Game #4460
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 19 February 1997
Won
5th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 30,409
Coventry City
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-1
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Andy Townsend | 43’ | Ugo Ehiogu | 75’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa make it successive wins as Coventry are beaten to climb to 5th in the Premier League table.
KEY MAN
Dwight Yorke, hit both goals for Villa's regulation victory over Coventry.
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 19 February 1997
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Ugo Ehiogu
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-1, (Coventry City), Steve Staunton o.g.
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
Former Villa midfielder Kevin Richardson lined up for Coventry
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1986-87
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Game | #26 |
Manager Game | #114 |
Wednesday, 19 February 1997
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 114 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 | 32 🟥 32 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Brian Little | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 21 February 1996, League Cup, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Keith Burge
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Coventry City
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Mark Draper and Ian Taylor return after 7 game absences along with Andy Townsend as Saša Ćurčić, Riccardo Scimeca and Carl Tiler drop out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.56 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.60 |
Youngest Player
F Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 23.48 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🔥 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴 |
CB Gary Breen | 🇮🇪 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Marcus Hall | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson (ex) | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴 |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴 |
M Eoin Jess | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Darren Huckerby | 🏴 |
CF Noel Whelan | 🏴 | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Kevin Richardson (ex) | 🏴 | (M Gordon Strachan | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Eoin Jess | 🏴 | (CF Peter Ndlovu | 🇿🇼 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
CB Oleksandr Yevtushok | 🇺🇦 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Yorke struck in the 43rd and 75th minutes while Irish international Steve Staunton put through his own goal for a Coventry consolation 12 minutes from time."
*The Irish Independent*
Thursday, 20 February 1997
Villa move up to fifth
DWIGHT YORKE helped Aston Villa leap into fifth place in the English Premiership by scoring both their goals in a 2-1 win over Coventry at Villa Park last night.
Yorke struck in the 43rd and 75th minutes while Irish international Steve Staunton put through his own goal for a Coventry consolation 12 minutes from time.
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