Game #4096

Aston Villa

14-4-5, 46 PTS

Saturday, 20 January 1990

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Won

2-1

🟩 20 Jan 1990, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park

Division One

Southampton

9-8-6, 35 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 33,118

On This Day

Villa stretch their 🟩 winning run at home to 10 successive wins and their League record to just two defeats in 16 games as they beat Southampton at Villa Park.
Villa make it thirteen first division victories in sixteen games to remain in joint first place with Liverpool.
Full back Kevin Gage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores to contribute his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 108th appearance (107 Starts) and make it 🟩 W52 🟨 D25 🟥 L31, ⚽ 12 Goals and 🔥 13 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Centre forward Ian Olney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts) to make it 🟩 W24 🟨 D12 🟥 L14, ⚽ 13 Goals and 🔥 4 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 2.94 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.84 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.47 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.11 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

298

✅

297*

⚽

🔥

🟩

116

🟨

🟥

102

⛔

🥅

393

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

108

✅

107

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

🕒

✅

27*

⚽

🔥

🟩

15*

🟨

🟥

CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 |

🕒

✅

25*

⚽

🔥

🟩

16*

🟨

🟥

CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

63*

⚽

🔥

🟩

30*

🟨

🟥

RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

71*

⚽

🔥

🟩

32*

🟨

🟥

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

149

✅

121*

⚽

🔥

21*

🟩

51*

🟨

🟥

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

427

✅

410

⚽

🔥

🟩

195

🟨

102

🟥

130

M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

27*

⚽

🔥

🟩

16*

🟨

🟥

CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

37*

⚽

🔥

🟩

24*

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Assist(s) | Paul McGrath | 79' |

Match Timeline

Season | 1989-90 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #130 |
Saturday, 20 January 1990

Match Record

Game Record

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1982–1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1982–1990

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Head to Head

Total 🕒 35 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 13 | ⚽ 48 | 🥅 46 |
League 🕒 30 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 41 | 🥅 38 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 17 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 31 | 🥅 13 |
Away 🕒 18 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 17 | 🥅 33 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 130 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 31 🟥 39 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

“There are bound to be tight experiences in front of us and we have all got to keep our nerve.

“We are not going to have too many games when we are comfortably ahead by two goals.

“I have told our players they must not become affected when we score or maybe concede a goal.”

Graham Taylor.

FULL-BACK Kevin Gage earned joint leaders Aston Villa a crucial victory over their Southampton rivals yesterday.

Villa took a deserved 39th minute lead when winger Tony Daley moved onto a long throw and drove a left-foot shot into the net.

Glenn Cockerill's 54th minute equaliser was brilliantly taken, chesting Rodney Wallace's cross down to drive a left foot half volley past Spink.

Eleven minutes from the end Villa grabbed the points to stay level pegging with Liverpool after Ormondroyd took a return pass from Olney and crossed low and lethally from the left. When Daley's shot was blocked, the ball spun to Gage who drove home his third goal of the season.

GK Tim Flowers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Kevin Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Neil Ruddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Francis Benali | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Matt Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Rod Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Neil Maddison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 🟨

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

Opposition Matchday Squad