 2022 Pascal Struijk replaced Diego Llorente at left centre-back for the Whites.

Aston Villa beat Leeds United in their opening game of the Queensland Champions Cup at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. Philippe Coutinho led the Villans' charge ...

Aston Villa edged out Leeds United 1-0 in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday as part of the Queensland Champions Cup.

His first shot is blocked but his second forces a fine save from Olsen. First real chance of the match. 1 hour to KO: Villa have named a strong attacking lineup today with Coutinho, Bailey and Watkins all starting. Leeds United. Today's action is coming from Brisbane, Australia as both Premier League clubs look to shake off any cobwebs in preseason. Former Manchester United attacker Daniel James was at the centre of both. 49th minute: A slick Leeds attack finds James down the right flank but his ball into the box for Bamford is behind the striker. He can't work out what to do with it though and is dispossessed in the box. 24th minute: Coutinho steps up for the spot-kick and it's saved! The rebound falls kindly back to the Brazilain but Meslier stops that too. Leeds, meanwhile, will be captained by Bamford with new recruit Adams making his first start. Looks to be a nasty injury. Halftime: No goals for either side across an entertaining first 45 minutes. Not what you want to see.

Leeds United head coach Jesse Marsch allayed fears of a serious injury to Archie Gray after the highly-rated youngster was stretchered off during a...

A left-back is needed too A left-back is needed too Hopefully it's an ankle sprain and we'll see the severity of it in the next couple of days.”

Villa bagged the only goal of the game midway through the first half when Danny Ings converted a penalty awarded after Leif Davis had handballed in his ...

McGinn was booked and after receiving treatment on the pitch, Gray was stretchered off as Whites boss Jesse Marsch and striker Patrick Bamford vented their fury on the sidelines. Gray was perplexed as he looked to have won the ball but just three minutes later Gray was left on the receiving end of a crunching tackle by John McGinn. Gray was brought on as one of five substitutes in the 62nd minute and the teen found himself booked five minutes later for a tackle on Emi Buendia.

Latest Aston Villa news via BirminghamLive brings you a snippet of Villa's match day against Leeds United 10000 miles away from home at the Suncorp Stadium ...

And lastly, Villa fans will have noticed that new assistant head coach Neil Critchley hasn't been seen Down Under. The 43-year-old hasn't travelled for Villa's three-game tour of Australia, with Gerrard telling BirminghamLive he's got a passport issue. After sampling the above, I took a little walk down towards the media entrance where I bumped into legendary goalkeeper-turned-pundit Mark Bosnich. 'Bozzy' was in great spirits, and told BirminghamLive: "If you'd have told me way back in the 90s that one day Aston Villa would be touring here and I'd be commentating on a team I used to play for, I would have said you're dreaming! It was a 148-year first for Aston Villa playing in Australia as Danny Ings made sure the thousands who painted the Suncorp Stadium claret and blue went home happy.

Danny Ings netted from the penalty spot shortly after the hour mark to settle the full-blooded contest, which saw a number of grizzly tackles force ...

Leif Davis was penalised for another handball, awarding the Midlands outfit a second penalty. Just a minute later, Villa took the lead. He was equally alert to then keep out the rebound.