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Game #4447

Aston Villa

8-3-5, 27 PTS

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Wednesday, 4 December 1996

4th= (-2)

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

GK Michael Oakes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
LB Alan Wright | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Steve Staunton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
M Ian Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mark Draper | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Townsend | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
CF Dwight Yorke | ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น | ๐Ÿ”ฅ | โšฝ |
CF Savo Miloลกeviฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ |

Brian Little | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

GK Stuart Brock | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Carl Tiler | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Saลกa ฤ†urฤiฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ |
M Lee Hendrie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Julian Joachim | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ๐Ÿ†
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Villa name an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.75 |

Oldest Player
M Andy Townsend | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | 33.39 |

Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 21.49 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

On This Day
  • Villa record a third consecutive Premier League with victory over West Ham to climb to 4th in the table under Brian Little.

  • Goalkeeper Stuart Brock, 20, makes his first squad appearance as an unused substitute for Villa after coming through the youth ranks.

  •  Ugo Ehiogu contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 152nd appearance (138 Starts) to make it W67 D37 L48, 8 Goals, 2 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Michael Oakes keeps his 10th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (17 Starts) to make it W8 D5 L5, 15 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.83 goals per game and 10 Clean Sheets (56%) so far in his Villa career.

Starting XI
GK Michael Oakes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

18

โœ…

17*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

8*

๐ŸŸจ

5

๐ŸŸฅ

5

โ›”

10*

๐Ÿฅ…

15

RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น |
๐Ÿ•’

17

โœ…

16*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

8*

๐ŸŸจ

5

๐ŸŸฅ

4

CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

30

โœ…

13*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

19*

๐ŸŸจ

5

๐ŸŸฅ

6

CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

152

โœ…

138*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

8*

2

๐ŸŸฉ

67*

๐ŸŸจ

37

๐ŸŸฅ

48

LB Alan Wright | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

79

โœ…

79*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

3

๐ŸŸฉ

38*

๐ŸŸจ

20

๐ŸŸฅ

21

LB Steve Staunton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
๐Ÿ•’

203

โœ…

196*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

16

24

๐ŸŸฉ

85*

๐ŸŸจ

55

๐ŸŸฅ

63

M Ian Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

78

โœ…

70*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

7

5

๐ŸŸฉ

37*

๐ŸŸจ

19

๐ŸŸฅ

22

M Mark Draper | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

67

โœ…

65*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

9

๐ŸŸฉ

33*

๐ŸŸจ

17

๐ŸŸฅ

17

M Andy Townsend | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
๐Ÿ•’

149

โœ…

148*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

10

22*

๐ŸŸฉ

71*

๐ŸŸจ

34

๐ŸŸฅ

44

CF Savo Miloลกeviฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ |
๐Ÿ•’

61

โœ…

58*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

16

8

๐ŸŸฉ

30*

๐ŸŸจ

16

๐ŸŸฅ

15

F Dwight Yorke | ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น |
๐Ÿ•’

222

โœ…

182*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

71*

33

๐ŸŸฉ

96*

๐ŸŸจ

56

๐ŸŸฅ

70

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

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Won

2-0

๐ŸŸฉ 4 Dec 1996, Villa 2-0 West Ham, Upton Park
Scorer(s) | Ugo Ehiogu | 38โ€™ | Dwight Yorke | 74โ€™ |

Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 38โ€™ | Andy Townsend | 74โ€™ |

Match Timeline

โšฝ | 38โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Ugo Ehiogu, Assist by Dwight Yorke
๐Ÿ•’ | HT West Ham United 0-1 Aston Villa
โšฝ | 74โ€™ Goal, 2-0, Dwight Yorke, Assist by Andy Townsend
๐Ÿ•’ | FT West Ham United 0-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1996-97 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #101 |
Wednesday, 4 December 1996

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Brian Little | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Mike Riley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Leeds, 1996-2009
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 1-0
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 2-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

Officials

Referee: Mike Riley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Leeds, 1996-2009

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 75 | ๐ŸŸฉ W27 (36% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D16 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(57% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L32 (43% ) | โšฝ 125 | ๐Ÿฅ… 129 | GD -4

Match Stats

Not recorded

Brian Little | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1994-1998

๐Ÿ•’ 101 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 45 ๐ŸŸจ | 28 ๐ŸŸฅ 28 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

Premier League

West Ham United

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Upton Park

Attendance: 19,105

GK Ludek Mikloลกko | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ |
LB Keith Rowland | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | ๐Ÿ” |
LB Julian Dicks | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Marc Rieper-Jonsen | ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ |
CB Slaven Biliฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท |
RB Tim Breacker | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
M Ian Bishop | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Michael Hughes | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | ๐ŸŸจ |
M John Moncur | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ |
CF Iain Dowie | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง |
CF Florin Rฤƒducioiu | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด |

Harry Redknapp | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | LB Keith Rowland | ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | (W Stan Lazaridis | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ |)
๐Ÿ” | RB Tim Breacker | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (LB Mark Bowen | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Les Sealey (ex) | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Frank Lampard | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Ilie Dumitrescu | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ Michael Hughes
๐ŸŸจ John Moncur

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: โŒ
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ๐Ÿ†
League Champions: โŒ
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: โŒ
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1996-97
Playing Squad
GK Adam Rachel | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #732 |
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GK Mark Bosnich | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ | #688 |
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GK Michael Oakes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #699 |
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GK Stuart Brock | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Unused Sub |
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CB Carl Tiler | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #711 |
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CB David Hughes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | #719 |
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CB Gareth Southgate | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #708 |
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CB Paul McGrath | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | #663 |
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CB Riccardo Scimeca | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #709 |
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CB Ugo Ehiogu | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #677 |
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LB Alan Wright | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #705 |
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RB Fernando Nรฉlson | ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น | #718 |
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RB Gary Charles | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #703 |
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LB Steve Staunton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | #675 |
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M Andy Townsend | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | #693 |
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M Gareth Farrelly | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | #710 |
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M Ian Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #701 |
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M Lee Hendrie | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #712 |
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M Mark Draper | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #706 |
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M Saลกa ฤ†urฤiฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ | #717 |
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M Scott Murray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | #716 |
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CF Dwight Yorke | ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น | #668 |
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CF Julian Joachim | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #713 |
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CF Neil Davis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #714 |
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CF Savo Miloลกeviฤ‡ | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ | #707 |
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CF Tommy Johnson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | #702 |
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