Game #4447
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 4 December 1996
West Ham United
0-2
Aston Villa
Premier League
West Ham United
Upton Park
Attendance: 19,105
Won
4th= (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 38’ | Andy Townsend | 74’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Ugo Ehiogu, opened the scoring on 38' for Villa's win at Upton Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 4 December 1996
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Andy Townsend
🕒 | FT West Ham United 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Former Villa 'keeper Les Sealey was named in the West Ham United squad
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
West Ham United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Wednesday, 4 December 1996
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Brian Little | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 101 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 28 🟥 28 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 Sep 96, Villa 2-2 Arsenal (h) 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Villa name an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.75 |
Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 33.39 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 21.49 |
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | ⚽ |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 |
MANAGER
Harry Redknapp | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
West Ham United
GK Ludek Mikloško | 🇨🇿 |
LB Keith Rowland | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
LB Julian Dicks | 🏴 |
CB Marc Rieper-Jonsen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Slaven Bilić | 🇭🇷 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Bishop | 🏴 |
M Michael Hughes | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
M John Moncur | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Iain Dowie | 🇬🇧 |
CF Florin Răducioiu | 🇷🇴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
🔁 | LB Keith Rowland | 🇬🇧 | (W Stan Lazaridis | 🇦🇺 |)
🔁 | RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 | (LB Mark Bowen | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
GK Stuart Brock | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
GK Les Sealey (ex) | 🏴 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
W Ilie Dumitrescu | 🇷🇴 |
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_2792464b5a694ffa86b0ca40a0be296a~mv2.gif)
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
MATCH REPORT
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