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Game #3931

Saturday, 1 November 1986

Attendance: 14,529

Won

Division One

16th (+2)

Leicester City

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Villa Park

A brace from Simon Stainrod including a breathtaking overhead kick secured Villa's fifth win under Billy McNeill as they climb to a season high 16th in the first division table.

Aston Villa

2-0

Leicester City

Assist(s) | Steve Hunt | 64' | Tony Daley | 72' |

KEY MAN

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Steve Hunt
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa have now won five, drawn two and lost one under his leadership. As a result Villa now have eleven wins in their last forty league games losing nineteen.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Leicester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Saturday, 1 November 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Leicester City

None

Neil Midgley

TEAM NEWS

Gary Williams (first start in 14) and Garry Thompson replace Paul Birch and Mark Walters.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.26 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.05 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Leicester City

GK Ian Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Simon Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Ally Mauchlen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Paul Bunce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Paul Bunce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Tony Sealy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 3 November 1986.