Game #4394
Saturday, 25 November 1995
Attendance: 28,027
Lost
Premier League
5th (-1)
Manchester City
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Maine Road
Villa are beaten for the first time in six in all competitions as they fall back to fifth in the Premier League table.
Manchester City
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Savo Milošević, ineffective
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MATCH TIMELINE
🟨 | 38’ Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 51’ Booking, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Ian Taylor, Sub on, Steve Staunton
🟨 | 79’ Booking, Tommy Johnson
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City)
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Gary Charles
🕒 | FT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
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Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1993-94
Manchester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1995-96 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Game | #15 |
Manager Game | #48 |
Saturday, 25 November 1995
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴 | Worcester, 1985–1998
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gerald Ashby | 🏴 | Worcester, 1985–1998
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 3 October 1995, League Cup, Villa 1-1 Peterborough, London Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up for the second consecutive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.61 |
Oldest Player |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 | 36.00 |
Youngest Player |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 22.24 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
Alan Ball | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Manchester City
GK Eike Immel | 🇩🇪 |
RB Richard Edghill | 🏴 |
RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Keith Curle | 🏴 |
CB Kit Symons | 🏴 |
M Steve Lomas | 🇬🇧 |
M Georgi Kinkladze | 🇬🇪 | ⚽ |
M Garry Flitcroft | 🏴 |
M Nicky Summerbee | 🏴 |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
CF Uwe Rösler | 🇩🇪 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | for M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 67’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 79’ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Tony Coton | 🏴 |
CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Gerry Creaney | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
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

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Villa boss Brian Little sent on Riccardo Scimeca for the ineffective Milosevic but it was City who somehow found the inspiration to take all three points."
*The Sunday Tribune*
Sunday, 26 November 1995
THE magic of Georgi Kinkladze helped Manchester City to maintain their revival at Maine Road yesterday, the Georgian international midfielder crowning a wonderful individual display with a marvellous 85th-minute winner as the battling Blues took their unbeaten run to four matches with a deserved victory over high-flying Aston Villa.
Kinkladze fastened onto an intelligent Niall Quinn back heel to beat defiant Villa keeper Mark Bosnich with a clinical angled drive his first goal for the club since a summer move from Dynamo Tibilsi.
It took City's points haul to 10 from their last four Premiership outings and shattered Villa's hopes of moving into the top three.
City's power and passion threatened to blow Villa away in a thrilling end-to-end first half but Villa continued to look dangerous on the counter. particularly through the pace of Tommy Johnson and the willing support of Mark Draper.
Villa boss Brian Little sent on Riccardo Scimeca for the ineffective Milosevic but it was City who somehow found the inspiration to take all three points.
Quinn sent Kinkladze free and the diminutive midfielder did the rest with a fierce finish that gave Bosnich no chance.
Even then City had to survive a late scare, with McGrath's volley headed off the line by the industrious Steve Lomas. But gallant City held on to the final whistle to maintain their climb away from the relegation quicksand.