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Game #4431

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 4 September 1996

Everton

0-1

Aston Villa

Premier League

Everton

Goodison Park

Attendance: 39,115

Won

2nd (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Dwight Yorke | 62’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa record a third consecutive Premier League victory as they win at Goodison Park to climb to second in the table.

KEY MAN

Ugo Ehiogu, scored on 62' to earn victory at Goodison.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 4 September 1996

🕒 | HT Everton 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-0 Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Saša Ćurčić, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Savo Milošević, Sub on, Tommy Johnson
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Fernando Nélson, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Everton 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Saša Ćurčić
🟨 | Booking, Steve Staunton

ON THIS DAY

Former Villa defender Earl Barrett lined up for Everton.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Everton

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1994-95

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Game | #4 |
Manager Game | #85 |
Wednesday, 4 September 1996

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Looe, 1981-1998
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 85 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 23 🟥 23 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Looe, 1981-1998
Matches Officiated: 21
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 April 1996, Villa 0-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨 🟨

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🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Fernando Nélson comes in for his first start as Savo Milošević makes his first appearance of the season, Ian Taylor and Tommy Johnson make way.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.60 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.14 |

Youngest Player
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.86 |

MANAGER

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Neville Southall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Andy Hinchcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Unsworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Craig Short | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Speed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Joe Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Grant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Graham Stuart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Andrey Kanchelskis | 🇷🇺 |
CF Duncan Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 76’ |
🔁 | CF Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | 86’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 | 90’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Graham Stuart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Paul Rideout (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Paul Gerrard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Marc Hottiger | 🇨🇭 |
M John Ebbrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Anders Limpar | 🇸🇪 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/16

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

"On reflection Villa are the best side we have met and it was a well constructed goal.” Joe Royle.

MATCH REPORT

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