Game #3574
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 February 1980
6th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Unavailable
Injury | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.65 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.00 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.21 |
Villa score two but it could be six as they run rings around Palace to 🟩 win for the fifth time in six unbeaten games in all competitions and keep their first clean sheet in eleven.
Ron Saunders' Villa 🟩 win for the fifth time in six Division One games to make it 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 five defeats in twenty four League matches. As a result Villa sit 6th in the table.
Forward Gary Shaw 🏴 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts).
Won
2-0
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 32' | Dennis Mortimer | 90'+3 |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 90’+3 Goal, 2-0, Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #292 |
Saturday, 2 February 1980
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴 | Leicester, 1974-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴 | Leicester, 1974-1984
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 15 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 25 | 🥅 15 |
League 🕒 8 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 11 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |
League Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 8 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 17 | 🥅 7 |
Away 🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 7 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 0 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 292 | 🟩 | 130 🟨 | 83 🟥 79 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
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⚽
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Sub 1
🟩
🟨
🟥
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🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 2
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
🔥
Sub 3
🟩
🟨
🟥
🕒
🔁
⚽
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Sub 4
🟩
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Sub 5
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Division One
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,469
GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴 |
CB Terry Boyle | 🏴 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Mike Flanagan | 🏴 |
Terry Venables | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Gerry Francis | 🏴 | (F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
Cards
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Unavailable
Not Recorded
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