Game #4447
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 4 December 1996
Won
4th= (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Premier League
West Ham United
Attendance: 19,105
Upton Park
West Ham United
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Mark Draper | 38’ | Andy Townsend | 74’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa record a third consecutive Premier League victory to beat West Ham and climb to 4th in the table,
KEY MAN
Ugo Ehiogu, opened the scoring on 38' for Villa's win at Upton Park
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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 HISTORY
West Ham United
Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🇷🇴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Keith Rowland | 🇬🇧 | (W Stan Lazaridis | 🇦🇺 |)
🔁 | RB Tim Breacker | 🏴 | (LB Mark Bowen | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Brock | 🏴 |
CB Carl Tiler | 🏴 |
M Saša Ćurčić | 🇷🇸 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Les Sealey (ex) | 🏴 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 |
W Ilie Dumitrescu | 🇷🇴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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