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Game #4444

Aston Villa

6-3-5, 21 PTS

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Saturday, 23 November 1996

8th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 | 60’ |
🔁 | CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | for CF Julian Joachim | 75’ |
🔁 | CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Adam Rachel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Mark Draper (2)
🟨 Andy Townsend (27)
🟨 Tommy Johnson (10)

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: 1995-96

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Steve Staunton, Julian Joachim and Mark Draper return as Ian Taylor, Dwight Yorke and Carl Tiler drop out.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.80 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.36 |

Youngest Player
F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22.19 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 23 Nov 1996, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
Scorer(s) | Julian Joachim | 29’ | Steve Staunton | 85’ |

Assist(s) | Alan Wright | 29’ | Andy Townsend | 85’ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-0, Julian Joachim, Assist by Alan Wright
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Saša Ćurčić, Sub on, Ian Taylor
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Dion Dublin
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Julian Joachim, Sub on, Savo Milošević
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 2-1, Steve Staunton, Assist by Andy Townsend
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Riccardo Scimeca
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Draper
🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend
🟨 | Booking, Tommy Johnson

Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Game | #14 |
Manager Game | #98 |
Saturday, 23 November 1996

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1988-2004
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Paul Durkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Dorset, 1988-2004

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 49 | 🟩 26 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 75 | 🥅 40 |
League 🕒 45 | 🟩 23 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 67 | 🥅 38 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 2 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 0 |
Home 🕒 24 | 🟩 14 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 39 | 🥅 11 |
Away 🕒 25 | 🟩 12 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 36 | 🥅 29 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1994-1998

🕒 98 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 28 🟥 27 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Premier League

Coventry City

1-7-6, 10 PTS

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Highfield Road

Attendance: 21,335

GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Liam Daish | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Eoin Jess | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W John Salako | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Noel Whelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Dion Dublin (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Ndlovu | 🇿🇼 | 🔁 |

Gordon Strachan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | CB Richard Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Telfer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)
🔁 | LB David Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Brian Borrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | CF Peter Ndlovu | 🇿🇼 | (W Darren Huckerby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
M Willie Boland | 🇮🇪 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Liam Daish
🟨 Noel Whelan
🟨 Brian Borrows

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: 1986-87

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Steve Ogrizovic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |

Defenders
CB Richard Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Liam Daish | 🇮🇪 |

Full Backs
LB David Burrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Eoin Jess | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Telfer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Willie Boland | 🇮🇪 |

Wingers
W John Salako | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Darren Huckerby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Noel Whelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dion Dublin (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

15

14*

🔥

0

0

🟩

6*

🟨

5

🟥

4

8

🥅

14*

LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

200

193*

🔥

16*

24

🟩

83*

🟨

55

🟥

62

RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
🕒

14

13*

🔥

0

0

🟩

6*

🟨

5

🟥

3

CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

149

135*

🔥

7

2

🟩

65*

🟨

37

🟥

47

CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

57

57*

🔥

3

0

🟩

29*

🟨

15

🟥

13

LB Alan Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

76

76*

🔥

2

3*

🟩

36*

🟨

20

🟥

20

M Mark Draper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

64

62*

🔥

5

9

🟩

31*

🟨

17

🟥

16

M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

146

145*

🔥

10

21*

🟩

69*

🟨

34

🟥

43*

M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
🕒

13

13*

🔥

0

0

🟩

6*

🟨

3

🟥

4

F Tommy Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

61

45*

🔥

16

4

🟩

27*

🟨

14

🟥

20

F Julian Joachim | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

19

6*

🔥

3*

0

🟩

7*

🟨

3

🟥

9

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

M Ian Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

75

🔁

8*

🔥

7

5

Sub 1

🟩

35*

🟨

19

🟥

21

CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
🕒

58

🔁

2*

🔥

16

8

Sub 2

🟩

28*

🟨

16

🟥

14

CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

27

🔁

16*

🔥

0

0

Sub 3

🟩

17*

🟨

5

🟥

5

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa recover from their defeat to Leicester - their 4th loss in 6 Premier League games under Brian Little - to beat Coventry and climb to 8th in the table.

  • Steve Staunton makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (193 Appearances) to make it W83 D55 L62, 16 Goals, 24 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Alan Wright contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 76th appearance to make it W36 D20 L20, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Ian Taylor makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (67 Starts) to make it W35 D19 L21, 7 Goals, 5 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Future Villa centre forward Dion Dublin scores a 75' equaliser for Coventry whilst future Villa assistant and caretaker manager Gary McAllister lines up for the Highfield Road outfit.

What they Said

"Staunton could hardly conceal his delight but it was rough justice on Coventry who are now plunged even deeper into relegation trouble."

Staunton rocket a Villa winner

STEVE STAUNTON marked his return from injury by hitting a dramatic last-gasp winner to settle a full-blooded Midlands derby clash at Highfield Road.

The Republic of Ireland international, out for five weeks with a hamstring injury, capped an impressive display by driving home a spectacular 30-yard shot which flew into the top left hand corner of the net.

Staunton could hardly conceal his delight but it was rough justice on Coventry who are now plunged even deeper into relegation trouble. They dominated the second period with Gary McAllister and John Salako both in fine form and created several reasonable chances, deserving Dion Dublin's equaliser as Villa were over-run in midfield during this period.

But Villa, with Staunton and Ugo Ehiogu cool performers at the back, rode the storm to register their first away win since September 5. Six players were booked and a challenge by Noel Whelan on Andy Townsend was the signal for a 15-man brawl in the closing stages.

Coventry made a bright start and it needed a fine tackle from Gareth Southgate to deny Peter Ndlovu in the first minute after he had been released by Noel Whelan who operated in a deeper role.

There was plenty of commitment, as would be expected of a local derby, and Tommy Johnson and Mark Draper were both booked for crude challenges on Coventry skipper Gary McAllister.

But there was precious little in the way of goalmouth action apart front a close range volley from Ugo Ehiogu which flew wide before Joachim opened the scoring in the 29th minute.

There appeared to be little danger when Alan Wright looked to have overhit his through ball but Steve Ogrizovic failed to collect as Joachim challenged and then the former Leicester player, somehow squeezed the ball from a seemingly. impossible angle.

Coventry, who lost Burrows through injury after minutes, tried desperately to redress the balance and Eoin Jess sent a curling shot just over the bar.

But Villa came within inches of adding to their lead in first half injury time when Joachim’s glancing header from an AIan Wright left-wing centre hit the inside of the post a rebounded to safety.

Coventry dominated proceedings after the Interval with Salako a more influential figure and they squandered two solid chances to get back on level. terms.

Salako's left-wing centre picked out the onrushing Richard Shaw at the far post, but he directed his header back across goal when unmarked.

Dion Dublin then headed a Paul Williams centre back in the path of Noel Whelan who sent his low shot wide.

It was one-way traffic towards the Villa goal as Southgate had to get In another tremendous last-ditch tackle to deny Dublin after he had been sent clear by Liam Daish.

But Coventry were not to be denied and in the 75th new £1m signing Darren Huckerby skated past the impressive Steve Staunton before his low centre was diverted by Dublin from close range.

It was Huckerby's first touch of the ball after coming on as substitute, but his celebrations were cut short by Staunton's decisive rocket shot.

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