Game #4363
Aston Villa
Saturday, 18 February 1995
Won
9th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Sheffield Wednesday
Attendance: 24,063
Hillsborough
Sheffield Wednesday
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Ian Taylor | 26’ | Steve Staunton | 44’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Dean Saunders, brace
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 February 1995
⚽ | 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
Sheffield Wednesday
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: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 17 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 6 🟥 4 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dermot Gallagher | 🏴 | Oxfordshire, 1990-2007
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 October 1994, Villa 0-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: 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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Trevor Francis | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
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 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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*The Sunday Life*
Sunday, 19 February 1995