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Game #4163

Saturday, 4 May 1991

Attendance: 29,188

Lost

Division One

17th (-)

Leeds United

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Elland Road

Villa concede five for the second successive game but the match proves very different at Elland Road as Villa fight back twice to equalise before three late Leeds goals end Villa's resistance. Meanwhile the Evening Mail are presumably skipping in joy as they can put the knife in even further despite the hypocrisy of admitting beneath the headline that Villa aren't going down.

Leeds United

5-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 56' |

KEY MAN

Kent Nielsen, scored the first equaliser.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Chris Price o.g.
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-1, Kent Nielsen
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-2, (Leeds United), Lee Chapman
🕒 | HT Leeds United 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 2-2, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 2-3, (Leeds United), Chris Whyte
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-4, (Leeds United), Carl Shutt
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 2-5, (Leeds United), Lee Chapman
🕒 | FT Leeds United 5-2 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Dwight Yorke

ON THIS DAY

Jozef Vengloš' Villa concede five goals for the second successive match and the third time in seven games.

Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1990-91 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #47 |
Saturday, 4 May 1991

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 | Ružomberok, 1990-1991
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 2-5 |
Last 5 Games | LDLLL |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 January 1991, League Cup, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Leeds United

None

TEAM NEWS

Derek Mountfield and Tony Cascarino replace Ian Olney and Andy Comyn.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.83 |

Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.76 |

Youngest Player |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.56 |

MANAGER

Jozef Vengloš | 🇨🇿 |

MANAGER

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Glynn Snodin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Whyte | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sterland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Speed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Carl Shutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Andy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Bobby Davison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

LB Dylan Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

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

"I felt fit and fresh.

“Obviously, this is another disappointing result.

“But we have to think positively and that means going out to win our last two games."

David Platt.

*Sunday World (Dublin)*
Sunday, 5 May 1991

VILLA remain dangerously close to the danger area after losing the points at Elland Road yesterday.

Leeds went ahead in the 23rd minute when, in attempting to cut out a cross by McAllister, Villa defender Price turned the ball into his own net.

Four minutes later Villa equalised when Nielsen scored with a powerful drive from 15 yards.

Leeds went into a 2-1 lead in the 37th minute when Chapman headed in his 28th goal of the season,

A free kick by Stertand found Whyte and he nodded the bail on to Chapman for the big Leeds striker to score a simple goal.

The visitors drew level in the 55th minute. From a corner by Cowans the ball took a deflection off a Leeds defender and Villa's Mountfield was on the spot to beat Lukic from close range.

Further goals by Whyte, Shutt and Chapman gave Leeds the points in a game in which they looked all at ease.