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Game #4363

Saturday, 18 February 1995

Attendance: 24,063

Won

Premier League

9th (+2)

Sheffield Wednesday

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Hillsborough

Villa make it seven wins and three draws in eleven Premier League games under Brian Little as they rise to 9th in the table - their highest position since September.

Sheffield Wednesday

1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 26’ | Steve Staunton | 44’ |

KEY MAN

Dean Saunders, brace

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 26’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders, Assist by Ian Taylor
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Dean Saunders, Assist by Steve Staunton
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 2-1, (Sheffield Wednesday)
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa win successive games and are comfortably positioned in 9th place.

Villa had now lost two of their last 14 Premier League games under Brian Little winning 6 and drawing 6.

Winger Franz Carr makes his first squad appearance for Villa since arriving from Leicester City earlier this month for a fee of £270,000.

Former Villa centre forward Guy Whittingham lined up for Wednesday.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94

Sheffield Wednesday

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1990–91

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1994-95 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 18 February 1995

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 October 1994, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Sheffield Wednesday

None

TEAM NEWS

Ugo Ehiogu returns as Bryan Small drops out.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.18 |

Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 35.23 |

Youngest Player |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.31 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Sheffield Wednesday

GK Kevin Pressman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dan Petrescu | 🇷🇴 |
RB Peter Atherton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Nolan | 🇬🇧 |
M Lee Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Hyde | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Chris Waddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Andy Sinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Lee Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Guy Whittingham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Andy Sinton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Chris Bart-Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/14

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/14

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

"A two goal blast from Dean Saunders helped Aston Villa’s revival as Sheffield Wednesday crashed to their fourth home defeat of the season."

*The Sunday Life*
Sunday, 19 February 1995

A two goal blast from Dean Saunders helped Aston Villa’s revival as Sheffield Wednesday crashed to their fourth home defeat of the season.

Saunders grabbed an opener midway through the first half and then produced another crucial strike just before halftime to sink Wednesday and dent their distant dreams of a European place.

Villa went in front with only their second serious attack of the game when they hit Wednesday with a lightning break.

Good work from Dwight Yorke created space down the middle and he picked out ex-Wednesday midfielder lan Taylor.

His angled ball into the area found Saunders unmarked and he finished off from close range.

Saunders struck though a minute the break when he met a Steve Staunton cross at the near post, glancing in a superbly judged header that beat Kevin Pressman.