Game #4191
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 December 1991
Aston Villa
2-1
Southampton
Division One
Southampton
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,094
Won
6th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Cyrille Regis | 60’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Dwight Yorke, tenth of the season.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 December 1991
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Cyrille Regis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Steve Staunton, Sub on, Kent Nielsen 🔴
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Cyrille Regis
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Southampton), Alan Shearer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Southampton
ON THIS DAY
Ron Atkinson's Villa win for the third time in four Division One games as Kent Nielsen makes his final appearance for Villa aged 30 before moving on to Aarhus GF later this month. Nielsen played for Villa between 1989-90 and 1991-92 making 101 appearances and scoring 5 goals.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1991-92 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 28 December 1991
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Mick Bailey | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1986–1998
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 5 🟥 9 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mick Bailey | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1986–1998
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Atkinson names the same line up for the fourth successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.31 |
Oldest Player |
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 | 34.27 |
Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 20.16 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Dariusz Kubicki | 🇵🇱 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Mark Blake | 🏴 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Ian Branfoot | 🏴 |
Southampton
GK Tim Flowers | 🏴 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴 |
D Kevin Moore | 🏴 |
D Jonathan Gittens | 🏴 |
D Micky Adams | 🏴 |
RB Jason Dodd | 🏴
M Stuart Gray (ex) | 🏴 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴 |
M Barry Horne | 🏴 |
CF Alan Shearer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Iain Dowie | 🇬🇧 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | for LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 46’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Martin Carruthers | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Richard Hall | 🏴 |
M David Lee | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/13
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
🔴 CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 1989-91 | 🕒 102 | 96 (6) | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 7 | 🇺 7 | #661 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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