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Game #4313

Aston Villa

13-10-9, 49 PTS

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Wednesday, 16 March 1994

7th

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994
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Substitutes

🔁 | CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71’ |
🔁 | CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | for LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 56’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Villa make three changes from the team that lost to Ipswich last time out with Paul McGrath, Steve Froggatt and Bryan Small returning as Ugo Ehiogu, Tony Daley and Andy Townsend drop out.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.81 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 34.30 |

Youngest Player |
W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.03 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-2

🟥 16 Mar 1994, Villa 0-2 Leeds, Elland Road
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Rod Wallace
🕒 | HT Leeds United 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 0-2, (Leeds United), Brian Deane
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Bryan Small, Sub one Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Dalian Atkinson, Sub on, Graham Fenton
🕒 | FT Leeds United 2-0 Aston Villa

Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Game | #32 |
Manager Game | #148 |
Wednesday, 16 March 1994

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1983-1994

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 71 | 🟩 W28 (39% ) | 🟨 D20 | 🇺(68% ) | 🟥 L23 (32% ) | ⚽ 104 | 🥅 105 | GD -1

Match Stats

Not recorded

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1991-1994

🕒 148 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 39 🟥 41 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Premier League

Leeds United

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Elland Road

Attendance: 33,126

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Wetherall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Kelly | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Strachan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Speed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Rod Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Brian Deane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | (RB Jon Newsome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Mark Beeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Noel Whelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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: 1991–92

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
🕒

53

52*

🔥

0

0

🟩

25

🟨

12

🟥

16*

20

🥅

46*

RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

54

36*

🔥

4

3

🟩

28

🟨

9

🟥

17*

RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

105

105*

🔥

2

1

🟩

50

🟨

29

🟥

26*

CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

229

229*

🔥

8

9

🟩

99

🟨

60

🟥

70*

CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

140

139*

🔥

5

0

🟩

65

🟨

38

🟥

37*

LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

39

34*

🔥

0

1

🟩

17

🟨

9

🟥

13*

M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

146

146*

🔥

15

14

🟩

68

🟨

38

🟥

40*

M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

96

94*

🔥

13

6

🟩

43

🟨

25

🟥

28*

W Steve Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

42

34*

🔥

3

7

🟩

18

🟨

12

🟥

12*

CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

89

86*

🔥

28

19

🟩

42

🟨

26

🟥

21*

CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

88

87*

🔥

29

5

🟩

43

🟨

24

🟥

21*

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

CF Graham Fenton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

🔁

3*

🔥

0

0

Sub 1

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

2*

F Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
🕒

32*

🔁

27

🔥

13

46

Sub 2

🟩

27

🟨

33*

🟥

-

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa suffer a second successive Premier League defeat under Ron Atkinson for the first time since December 1993 to leave them 7th in the table and desperate to regain form ahead of the League Cup final.

  • Dwight Yorke extends his goalless Premier League run to 12 games - his worst ever League goalscoring return - to make it 106 Appearances, 74 Starts, W46 D27 L33, 27 Goals, 13 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 3.93 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

What they Said

"IF VILLA'S players are hungry for Wembley places, they are certainly making a good job of disguising the fact."

IF VILLA'S players are hungry for Wembley places, they are certainly making a good job of disguising the fact.

For the second consecutive match, their appetite was strangely subdued last night as three more points went astray in another lethargic performance.

Just why Ron Atkinson's outfit should lose their cutting edge with a major cup final looming is something of a mystery, but it is one they desperately need to solve before the Coca-Cola League Cup showdown with Manchester United.

Perhaps the club's lengthening injury list with Dalian Atkinson the latest casualty has given the remainder of the squad the impression that Wembley shirts are there for the taking.

But the tame, ineffective manner in which Villa have strutted through their last two Premiership games is disturbing.

As the manager observed, last night's showing was, at least, an improvement on Saturday's debacle against Ipswich.

Even so, there was rarely any question of victory over a Leeds side who were slicker, and far more eager in all departments.

Villa's plus points were few, although a couple of players gave Atkinson food for thought during the countdown to the final.

Garry Parker, forgiven by hie boss for Saturday's retort to the bench, responded with a composed display which must make him a strong candidate for one of the midfield berths.

Stephen Froggatt also acquitted himself well on the left, while Dalian Atkinson was the one visiting player who looked capable of scoring before he limped off with a hamstring injury 18 minutes from time.

But Villa's defence, so often rock solid, looked decidedly shaky.

Shaun Teale will not be happy at the way Rod Wallace shrugged off his challenge to surge through and blast Leeds into a 27th minute lead from Gary Speed's through ball.

Paul McGrath was at fault, too, in allowing Brian Deane to get in front of him for the 51st minute stooping header which effectively killed off Villa's hopes.

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